From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Thu Jan 10 13:15:51 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 441DB148AF65 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:15:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@metricspace.net) Received: from mail.metricspace.net (mail.metricspace.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f11:617::107]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C748983630 for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eric@metricspace.net) Received: from [172.16.0.58] (unknown [172.16.0.58]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) (Authenticated sender: eric) by mail.metricspace.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 876B5390E for ; Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:15:44 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <201901021829.x02IT4Kc064169@slippy.cwsent.com> <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> From: Eric McCorkle Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Autocrypt: addr=eric@metricspace.net; prefer-encrypt=mutual; keydata= mDMEWue2FBYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAP/qVPlXodV6pYO5b1Jw0eFyMhyDD7B5y5eFsciutEfS0 JEVyaWMgTWNDb3JrbGUgPGVyaWNAbWV0cmljc3BhY2UubmV0PoiWBBMWCAA+FiEEDxi/0rkj zd6Uc6cFCN/CKRbBwmwFAlrnthQCGwMFCQHhM4AFCwkIBwIGFQoJCAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AA CgkQCN/CKRbBwmyGKAD/XTSBOItCKcYCPTlsaS1aQYVEwWXXFgdjWE+WsNdZUS8A/AhYAbQZ kNZNimE2rQLoklkfTA74qF/V257NuQi4QDcLuDgEWue2FBIKKwYBBAGXVQEFAQEHQKpZVyCG ync/xqejm2C1HKGXLJTUu38RvnrR3UYECz9nAwEIB4h+BBgWCAAmFiEEDxi/0rkjzd6Uc6cF CN/CKRbBwmwFAlrnthQCGwwFCQHhM4AACgkQCN/CKRbBwmyi2wEAmvaGt8QMjGELzm27gP4c jJGUi7oigsLmTiFPkpJqPz0A+QFBSCvxJaxCMyoVru/xB6bunpJ+Wtsj8HD1EuJOn4EJ Message-ID: Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 08:15:41 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 13:15:51 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73"; protected-headers="v1" From: Eric McCorkle To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-ID: Subject: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components References: <201901021829.x02IT4Kc064169@slippy.cwsent.com> <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <361CCB81-AEB6-4EAC-9604-CD8F4C63948C@gmail.com> --bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 1/3/19 11:22 AM, Enji Cooper wrote: > Going back to my previous statement, I think writing a service monitor = (to work alongside init and rc) in modern C++/rust would be a good item t= o undertake. >=20 > I=E2=80=99d be willing to do this with someone else, as a research proj= ect/to demo how rust could be used. >=20 > Given prior comments about rust binary sizes and the fact that the defa= ult linking option is mostly static, a =E2=80=9Cmission critical binary=E2= =80=9D like this (or rescue?) would be a good candidate for rust. >=20 Circling back a bit late (I'm swamped right now) to make one final follow-up... I think it would be a useful exercise to try and get a minimal rust-based UEFI boot loader up and going. When I have some more free time (hopefully soon), I might take a swing at it. --bHARvenGWW8mgM6cR1dgWpBodPAcvrH73-- --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iHUEARYIAB0WIQQPGL/SuSPN3pRzpwUI38IpFsHCbAUCXDdFfgAKCRAI38IpFsHC bDF7AQDpppzCC/aG6IrxmdIfLU8DMxLfvESMT2oJVVlMTpJaaAEA0irpo9lhAmua f5ZbdopdV8P7sIIt+LwYE8PN/yfxMQs= =r9fl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Oih89Xdy1Za0H3JlUDPJoHSKZ9GyriwwE--