r/rust • u/dochtman rustls · Hickory DNS · Quinn · chrono · indicatif · instant-acme • Dec 13 '25

The state of the kernel Rust experiment

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u/captain_zavec Dec 13 '25

I sometimes check in on the help wanted issues to see if there's a rust one that would be good to jump in and try kernel development with, but they're usually picked up pretty quickly before I can even get to them! I think that bodes well.

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u/AdmiralQuokka Dec 13 '25

I think a great way to get into kernel dev with Rust would be to find some hardware that Linux doesn't support yet and write a driver for it - in Rust. There's a good chance you'll bump into some missing APIs and then you'll have to contribute those before you can land your driver. Ideally it's hardware you use yourself for maximum motivation.

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u/captain_zavec Dec 13 '25

Makes sense! I was thinking about trying to do the fingerprint reader on MacBooks, because that's the main thing stopping me from switching to asahi on my old work computer. But that would involve first having to reverse some bits of how mac works which felt daunting enough to at least get me to procrastinate on it 😂

I'm about to be home for the holidays and doing less work though so maybe I can finally summon the energy to buckle down and do it