Re: [PATCH TOOLS 0/2] convert main() from C to Rust

[Thomas Bertschinger <tahbertschinger@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 01:45:22PM -0500, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 10:55:09AM -0700, Thomas Bertschinger wrote:
> > I'm leaning towards keeping Make as the primary build tool for now and
> > perhaps a future patch can move towards using Cargo. But other opinions
> > are welcome.
> 
> Let's hold off on that for now.
> 
> I'm planning on pullling the Rust code in bch_bindgen into the kernel
> soon, and I want to see how that interacts with the kernel build system.
> If there's potential for commonality with the kernel build system, we
> might want to take advantage of that.
> 
> (Also, if you're interested in that project, let me know! Getting that
> ready for the next merge window is a high priority item, but I have a
> lot of high priority items at the moment... :)

Sure, I would definitely be interested in helping out with that. I don't
want to make any promises regarding timeline, since this combines two
worlds--Rust, and Linux Kernel development--that are both still very
new to me. But I can certainly give it an honest try :) as long as you,
or someone else experienced, can help with any questions I might run
into.