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On 2/19/25 12:46 PM, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> I do feel that new drivers written in Rust would help with the
> vulnerabilities that new drivers usually add to the kernel.

For driver developers it is easier to learn C than to learn Rust. I'm
not sure that all driver developers, especially the "drive by"
developers, have the skills to learn Rust.

Bart.