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From: Hanqing Zhao <ouckarlzhao@gmail.com>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Cc: rust-for-linux <rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [Question] import third-party crates in kernel modules
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:41:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKmvQ+WH_PVy-XS+Rpa+_8Z9AjNDVwkTQFMZZtAZc7G9-7tJoA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72=oSMO1yGKFdOfVSZbLcsTVeJCXmbD_RdpnOqqKw4p55A@mail.gmail.com>

Sounds good.

I'll manually replicate them tentatively.

After I finish the linux kernel integration, I'll show my
demonstration to the rust-linux community.

Best,
Hanqing Zhao
Georgia Tech

On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 4:20 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 9:10 PM Hanqing Zhao <ouckarlzhao@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am actually writing a new alloc crate for linux kernel.
>
> Please note that we are still evaluating how to approach this. The
> best way to get involved with high-level design is to join the
> meetings.
>
> > I think it would be better if we can import 3rd-party crates while
> > developing and testing our own kernel modules,
> > i.e., we do not need to guarantee that the kernel module having
> > 3rd-party dependencies can become an in-tree module,
> > but we can compile a .ko that has a 3rd-part dependency
> > during offline development and testing.
>
> We need whatever infrastructure is required to be available for
> in-tree modules too (and we need to focus on those first). A lot of
> things are missing, indeed, but we will get there!
>
> Meanwhile, perhaps you can manually import them as a workaround -- I
> understand that missing functionality can be a bit painful.
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel

  reply	other threads:[~2021-04-26 20:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-26 17:01 [Question] import third-party crates in kernel modules Hanqing Zhao
2021-04-26 18:32 ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-26 19:10   ` Hanqing Zhao
2021-04-26 20:20     ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-26 20:41       ` Hanqing Zhao [this message]
2021-04-26 23:16         ` Miguel Ojeda
2021-04-27  1:28         ` Wedson Almeida Filho
2021-04-26 23:54       ` Kajetan Puchalski
2021-04-27  0:36         ` Miguel Ojeda

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