linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

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Date:   Thu, 6 May 2021 14:47:43 +0200
From:   Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux <rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kbuild <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support

On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 4:17 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 1:34 PM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@...aro.org> wrote:
> >
> > Right now it seems like those organizations and companies
> > would be some academic institutions who like rust (because they
> > study languages and compilers) and Google. But that is a
>
> Note that there are quite a few major private players already
> involved, not just Google! e.g.

I was referring to entities interested in using Rust for the
Linux kernel. Not just "using rust". And that interest is coming
from Google and a few academic institutions AFAICT.

Yours,
Linus Walleij