Message-ID: <cf7d10a0-57c1-4225-a91b-bf8d37576c17@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:33:05 -0500
From: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com>
To: Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>, corbet@....net, ojeda@...nel.org
Cc: alex.gaynor@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com, gary@...yguo.net,
 benno.lossin@...ton.me, a.hindborg@...sung.com, aliceryhl@...gle.com,
 workflows@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, bilbao@...edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kernel-docs: Add new section for Rust learning materials

On 9/12/24 00:01, Dirk Behme wrote:

> On 11.09.2024 20:59, Carlos Bilbao wrote:
>> Include a new section in the Index of Further Kernel Documentation with
>> resources to learn Rust. Reference it in the Rust index.
> Many thanks for creating the patch! Looks nice :)
>
> Whats about adding
>
> https://google.github.io/comprehensive-rust/
>
> https://docs.rust-embedded.org/book/
>
> additionally?


You got it! I’ll send v2 in a few mins.


>
> Best regards
>
> Dirk
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com>
>> ---
>>   Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst | 111 +++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>   Documentation/rust/index.rst          |   3 +
>>   2 files changed, 103 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> index 55552ec4b043..d917accd7fc3 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/process/kernel-docs.rst
>> @@ -72,17 +72,6 @@ On-line docs
>>           programming. Lots of examples. Currently the new version is being
>>           actively maintained at https://github.com/sysprog21/lkmpg.
>>   
>> -    * Title: **Rust for Linux**
>> -
>> -      :Author: various
>> -      :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/
>> -      :Date: rolling version
>> -      :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel.
>> -      :Description: From the website: "Rust for Linux is the project adding
>> -        support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is
>> -        intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to
>> -        the project".
>> -
>>   Published books
>>   ---------------
>>   
>> @@ -220,6 +209,106 @@ Miscellaneous
>>           other original research and content related to Linux and software
>>           development.
>>   
>> +Rust
>> +----
>> +
>> +    * Title: **Rust for Linux**
>> +
>> +      :Author: various
>> +      :URL: https://rust-for-linux.com/
>> +      :Date: rolling version
>> +      :Keywords: glossary, terms, linux-kernel, rust.
>> +      :Description: From the website: "Rust for Linux is the project adding
>> +        support for the Rust language to the Linux kernel. This website is
>> +        intended as a hub of links, documentation and resources related to
>> +        the project".
>> +
>> +    * Title: **Learning Rust the Dangerous Way**
>> +
>> +      :Author: Cliff L. Biffle
>> +      :URL: https://cliffle.com/p/dangerust/
>> +      :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
>> +      :Keywords: rust, blog.
>> +      :Description: From the website: "LRtDW is a series of articles
>> +        putting Rust features in context for low-level C programmers who
>> +        maybe don’t have a formal CS background — the sort of people who
>> +        work on firmware, game engines, OS kernels, and the like.
>> +        Basically, people like me.". It illustrates line-by-line
>> +        conversions from C to Rust.
>> +
>> +    * Title: **The Rust Book**
>> +
>> +      :Author: Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols, with contributions from the
>> +        Rust community
>> +      :URL: https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/
>> +      :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
>> +      :Keywords: rust, book.
>> +      :Description: From the website: "This book fully embraces the
>> +        potential of Rust to empower its users. It’s a friendly and
>> +        approachable text intended to help you level up not just your
>> +        knowledge of Rust, but also your reach and confidence as a
>> +        programmer in general. So dive in, get ready to learn—and welcome
>> +        to the Rust community!".
>> +
>> +    * Title: **Rust for the Polyglot Programmer**
>> +
>> +      :Author: Ian Jackson
>> +      :URL: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~ianmdlvl/rust-polyglot/index.html
>> +      :Date: December 2022
>> +      :Keywords: rust, blog, tooling.
>> +      :Description: From the website: "There are many guides and
>> +        introductions to Rust. This one is something different: it is
>> +        intended for the experienced programmer who already knows many
>> +        other programming languages. I try to be comprehensive enough to be
>> +        a starting point for any area of Rust, but to avoid going into too
>> +        much detail except where things are not as you might expect. Also
>> +        this guide is not entirely free of opinion, including
>> +        recommendations of libraries (crates), tooling, etc.".
>> +
>> +    * Title: **Fasterthanli.me**
>> +
>> +      :Author: Amos Wenger
>> +      :URL: https://fasterthanli.me/
>> +      :Date: Accessed Sep 11 2024
>> +      :Keywords: rust, blog, news.
>> +      :Description: From the website: "I make articles and videos about how
>> +        computers work. My content is long-form, didactic and exploratory
>> +        — and often an excuse to teach Rust!".
>> +
>> +    * Title: **You Can't Spell Trust Without Rust**
>> +
>> +      :Author: Alexis Beingessner
>> +      :URL: https://repository.library.carleton.ca/downloads/1j92g820w?locale=en
>> +      :Date: 2015
>> +      :Keywords: rust, master, thesis.
>> +      :Description: This thesis focuses on Rust's ownership system, which
>> +        ensures memory safety by controlling data manipulation and
>> +        lifetime, while also highlighting its limitations and comparing it
>> +        to similar systems in Cyclone and C++.
>> +
>> +    * Name: **Linux Plumbers (LPC) Rust presentations**
>> +
>> +      :Title: Rust microconference
>> +      :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/sessions/186/#20240918
>> +      :Title: Rust for Linux
>> +      :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1912/
>> +      :Title: Journey of a C kernel engineer starting a Rust driver project
>> +      :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1911/
>> +      :Title: Crafting a Linux kernel scheduler that runs in user-space
>> +        using Rust
>> +      :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1723/
>> +      :Title: openHCL: A Linux and Rust based paravisor
>> +      :URL: https://lpc.events/event/18/contributions/1956/
>> +      :Keywords: rust, lpc, presentations.
>> +      :Description: A number of LPC talks related to Rust.
>> +
>> +    * Name: **The Rustacean Station Podcast**
>> +
>> +      :URL: https://rustacean-station.org/
>> +      :Keywords: rust, podcasts.
>> +      :Description: A community project for creating podcast content for
>> +        the Rust programming language.
>> +
>>   -------
>>   
>>   This document was originally based on:
>> diff --git a/Documentation/rust/index.rst b/Documentation/rust/index.rst
>> index 46d35bd395cf..01f09216c229 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/rust/index.rst
>> +++ b/Documentation/rust/index.rst
>> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ configurations.
>>       arch-support
>>       testing
>>   
>> +You can also find learning materials for Rust in its section in
>> +:doc:`../process/kernel-docs`.
>> +
>>   .. only::  subproject and html
>>   
>>      Indices


Thanks, Carlos

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