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  • In my mind, introducing Rust would only make sense if:

    1. There was a serious lack of current kernel developers (which I don’t think there is)
    2. New hardware and tech was evolving at a rate that the Linux Kernel could not keep up (again, I don’t think this is am issue)
    3. The end goal is to migrate the entire Kernel to Rust.

    Regarding point 3, having both C and Rust really only makes sense as a transition phase (measured in years) - as it would require kernel developers to be savvy in both C and Rust, or would force developers to stay within whatever domains were implemented in C or Rust.