The Linux 6.8 kernel is scheduled to include the first network driver in the Rust language
The net-next branch, which develops changes for the Linux kernel 6.8, includes changes that add to the kernel the initial Rust wrapper above the phylib abstraction level and the ax88796b_rust driver that uses this wrapper, providing support for the PHY interface of the Asix AX88772A (100MBit) Ethernet controller. . The driver includes 135 lines of code and is positioned as a simple working example for creating network drivers in Rust, ready […]