Bcachefs: Upstreaming, growing the team, and a funding situation update
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Re: Bcachefs: Upstreaming, growing the team, and a funding situation update
#2I know Bcachefs is nearing its big merge into mainline Linux, but I wonder if the current state of Rust support in the kernel would allow for something like Bcachefs to be written. I know I can write a driver in Rust, but could I write a filesystem in Rust?
Re: Bcachefs: Upstreaming, growing the team, and a funding situation update
#3I know Bcachefs is nearing its big merge into mainline Linux, but I wonder if the current state of Rust support in the kernel would allow for something like Bcachefs to be written. I know I can write a driver in Rust, but could I write a filesystem in Rust?
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PuzzleFS-Development-Continues
The Linux kernel Rust support is not good enough currently for it to work though.
Re: Bcachefs: Upstreaming, growing the team, and a funding situation update
#4I know Bcachefs is nearing its big merge into mainline Linux, but I wonder if the current state of Rust support in the kernel would allow for something like Bcachefs to be written. I know I can write a driver in Rust, but could I write a filesystem in Rust?
https://www.phoronix.com/news/PuzzleFS-Development-Continues The Linux kernel Rust support is not good enough currently for it to work though.
> Currently, puzzlefs is implemented as a userspace filesystem (FUSE). A read-only kernel filesystem driver is underway.
Ahh interesting. I hadn't heard of PuzzleFS, but it sounds like they are anticipating Rust support will become good enough. Neat!
Re: Bcachefs: Upstreaming, growing the team, and a funding situation update
#5I read a lot of the emails from the past few months (see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37660709) and I think it will get in by the end of the year. Also think things will go better after that.
Good luck, Kent!