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Request: Framework for Building Linux Kernel Modules with D

 
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rickhg12hs



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 4:50 pm    Post subject: Request: Framework for Building Linux Kernel Modules with D Reply with quote

It would be great to use D to write loadable Linux kernel modules.

If D truly has a compatible object interface with C then this must be possible, right? ... especially with GDC since GCC is used to compile the Linux kernel.

Linux kernel module reliance on .h files in include/linux looks like a complication but seems convertible to D (if I understand enough about D).

A D project that created a framework for building loadable Linux kernel modules would provide another option for all the C programmers doing module development. It would also be a showcase for D to demonstrate C object compatibility.

Has anyone already demonstrated this capability? Is anyone [planning on] working on it?
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jcc7



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PostPosted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Request: Framework for Building Linux Kernel Modules wi Reply with quote

rickhg12hs wrote:
It would be great to use D to write loadable Linux kernel modules.
I don't know if anyone has tried to do specifically that yet, but I know that several people have tried writing kernels with D. Some of those projects are mentioned on this wiki page:
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?KernelWithD
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