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		sesm 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Asahi Linux lead developer Hector Martin resigns f... > It seems like he wrote his Apple GPU driver in Rust and he needed Rust DMA support in the kernel. Did he really NEED it? Why he couldn't use the C API?

asadalt 10 months ago [–]

that’s exactly my question. why can’t he depend on C API and just consider it is memory safe and all.

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