[PATCH] rust: support DPDK API

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Mon Mar 10 16:31:22 CET 2025


On Sat, 8 Mar 2025 21:14:15 +0200 (IST)
"Etelson, Gregory" <getelson at nvidia.com> wrote:

> Hello Igor,
> 
> > Hi Gregory!
> >
> > As a DPDK as well as a Rust user, I'm quite excited about this patch.
> > I'm wondering though, is DPDK getting an official Rust API? I'm
> > subscribed to dev and user mailing lists, and haven't seen any
> > announcements - did I miss something?
> >
> > Bellow are some stylistic suggestions
> >  
> 
> There is no DPDK API for RUST yet.
> My patch  allows RUST application to use native DPDK API.
> I'll adopt you coding style suggestions in the next patch release.
> 
> Regards,
> Gregory


I have same concerns about rust in DPDK as the Linux kernel.
What API's are we going to be covered?
Will new API's have to have rust support?
What about API stability?

Good to see this mainstreamed, baby steps first.
The build system issues seem like a lot of heavy lifting.


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