About using AI agents to port Linux drivers to the Rust-based Asterinas kernel.
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About using AI agents to port Linux drivers to the Rust-based Asterinas kernel.
Votes cast 1–2 October 2026: 100,590 votes from 9,694 people.
This is the future. Hardware has already standardized more towards USB HID than in previous decades, Linus interview included. When AI can develop these device drivers based on just probing the HID info, we’ll be on Cloud9. Because maybe then, we’ll get the year of the Linux desktop.