On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 04:14:15PM +0800, Zhao Liu wrote: > Hi maintainers and list, > > This RFC series attempts to re-implement simpletrace.py with Rust, which > is the 1st task of Paolo's GSoC 2024 proposal. > > There are two motivations for this work: > 1. This is an open chance to discuss how to integrate Rust into QEMU.
I don't think this proposal really triggers that discussion to any great extent, because 'simpletrace.py' is not a part of the QEMU codebase in any meaningul way. It is a standalone python script that just happens to live in the qemu.git repository. The difficult questions around Rust integration will arise when we want to have Rust used to /replace/ some existing non-optional functionality. IOW, if Rust were to become a mandatory dep of QEMU that could not be avoided. In fact I kinda wonder whether this Rust simpletrace code could simply be its own git repo under gitlab.com/qemu-project/...., rather than put into the monolithic QEMU repo ? That just makes it a "normal" Rust project and no questions around integration with QEMU's traditional build system would arise. With regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|
