Rust for windows
- #Rust for windows how to#
- #Rust for windows drivers#
- #Rust for windows driver#
- #Rust for windows code#
I made this mistake and had to break it into multiple crates. I’ll keep this example project simple but I recommend creating a workspace so you don’t end up having one big project. This post summarize what went wrong and what I learned. I almost gave up until I stumbled upon win_driver_example which made me realize that a lot has changed and that it’s not even that hard. One of these repositories is winapi-kmd-rs which is unfortunately really complicated and outdated. A quick search lead me to many unanswered questions and two Github repositories.
#Rust for windows drivers#
A few months after I started I already gained lots of experience and began to wonder whether it’s possible to rewrite my Windows Kernel Drivers in Rust. That’s why I decided to rewrite one of my already existing C++ projects. I read the official Rust book already in the end of 2019 but never had a project idea.
#Rust for windows driver#
| not-matthias Home About Writing a kernel driver with Rust. The next topic is the RSS reader tutorial, where we'll walk through writing a simple app with Rust for Windows.Writing a kernel driver with Rust.
#Rust for windows how to#
Use it to browse or search for the APIs you need to know about, and that you need to know how to call. This resource essentially documents how the Windows APIs and types are projected into idiomatic Rust. But if having the entire Windows API at your fingertips seems a little daunting, there's also Rust documentation for the Windows API. Rust for Windows benefits from the polished toolchain that Rust developers enjoy.