Libraries or device drivers in go

Maurício

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Mar 10, 2011, 4:20:01 PM3/10/11

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Hi, all,

I've not seen this discussed anywhere. Is it possible to
build libraries (called by, say, C programs) in go? What
about a Linux device driver?

Thanks,
Maurício

Jessta

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Mar 10, 2011, 6:12:18 PM3/10/11

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Not yet. You can call C from Go and Go from C.
But currently the entry point of the process has to be in Go.

- jessta

saturnfive

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Mar 10, 2011, 7:37:05 PM3/10/11

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at present, you can't use go write linux device driver.

Maurício

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Mar 11, 2011, 9:33:50 AM3/11/11

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> > I've not seen this discussed anywhere. Is it possible to

> > build libraries (called by, say, C programs) in go? [...]

>
> at present, you can't use go write linux device driver.

What about, say, using a linux C or go implementation of 9p
protocol and libusb or linux USB API to serve an USB device
as a 9p file tree? Do you think this is feasible with go today?
(I believe this would keep go the entry point.)

Maurício

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