Use C2Rust to start conversion to the saner and safer language

[XVilka]

Otherwise it is not as modern as title suggests.

• C2Rust main site and demo
• C2Rust GitHub

And Intel has the perfect position (and experience already it seems) for this kind of conversion.

[vincent-j-zimmer]

Thanks for the pointer. This is an interesting approach to investigate as part of the effort. I agree that language-based security has a lot of value in critical system software.

[vincent-j-zimmer]

another perspective on Rust and host firmware https://mail.coreboot.org/hyperkitty/list/coreboot@coreboot.org/thread/DAK4GNYYLVQJVACNBNUWOPVUDLLPAYLJ/