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orik
this seems fun.

I wonder though if bringing Go or Rust bare metal onto the Pi would give you the smallest attack surface?

http://blog.thiago.me/raspberry-pi-bare-metal-programming-wi...

weberc2
Go doesn't currently run on bare metal, though I think there are forks that do. At any rate, this would be unusable for most interesting programs unless you plan to rewrite all of the things the kernel gives you in Go/Rust (though there are projects which aim to do this as well).
pjmlp
The most usable thing would be to prove to naysayers that it is possible to use Go in such scenarios.

Another usable thing would be to program bare metal devices without memory corruption issues.

jeyoor
Anything like this available for .NET Core?
carussell
Yes, .NET Micro Framework is a thing.

Also what's notable is that it was opened up in 2009--a full five years before all the hubbub about core and corefx. And it's under Apache 2.0, so if any organization has any problems swallowing the terms of MS's patent grant on .NET Core, they have a more palatable option.

http://netmf.github.io

fabmilo
does it support docker?
0x006A
no, docker does not work with CGO_ENABLED=0
oxplot
A while ago, I had the "krazy" idea of writing my own single binary Go router software on top of linux kernel. Turns out it's fairly easy to get up and running with literally having nothing but a kernel image and a single executable that gets called on boot. My kernel booted in less than 2 second on a VM.
bigdubs
This is basically what a docker image is.
zer0t3ch
Docker is just a container, anything you can boot you can put in a container. That doesn't make what he did "basically a docker image".
jagger27
I guess the next step would be to try a uni-kernel. ClickOS claims to be able to boot in 20ms.

http://unikernel.org/projects/

vog
Also, MigrageOS is amazingly fast, and can use tons of existing OCaml libraries.
perbu
Or just use IncludeOS, and you'll have the option to recompile most of the software out there (as IncludeOS is C++).
pjmlp
Including the memory corruption bugs written by those that use it as "C with C++ compiler".
im_down_w_otp
Use LING (Erlang on Xen). Fast boot, great libraries and tools for building network applications and introspection, and still hosts its own shell (albeit an Erlang one) you could remote into if you so desired.
sigjuice
Wouldn't the kernel take the same time to boot whether it is your single Go binary or the usual Linux userland?
Matthias247
I guess he meant to boot the whole thing, which means kernel plus userspace.
CSDude
I still have that idea, want to work on something together?
weberc2
The documentation says to compile with GOARCH=amd64; isn't RPI3 an ARM architecture? Is that a typo, or am I misunderstanding something?
pdpi
Either a typo that was fixed in the meanwhile, or you misread. It currently reads "arm64".
weberc2
Ah, I probably misread. Thanks!
kingmanaz
Excellent. Perhaps it's finally time to build a wunderground-consulting sprinkler timer...
agumonkey
If I ever write a Go thing I'll be sure to call it Getnuts.
mmcwilliams
Very cool project! I'm just getting started with Go and my target platform is the Raspberry Pi (and other low-powered ARM boards). Will the newly-announced Zero W support this?
secure
Unfortunately not. The arm64 architecture is a requirement (see also https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/5xgf8u/gokrazy_a_pu...), and the Zero W uses the older BCM2835 SoC, which is not arm64.
mmcwilliams
Ah, that's a little annoying, but I think my expectations for what I can get out of a $10 computer are getting out of hand. Looks like I'm going to have to check out the Pi 3.