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Why is this here?
Because the lab tutorials are using Rust and the device drivers are "Written in Rust™" which is trendy in 2026.

This is the only explanation, but clearly almost no-one is interested in writing their own device drivers in 2026 after 3 hours of this post with less than 5 comments.

Writing device drivers isn't sexy like TheLatestFramework™ but are an important part of computing.
I found it interesting, and a nice break from yet another llm related post. Why would it be out of place here?
stupid question once again

- as a guy who knows a little c++ and absolutely nothing about kernels and drivers

- what are some top tier guides you recommend that explains how drivers are made, how low level programming is done and more importantly the why behind many many assumptions