From: Geert Stappers <stappers@stappers.nl>
To: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>,
Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>,
FUJITA Tomonori <tomo@exabit.dev>,
rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Rust e1000 driver (Intel Ethernet adapter)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 18:35:14 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220928163514.442xdz4eziuoz2fl@gpm.stappers.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANiq72nAUKmcBWYqJ0WRHzJbad9L2RrOMP9DY9EYqDD8qSx0RQ@mail.gmail.com>
On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 05:24:23PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2022 at 4:49 PM Geert Stappers wrote:
> >
> > Where to look for such merge request?
>
> Tomonori has been sending nice PRs for a while -- you can look them up
> using the author filter in GitHub, for instance.
At https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/pulls/fujita
are two open Merge Requests (no closed MRs).
My original question has been answered, thanks.
Summary of text below:
| } } Should I jump in the swimming pool?
| } Yes, the water temperature is fine
| It looks very cold to me
> > * git clone a modified version of a modified version of Linux kernel
> > * git clone the rust-e1000 at the right place
>
> I would expect the branch to contain whatever is needed, thus you
> should only need to clone/fetch/checkout a single branch, i.e. without
> having to do merges.
README.md at https://github.com/fujita/rust-e1000 hints,
hints me, "this part should be inserted in another source tree".
> > * build "rust for linux"
> > * start qemu with correct parameters
> > * find out that existing e1000 driver is NOT in the way
>
> Those are pretty standard steps, though I guess you could prepare a
> container or VM image with everything ready if you need it for demo
> purposes.
Time will tell which smart[*] questions will be asked.
Groeten
Geert Stappers
[*] http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-09-28 16:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-09-19 1:38 Rust e1000 driver (Intel Ethernet adapter) FUJITA Tomonori
2022-09-19 1:59 ` Alex Gaynor
2022-09-28 14:31 ` Geert Stappers
2022-09-28 15:24 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-09-28 16:35 ` Geert Stappers [this message]
2022-09-28 16:46 ` Miguel Ojeda
2022-09-29 6:36 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2022-09-29 6:57 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2022-10-23 7:06 ` FUJITA Tomonori
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