Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] rust: crates in other kernel directories

[Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>]

On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 9:01 PM Miguel Ojeda
<miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 1:07 AM Martin Rodriguez Reboredo
> <yakoyoku@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Well, there's the network PHY driver series that is stuck on this
> > topic, I (and probably others) have local work that have the same issue
>
> No, that series is not stuck on this.
>
> > and said general case might not arrive that soon. So it'd better to
> > start on a feature that will benefit API users right away and can be
> > updated to fit needs. That's what I think.
>
> If there is an in-tree use case that will really require a solution to
> this very soon, then please focus on explaining that (e.g. what "local
> work" do you have and what are your plans for landing it upstream?)
> and we will do our best to reschedule priorities or we can provide a
> workaround for the time being.
>
> In any case, please note that this RFC breaks the kernel build and
> does not really solve the overall issue.
>
> Cheers,
> Miguel
>


Does this rely on the assumption that usb.rlib is small enough
because usb.rlib will be linked to every usb driver.

So, usb.rlib is just a binding, not able to write the
subsystem code in Rust, correct?







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