linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/13] Samples: Rust examples

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Message-ID: <dcaca535-2df3-3224-82c3-1a49a2208f30@collabora.co.uk>
Date:   Fri, 16 Apr 2021 13:46:03 +0200
From:   Andrej Shadura <andrew.shadura@...labora.co.uk>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        "open list:DOCUMENTATION" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@...reload.com>,
        Finn Behrens <me@...enk.de>,
        Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@...il.com>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/13] Samples: Rust examples

Hi,

On 14/04/2021 21:42, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2021 at 9:34 PM Linus Torvalds
> <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>>
>> Honestly, I'd like to see a real example. This is fine for testing,
>> but I'd like to see something a bit more real, and a bit less special
>> than the Android "binder" WIP that comes a few patches later.
>>
>> Would there be some kind of real driver or something that people could
>> use as a example of a real piece of code that actually does something
>> meaningful?
> 
> Yeah, we are planning to write a couple of drivers that talk to actual
> hardware. Not sure which ones we will do, but we will have them
> written.

I’m curious what’s the procedure and approach in general to adding new
APIs? I was thinking of trying to port my driver but it needs USB HID
and either LEDs or hwrandom (depending on which part I start porting
first), so obviously it’s not doable right now, but I’m thinking about
maybe helping with at least some of those.

-- 
Cheers,
  Andrej