linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial Rust V4L2 support

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Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:11 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>
Cc:     Hans Petter Selasky <hps@...asky.org>, wedsonaf@...il.com,
        ojeda@...nel.org, mchehab@...nel.org, hverkuil@...all.nl,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial Rust V4L2 support

On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 4:10 PM Daniel Almeida
<daniel.almeida@...labora.com> wrote:
>
> and I don't
> think there
> are any plans to introduce Rust outside of drivers in the kernel at
> all, last I
> heard.

This was indeed our original proposal (actually, for "leaf" modules in
general, not only device drivers), but where the line is drawn is up
to the kernel maintainers. For instance, some of them have expressed
interest in potentially having Rust subsystems in the future.

Cheers,
Miguel