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

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Message-ID: <CANiq72m8cOWrO21PhUFcBap2j7ooKtAKdkOU9u8y-xGj_8fvoA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 2 May 2023 21:13:44 +0200
From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To:     Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net>
Cc:     Nicolas Dufresne <nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com>,
        Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>,
        Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>,
        Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@...all.nl>, wedsonaf@...il.com,
        ojeda@...nel.org, mchehab@...nel.org,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-media@...r.kernel.org, kernel@...labora.com,
        Sakari Ailus <sakari.ailus@....fi>,
        Antoni Boucher <bouanto@...o.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial Rust V4L2 support

On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 10:17 PM Asahi Lina <lina@...hilina.net> wrote:
>
> Unfortunately I don't think actually replacing the C implementations
> will be possible until Rust architecture support is on par with C, which
> probably means waiting until gccrs is ready...

There is also a second approach via `rustc_codegen_gcc`: Antoni (Cc'd)
showed in Kangrejos and LPC last year that it could compile the Rust
kernel code (with a few tweaks).

Cheers,
Miguel