linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] docs: rust: add "The Rust experiment" section

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Message-ID: <4f53ddf7-f92b-84ed-046a-da2ac7a2cedd@amd.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:15:24 -0500
From:   Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
To:     Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
Cc:     Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
        Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>,
        Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
        Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
        Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
        Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>,
        Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        patches@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: rust: add "The Rust experiment" section

On 10/24/23 04:16, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 4:34 PM Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com> wrote:
>>
>> Personally, I would rephrase this to:
>>
>> "Please note that, as an end user, there are currently no in-tree drivers
>> or modules suitable or intended for production use."
> 
> Yeah, I think the "yet" -> "currently" change helps, so I took it. I
> haven't changed the "if" to "as" because some readers are not really
> end users but kernel developers/maintainers, so I think it could be a
> bit confusing.
> 
>> I think this will be helpful.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
> 
> Thanks! I have changed the paragraph to this, can I still use your
> `Reviewed-by`?

Yes, that's perfect.

> 
>    If you are an end user, please note that there are currently no in-tree
>    drivers/modules suitable or intended for production use, and that the Rust
>    support is still in development/experimental, especially for certain kernel
>    configurations.
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel

Thanks,
Carlos