linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] rust: add firmware abstractions

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Message-ID: <ZnHkQpyiX4UKdLEt@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 12:47:14 -0700
From: Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] rust: add firmware abstractions

On Mon, Jun 17, 2024 at 10:29:41PM +0200, Danilo Krummrich wrote:
> Add an abstraction around the kernels firmware API to request firmware
> images. The abstraction provides functions to access the firmware's size
> and backing buffer.
> 
> The firmware is released once the abstraction instance is dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>

I don't speak Rust, so if we're gonna add this, I'd just ask you also
become a firmware loader maintainer, willing to spend time to help
review both C and Rust code. Is that too much to ask?

  Luis