linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] driver core: add a virtual bus for use when a simple device/bus is needed

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Message-ID: <0ddad0a7c4baeeb617b0808d9b7ba352b45c2756.camel@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 17:45:06 -0500
From: Lyude Paul <lyude@...hat.com>
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, Danilo Krummrich
	 <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
 Maíra Canal	 <mairacanal@...eup.net>, "Rafael J.
 Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Jonathan Cameron
 <Jonathan.Cameron@...wei.com>, Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@...cinc.com>, Andy
 Shevchenko	 <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>, Robin Murphy
 <robin.murphy@....com>,  Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>,
 Lukas Wunner <lukas@...ner.de>, Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>, 
 Simona Vetter <simona.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [RFC] driver core: add a virtual bus for use when a simple
 device/bus is needed

On Mon, 2025-02-03 at 15:33 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 12:25:23PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > The more I think about it, the less I think it's a good idea, since it'd
> > > probably trick people into coming up with questionable constructs...
> > 
> > No, I think it will work, let me do some replacements later today after
> > I get some other work done, I think it does make sense, don't doubt
> > yourself :)
> 
> New version is now at:
> 	https://lore.kernel.org/r/2025020324-thermal-quilt-1bae@gregkh
> 
> I've renamed it from "virtual" to "faux" as virtual can easily get
> confused with virtio stuff, and we already have a /sys/devices/virtual/
> that is for something else at the moment.

+1 for the rename - if it was called virtual I'd need to call the rust
bindings something else, as unfortunately virtual is a unused reserved keyword
there so we can't use it for the module name :P

> 
> Let me know if there's anything I can change that would make a rust
> binding simpler.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 
> 
> > 
> > thanks,
> > 
> > greg k-h
> > 
> 

-- 
Cheers,
 Lyude Paul (she/her)
 Software Engineer at Red Hat

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