linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction `FwFunc`

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Message-ID: <CANiq72nf7m-_5FWdC1ktFcdPDo7BmFfgJXJEFfArgV7Bonu-tw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2025 16:05:50 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: Christian Schrefl <chrisi.schrefl@...il.com>, Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, 
	Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	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@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] rust: Use `ffi::c_char` type in firmware abstraction `FwFunc`

On Sat, Apr 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Typically, firmware patches go through driver-core, but if you like I'm fine
> with you taking it through the Rust tree.
>
>         Acked-by: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>

Happy either way! If someone else takes it:

Acked-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>

> Just note that before v6.13, core::ffi is required, since kernel::ffi does not
> exist. The firmware abstractions were introduced with v6.11.

It exists nowadays in 6.12.y (I backported it with the big `alloc`
backport series).

Cheers,
Miguel