linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

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Message-ID: <CANiq72=PWw6MW8NiHtFPmQ5C8xjzVJf2OOpVP2YQbsFqrB4XMA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 14:50:59 +0100
From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>
To: Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org>
Cc: Alexandre Courbot <acourbot@...dia.com>, Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, 
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>, Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>, 
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>, 
	Benno Lossin <lossin@...nel.org>, Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...nel.org>, 
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>, Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, 
	Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>, John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>, 
	Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>, Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>, 
	Timur Tabi <ttabi@...dia.com>, Edwin Peer <epeer@...dia.com>, 
	Eliot Courtney <ecourtney@...dia.com>, Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@...labora.com>, 
	Dirk Behme <dirk.behme@...bosch.com>, Steven Price <steven.price@....com>, 
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> I discussed with Alex and Alice that it would be good to land the register!()
> macro this cycle (having some local to register.rs bitfield support), so drivers
> can start using it next cycle.

By "local to register.rs bitfield support", do you mean something else
than this series?

To be honest, I think this is all quite late for the cycle.

Cheers,
Miguel