linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] soc: qcom: socinfo: Convert to Rust

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Message-ID: <2026020436-mascot-parachute-81da@gregkh>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 09:40:07 +0100
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Bjorn Andersson <andersson@...nel.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] soc: qcom: socinfo: Convert to Rust

On Tue, Feb 03, 2026 at 02:27:21PM -0600, Bjorn Andersson wrote:
> I expressed my scepticism in v1 about changing this driver, for the sake
> of supporting this experiment in your downstream kernel(s). The people
> who suggested this driver to be a good candidate choose not to engage in
> either that discussion nor in the review of the solution itself.

I was told that QCOM wanted this driver to be redone in rust as that is
what they wanted to do for further socinfo drivers going forward.
Hopefully the people that said that actually talked to the kernel
developers/maintainers involved in this driver first before doing so :)

thanks,

greg k-h