netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: phy: add Rust Asix PHY driver

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Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 17:57:41 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
Cc: gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] net: phy: add Rust Asix PHY driver

> Now I'm thinking that this is the best option. Kconfig would be the following:
> 
> config AX88796B_PHY
>         tristate "Asix PHYs"
>         help
>          Currently supports the Asix Electronics PHY found in the X-Surf 100
>          AX88796B package.
> 
> choice
>         prompt "Implementation options"
>         depends on AX88796B_PHY
>         help
>          There are two implementations for a driver for Asix PHYs; C and Rust.
>          If not sure, choose C.
> 
> config AX88796B_C_PHY
>         bool "The C version driver for Asix PHYs"
> 
> config AX88796B_RUST_PHY
>         bool "The Rust version driver for Asix PHYs"
>         depends on RUST
> 
> endchoice
> 
> 
> No hack in Makefile:
> 
> obj-$(CONFIG_AX88796B_C_PHY)    += ax88796b.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_AX88796B_RUST_PHY) += ax88796b_rust.o

This looks reasonable. Lets use this. But i still think we need some
sort of RUST_PHYLIB_BINDING.

     Andrew