netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/5] rust: core abstractions for network PHY drivers

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Message-ID: <ae1987a4-b878-498a-a06e-2db16d9f2056@lunn.ch>
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2023 00:40:18 +0200
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>
Cc: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org, tmgross@...ch.edu,
	miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com, wedsonaf@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7 1/5] rust: core abstractions for network PHY
 drivers

> I did not notice this before, but this means we cannot use the `link`
> function from bindgen, since that takes `&self`. We would need a
> function that takes `*const Self` instead.

After the discussion about mutability, i took a look at the C code,
and started adding const to functions which take phydev, but don't
modify it. Does bindgen look for such const attributes? Does it make a
difference to be binding?

	Andrew