netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/4] rust: core abstractions for network PHY drivers

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Message-ID: <2ba23c4b-b42d-49f0-8d3a-09432c4a6d97@lunn.ch>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 15:01:05 +0100
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>
Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
	tmgross@...ch.edu, miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com,
	benno.lossin@...ton.me, wedsonaf@...il.com, aliceryhl@...gle.com,
	boqun.feng@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v10 1/4] rust: core abstractions for network PHY
 drivers

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 08:49:21AM +0900, FUJITA Tomonori wrote:
> This patch adds abstractions to implement network PHY drivers; the
> driver registration and bindings for some of callback functions in
> struct phy_driver and many genphy_ functions.
> 
> This feature is enabled with CONFIG_RUST_PHYLIB_ABSTRACTIONS=y.
> 
> This patch enables unstable const_maybe_uninit_zeroed feature for
> kernel crate to enable unsafe code to handle a constant value with
> uninitialized data. With the feature, the abstractions can initialize
> a phy_driver structure with zero easily; instead of initializing all
> the members by hand. It's supposed to be stable in the not so distant
> future.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/116218
> 
> Signed-off-by: FUJITA Tomonori <fujita.tomonori@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew