Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] rust: i2c: add basic I2C device and driver abstractions

["Danilo Krummrich" <dakr@kernel.org>]

On Sat Aug 2, 2025 at 2:14 PM CEST, Wolfram Sang wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Maybe it would also be a good option to take PRs from Igor? I think it could be
>> a great way to get in touch with some of the Rust work over time without having
>> to commit to maintaining it. (Of course, this is entirely up to you though.)
>
> Makes sense...

Great!

>> While I encourage the above, one fallback alternative could be to take patches
>> through the driver-core tree -- at least for now. Given that this is a bus
>> abstraction and hence most infrastructure used is generic device / driver
>> infrastructure, there's some synergy.
>
> ... especially if the alternative is "only" the driver core tree. My
> tree makes more sense then. I thought there might be a more fitting
> "Rust" tree. If that's not the case, I can pull from Igor, no problem.
> We will see how this goes dependency-wise.

There's of course also Miguel's Rust tree, but this is more for "core Rust
infrastructure".

Citing Miguel [1]:

"We try to reserve the global Rust tree fallback for cases where there
is really no other way, e.g. when a key subsystem doesn't want
anything to do with Rust at all and thus would block many others
otherwise."

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CANiq72=+UUFVemSGHvzkX5FoOv-U5YRDKQkbKjYwqEfex-ey6w@mail.gmail.com/