From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B843382367; Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:59:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777579141; cv=none; b=jt2dPgSgrf9lT9d02LuRpIbOTEFkmzhzcqboWHjuiAMB8dc4UGMVA7ztvhzoEsB26GQu7ofI/2c7RY+32F7UcMVLhe4um1BcLpRhVCTid4YJLBoklWiqXlAwTqRWH1Wl+yX8RuTv2UJztxCiiK/+GRP1Q5wjs1Alm7JIbnugKe0= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1777579141; c=relaxed/simple; bh=LBnU4AivRmdyKTS0Xcm7sAN9nbgjFQEu0IgaPDtNX8A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=KeLyqgR5Vk6CQRVcRRPPEeVHXt+CDu/irFg5WOYym7Zny8M/Q7hpABn0KyETgCdT1m8vqyl0vOywD3LiMIlwdHhVWfvD4nwxTS6rRXaK2nO/Aa7ke0u0GLDzlOrj1wCB1c4i/rfIBTcRAx95hPjQQdDnj8VntMGtJe3et1H8Fx8= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=D37FyE44; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="D37FyE44" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83A84C2BCB3; Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:59:00 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1777579140; bh=LBnU4AivRmdyKTS0Xcm7sAN9nbgjFQEu0IgaPDtNX8A=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=D37FyE44Yvvn2cExwQ3DmwgarHkzu8WUVgaowMhD+LmI77+KXzdBK44lKtn+fFUgO bDSpV9CoNJi+BNPgdd0UKnu4ogxf1eb7bKc3aQbAkOGlv1S0uL1gaj47H4jPYZGD6F ELGMa2Wzsk/mtTY92+5Ti3XPzZXWHt9gxb3Qe/WyFzeVbTCM6GeA+HIN1/HGJ5L3OL jAMGMxkf/Y5mCzAdwHsIGTNRCYNHpJi/prLhuFyMoP3cAGZI83iFkM8L7ZClWRXRz2 W2CedreT/+hzZYdFf/jLgPz08IQck7uK1kQPtbXn8J0GMY1oTCQv1ZhHnUPsntX0hj iUkbOn6Q6Y2wA== Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:58:58 -0500 From: Rob Herring To: Markus Probst Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman , Jiri Slaby , Miguel Ojeda , Gary Guo , =?iso-8859-1?Q?Bj=F6rn?= Roy Baron , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Trevor Gross , Danilo Krummrich , Kari Argillander , "Rafael J. Wysocki" , Viresh Kumar , Boqun Feng , David Airlie , Simona Vetter , linux-serial@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-pm@vger.kernel.org, driver-core@lists.linux.dev, dri-devel@lists.freedesktop.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions Message-ID: <20260430195858.GA1650658-robh@kernel.org> References: <20260429-rust_serdev-v7-0-0d89c791b5c8@posteo.de> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20260429-rust_serdev-v7-0-0d89c791b5c8@posteo.de> On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 08:21:30PM +0200, Markus Probst wrote: > This patch series adds the serdev device bus rust abstraction into the > kernel. > > This abstraction will be used by a driver, > which targets the MCU devices in Synology devices. > > Kari Argillander also messaged me, stating that he wants to write a > watchdog driver with this abstraction (needing initial device data). > > @Rob: Are you willing to maintain these rust abstractions yourself, > as you are the expert on this subsystem, otherwise I would take care of > it with a "SERIAL DEVICE BUS [RUST]" section in the MAINTAINERS file. In > the second case, I assume you are going to pick those patches as-is into > your tree, after they have been reviewed? Well I can ignore the Rust part as much as I ignore the C serdev part... Honestly, I need to find someone else to maintain all of it as I don't really have the bandwidth. I don't think we should split it though. And I don't have a tree for serdev. Greg picks up the serdev patches. If the Rust folks are fine with them, then I am. Rob