Re: [PATCH v7 0/4] rust: add basic serial device bus abstractions

[Markus Probst <markus.probst@posteo.de>]

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On Thu, 2026-04-30 at 14:58 -0500, Rob Herring wrote:
> 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.
I could maintain both C and Rust.

However my knowledge regarding the tty subsystem is very limited, so I
would need to heavily rely on kernel documentation.

Thanks
- Markus Probst

> 
> 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

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