Re: [RFC] driver core: add a virtual bus for use when a simple device/bus is needed

Lyude Paul
2025-02-03T22:45:16Z

On Mon, 2025-02-03 at 15:33 +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 12:25:23PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > > The more I think about it, the less I think it's a good idea, since it'd
> > > probably trick people into coming up with questionable constructs...
> >
> > No, I think it will work, let me do some replacements later today after
> > I get some other work done, I think it does make sense, don't doubt
> > yourself :)
>
> New version is now at:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/2025020324-thermal-quilt-1bae@gregkh
>
> I've renamed it from "virtual" to "faux" as virtual can easily get
> confused with virtio stuff, and we already have a /sys/devices/virtual/
> that is for something else at the moment.

+1 for the rename - if it was called virtual I'd need to call the rust
bindings something else, as unfortunately virtual is a unused reserved keyword
there so we can't use it for the module name :P

>
> Let me know if there's anything I can change that would make a rust
> binding simpler.
>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h
>
>
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > greg k-h
> >
>

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Cheers,
Lyude Paul (she/her)
Software Engineer at Red Hat

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