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 8A86637151; Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:09:40 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Z9CbGLM/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 919F0C433C8; Wed, 18 Oct 2023 16:09:36 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1697645380; bh=NyxodQYdJN0bXaAwMa3qhqruplmUOckpXetLVK/mv+U=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=Z9CbGLM/xDgsJI+RiGEhkR5IrBIVA64HzatG1ofgD+AuTv2gqNlE0kqg16r/Trjml jQq0sGq/kL99bDSxXBM35tr6NoPr1/Jt3YLOjN2L/aA2Gnp80EWF1myFxMg52P83Ie +I0Emft9mPi98sXvu9/3n2bqwAZUBWtj7kXwZjACj5NzS52Aa8hIGiwf4UI1FC/61Y 0dNmxtR4mJgxZdpraU0Eionu9ocgLYTv50XxFxgGyjJjpEpPj6R/HF2RkeSjfojMHJ wYQvgZagwrQctELg/zCV0Rgr3bGqjo2NKELiph0xLGwSLZB45wwm7yJRS2g1R/cst0 Bw5sKw0UekQgQ== From: Miguel Ojeda To: Jonathan Corbet , Miguel Ojeda , Wedson Almeida Filho , Alex Gaynor Cc: Boqun Feng , Gary Guo , =?UTF-8?q?Bj=C3=B6rn=20Roy=20Baron?= , Benno Lossin , Andreas Hindborg , Alice Ryhl , Andrew Lunn , linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, patches@lists.linux.dev Subject: [PATCH] docs: rust: add "The Rust experiment" section Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:09:22 +0200 Message-ID: <20231018160922.1018962-1-ojeda@kernel.org> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Clarify that the Rust experiment is still going on to avoid confusion for both kernel maintainers and end users. Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda --- Andrew: I did not add a `Suggested-by` just in case, but please let me know if you want it, of course. Documentation/rust/index.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/rust/index.rst b/Documentation/rust/index.rst index e599be2cec9b..aaed36af15ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/rust/index.rst +++ b/Documentation/rust/index.rst @@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ Rust Documentation related to Rust within the kernel. To start using Rust in the kernel, please read the quick-start.rst guide. + +The Rust experiment +------------------- + +The Rust support was merged in v6.1 into mainline in order to help in +determining whether Rust as a language was suitable for the kernel, i.e. worth +the tradeoffs. + +Currently, the Rust support is primarily intended for kernel developers and +maintainers interested in the Rust support, so that they can start working on +abstractions and drivers, as well as helping the development of infrastructure +and tools. + +In particular, if you are an end user, please note that there are no in-tree +drivers/modules suitable or intended for production use yet. + + .. only:: rustdoc and html You can also browse `rustdoc documentation `_. base-commit: 94f6f0550c625fab1f373bb86a6669b45e9748b3 -- 2.42.0