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The kernel maintains in-tree drivers that break, so it does impact kernel maintenance. This isn't currently true for RfL, but in the case of a C driver anyone w
by AlotOfReading 2y ago
The kernel maintains in-tree drivers that break, so it does impact kernel maintenance. This isn't currently true for RfL, but in the case of a C driver anyone who wanted to go and make a breaking change would have to go and fix up breakages to merge.
- Dagonfly 2y agoNitpick: There are actually a handful Rust drivers in-tree, e.g. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/net/phy/ax88796b_rust.rs https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/drivers/net/ph... Though, I think all of them are direct ports of existing drivers.