Messages in this thread | | | From | Miguel Ojeda <> | Date | Wed, 18 Oct 2023 18:41:10 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH] docs: rust: add "The Rust experiment" section |
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On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 6:27 PM Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote: > > It very unlikely end users read this document.
We can add a note to the Kconfig symbol too -- would that be OK with you?
> And that statement is > not limited to end users, it is true for everybody.
Agreed, but that bit is meant to emphasize that end users do not have a reason to use it at all (unlike kernel developers etc. from the previous paragraph)
> What we should be saying is that Rust for the Linux kernel in general > is not ready for production use. Developing drivers in Rust is > currently for experimentation only. Given the experimental nature of > the work, there is some risk Rust will never be ready for production > use.
The risk is that Rust gets dropped from the kernel because it is not used enough, not so much that there is a fundamental problem to solve in order to reach production.
Cheers, Miguel
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