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From:   Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 11 Apr 2023 01:40:11 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial Rust V4L2 support
To:     Daniel Almeida <daniel.almeida@collabora.com>
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On Sun, Apr 9, 2023 at 4:10=E2=80=AFPM Daniel Almeida
<daniel.almeida@collabora.com> wrote:
>
> and I don't
> think there
> are any plans to introduce Rust outside of drivers in the kernel at
> all, last I
> heard.

This was indeed our original proposal (actually, for "leaf" modules in
general, not only device drivers), but where the line is drawn is up
to the kernel maintainers. For instance, some of them have expressed
interest in potentially having Rust subsystems in the future.

Cheers,
Miguel