Re: [PATCH 0/6] rust: add `bitfield!` and `register!` macros

From: Danilo Krummrich

Date: Tue Jan 20 2026 - 09:18:33 EST


On Tue Jan 20, 2026 at 2:50 PM CET, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I discussed with Alex and Alice that it would be good to land the register!()
>> macro this cycle (having some local to register.rs bitfield support), so drivers
>> can start using it next cycle.
>
> By "local to register.rs bitfield support", do you mean something else
> than this series?

Correct, this series came from a misunderstanding, I think Alex plans to follow
up on it tomorrow.

> To be honest, I think this is all quite late for the cycle.

I think there has been consensus on the register!() macro, so it seems possible.
But as always, if it works out, great -- if not, that's okay too.