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

[Yury Norov]

On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 09:31:14PM +0100, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2026 at 9:01 PM Danilo Krummrich <dakr@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I think it's rather unlikely to land bitfields this cycle. I think Yury
> > explicitly requested more discussion on bitfields and also encouraged the "two
> > stage" approach [1] moving register!() first and then extract bitfields
> > subsequently.
> 
> Does Yury want to maintain it? From his messages back then I am not
> sure if he does or not (he suggested "some non-rust person from a
> related kernel subsystem", not sure if that meant himself in this case
> too).

I can become a reviewer or maintainer, assuming Alex will become the first
maintainer as the main developer. I can also move it with my branch if you
prefer, guys. In this case it's better to make me a maintainer. 

> At least, he suggested adding a `MAINTAINERS` entry, which I agreed it
> was a good idea (by the way, this patch series should add it, or at
> least the eventual one that adds `bitfield!`).

Yes it is. Alexandre, can you please add a maintenance section(s) for
all new files?
 
> In any case, it has been a while since those discussions. It would be
> nice to know what people think nowadays about the macro here etc.
> 
> But yeah, from my side, no rush. And if Alexandre wants to maintain
> the new file and he wants a tree, I am happy to set it one more up.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel