Re: [PATCH 0/2] rust: hwmon: rework hwmon abstractions, add TMP108 driver

[Guenter Roeck]

On 10/16/26 00:24, skxby wrote:
> Hi Guenter,
>
> [1] Positioning
>
> This series follows up on Donjuanplatinum's RFC [1], which proposed basic
> Rust abstractions for the hwmon subsystem. Your reply [2] noted that Rust
> support in hwmon would have to wait for someone else to pick up
> maintainership, and the thread has been quiet since. I am not re-litigating
> that decision here. I have taken the proposed abstractions, reworked them
> against the current rust tree, and written a real driver on top of them
> (TMP108, mirroring drivers/hwmon/tmp108.c). I am posting the result so the
> work itself - the shape of the abstraction and the driver built on it - can
> be looked at on its own merits, whenever and by whoever takes the
> maintainership question up.

By now I add a new concern: Much of the Rust code I have seen as been written
by or heavily guided by AI. I even heard the argument that Rust code written
that way would not have tho be runtime tested since its inherent support
for self-tests and the ability of AI code review would already ensure its
quality. I do not believe that hype. Others will have to accept it.

Guenter