Nouveau - Sep 2025 - [PATCH v2 4/4] rust: Move register and bitstruct macros out of Nova

On Thu Sep 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM JST, Joel Fernandes wrote:
> Out of broad need for these macros in Rust, move them out. Several folks
> have shown interest (Nova, Tyr GPU drivers).
>
> bitstruct - defines bitfields in Rust structs similar to C.
> register - support for defining hardware registers and accessors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf at nvidia.com>
<snip>
> diff --git a/rust/kernel/lib.rs b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> index c859a8984bae..9c492fa10967 100644
> --- a/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> +++ b/rust/kernel/lib.rs
> @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_AUXILIARY_BUS)]
>  pub mod auxiliary;
>  pub mod bits;
> +pub mod bitstruct;
>  #[cfg(CONFIG_BLOCK)]
>  pub mod block;
>  pub mod bug;
> @@ -112,6 +113,7 @@
>  pub mod prelude;
>  pub mod print;
>  pub mod rbtree;
> +pub mod register;
I remember a discussion with Danilo where he mentioned the register
macro should end up being in `kernel::io::register`.

Also wondering whether `bitstruct` should not be in the
appropriately-named `bits` module standing right above it. :)