Re: [PATCH 0/6] Initial Rust V4L2 support

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Tue Apr 11 2023 - 10:20:10 EST


On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 3:15 PM Hans Petter Selasky <hps@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If you cannot build a new toolchain without a new kernel.

Why not?

> Then you are stuck forever to build a new toolchain and kernel? Do you
> agree?

No, I don't agree, because I don't understand why you cannot build the
new toolchain in the old kernel, or use a pre-built toolchain for that
matter (whether built by you or by somebody else).

> Or you can say, someone else needs to deal with it, but then you have a
> single point of failure.

No, you could build your own toolchain and save it somewhere, if you
don't want to rely on a build from somebody else.

Cheers,
Miguel