rust-embedded / rust-embedded/linux-embedded-hal

Improvement of error matching necessary

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Description

We have merged #71 which did the heavy-lifting for updating this to embedded-hal 1.0.0-alpha.6.
However, currently we are missing the extraction of information from the underlying nix/io errors in the embedded_hal::*::Error implementations so that they can be converted to a meaningful embedded_hal::*::ErrorKind.
At the moment, converting all errors to Other would render all drivers unable to act on things like i2c::NoAcknowledge.
For this one needs to dig a bit into the Linux kernel, and so on, though.

TODO:

  • #75
  • SPI
  • Serial

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Start by inspecting the embedded_hal::::Error implementations and how underlying nix/io errors are exposed. Investigate the Linux kernel error values relevant to SPI and Serial, then ensure those errors map to meaningful embedded_hal::::ErrorKind values instead of Other; #75 is already complete.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
embedded-iot, operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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