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That's the strategy of `tock-registers` >>> crate which is widely used in embedded Rust. >> >> Yeah, I suggested a multi-register one for something similar in 2021 >> and even tackling extra automatic codegen there, like e.g. adjusting >> the value as needed to get to the proper unit from a sensor. >> >> Not sure how useful the multi-register part in practice it would be, >> but it would allow to relate several registers together if needed (is >> that even common nowadays?). Or perhaps things like the > > For the NVIDIA GPU drivers, maybe not. Just a data point. ...although it depends on what you mean. We do have lots of registers with a common base MMIO address. It's just that they are not all invoked in one shot, is what I'm trying (struggling) to say. thanks, -- John Hubbard