Move register types to x86_64_types crate

[npmccallum]

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[npmccallum]

@phil-opp FYI

[phil-opp]

Looks good to me in general. I don't think that we want to merge this into master directly, because git dependencies are not allowed on crates.io. I just created a dev branch, could you create a new pull request against that branch? This way, we can experiment with the split while keeping the master branch publishable.

[npmccallum]

@phil-opp Would it be better to just release a version of x86_64_types?

[phil-opp]

@npmccallum Yes, we could do that too. I just want to avoid repeated breaking changes of x86_64, so perhaps it's better to keep it in a separate branch to allow more experimentation on the type APIs?

[phil-opp]

Closing as stale. I'm happy to continue experimentation on this matter if you like @npmccallum.

[npmccallum]

@haraldh and @connorkuehl are mostly doing this work now.

[phil-opp]

Thanks for the update!

[phil-opp]

Hi @haraldh, @connorkuehl, @npmccallum

Is this still something that is planned? Otherwise I think we can remove the https://github.com/rust-osdev/x86_64_types repo and delete the empty https://crates.io/crates/x86_64_types placeholder crate.

[haraldh]

Oh.. I don't even remember the rationale of pulling out these types.. yeah, sadly most of us don't do low level x86 development with rust anymore. Please go ahead and do as you like. Thank you for the hard work!!!

[phil-opp]

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll archive the repo and delete the crate then.