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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 15 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 5685d7bfe4d0..0d0b7120792b 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ docs on :ref:`Building Linux with Clang/LLVM <kbuild_llvm>`. Rust (optional) --------------- -A particular version of the Rust toolchain is required. Newer versions may or -may not work because the kernel depends on some unstable Rust features, for -the moment. +A recent version of the Rust compiler is required. Each Rust toolchain comes with several "components", some of which are required (like ``rustc``) and some that are optional. The ``rust-src`` component (which diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst index ac2f16288458..89bbfde8c96c 100644 --- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst +++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst @@ -36,16 +36,15 @@ if that is the case. rustc ***** -A particular version of the Rust compiler is required. Newer versions may or -may not work because, for the moment, the kernel depends on some unstable -Rust features. +A recent version of the Rust compiler is required. If ``rustup`` is being used, enter the kernel build directory (or use -``--path=<build-dir>`` argument to the ``set`` sub-command) and run:: +``--path=<build-dir>`` argument to the ``set`` sub-command) and run, +for instance:: - rustup override set $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) + rustup override set stable -This will configure your working directory to use the correct version of +This will configure your working directory to use the given version of ``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain. Note that the override applies to the current working directory (and its @@ -72,9 +71,9 @@ version later on requires re-adding the component. Otherwise, if a standalone installer is used, the Rust source tree may be downloaded into the toolchain's installation folder:: - curl -L "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-src-$(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc).tar.gz" | + curl -L "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-src-$(rustc --version | cut -d' ' -f2).tar.gz" | tar -xzf - -C "$(rustc --print sysroot)/lib" \ - "rust-src-$(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)/rust-src/lib/" \ + "rust-src-$(rustc --version | cut -d' ' -f2)/rust-src/lib/" \ --strip-components=3 In this case, upgrading the Rust compiler version later on requires manually |