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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/rust_is_available.sh | 8 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/rust_is_available_test.py | 5 |
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 24 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 diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh index 117018946b57..67cb900124cc 100755 --- a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh +++ b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh @@ -117,14 +117,6 @@ if [ "$rust_compiler_cversion" -lt "$rust_compiler_min_cversion" ]; then echo >&2 "***" exit 1 fi -if [ "$rust_compiler_cversion" -gt "$rust_compiler_min_cversion" ]; then - echo >&2 "***" - echo >&2 "*** Rust compiler '$RUSTC' is too new. This may or may not work." - echo >&2 "*** Your version: $rust_compiler_version" - echo >&2 "*** Expected version: $rust_compiler_min_version" - echo >&2 "***" - warning=1 -fi # Check that the Rust bindings generator is suitable. # diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py b/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py index 57613fe5ed75..a255f79aafc2 100755 --- a/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py +++ b/scripts/rust_is_available_test.py @@ -193,11 +193,6 @@ else: result = self.run_script(self.Expected.FAILURE, { "RUSTC": rustc }) self.assertIn(f"Rust compiler '{rustc}' is too old.", result.stderr) - def test_rustc_new_version(self): - rustc = self.generate_rustc("rustc 1.999.0 (a8314ef7d 2099-06-27)") - result = self.run_script(self.Expected.SUCCESS_WITH_WARNINGS, { "RUSTC": rustc }) - self.assertIn(f"Rust compiler '{rustc}' is too new. This may or may not work.", result.stderr) - def test_bindgen_nonexecutable(self): result = self.run_script(self.Expected.FAILURE, { "BINDGEN": self.nonexecutable }) self.assertIn(f"Running '{self.nonexecutable}' to check the Rust bindings generator version failed with", result.stderr) |