[PATCH] docs: rust: introduce the new kernel.org LLVM+Rust toolchains

From: Miguel Ojeda
Date: Fri May 17 2024 - 13:06:35 EST


From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>

These combined LLVM+Rust toolchains are now available, thanks to Nathan
Chancellor (ClangBuiltLinux).

Thus introduce them in the Rust Quick Start guide.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
index cc3f11e0d441..6fe69a601134 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ under names like ``rustc``, ``rust-src``, ``rust-bindgen``, etc. However,
at the time of writing, they are likely not to be recent enough unless
the distribution tracks the latest releases.

+Prebuilt stable versions of LLVM+Rust are provided on `kernel.org
+<https://kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/rust/>`_. These are the same slim and fast
+LLVM toolchains from :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>` with versions of Rust
+added to them that Rust for Linux supports, depending on the Linux version. Two
+sets are provided: the "latest LLVM" and "matching LLVM" (please see the link
+for more information).
+
To easily check whether the requirements are met, the following target
can be used::


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