Re: [PATCH RFC] Fail the build on RUST=y and RUST_IS_AVAILABLE=n

[Miguel Ojeda]

On Sun, May 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM Sasha Finkelstein <k@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The current approach of silently disabling all rust drivers if the
> toolchain is missing results in users that try to compile their own
> kernels getting a "successful" build and then being confused about where
> did their drivers go. In comparison, missing openssl results in a build
> failure, not a disappearance of everything that depends on it.

Yeah, it is quite confusing (though it was done on purpose).

Personally, I think it may be time to finally change it.

Cheers,
Miguel