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authorMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>2021-07-03 17:23:16 +0200
committerMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>2022-09-28 09:02:45 +0200
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docs: add Rust documentation
Most of the documentation for Rust is written within the source code itself, as it is idiomatic for Rust projects. This applies to both the shared infrastructure at `rust/` as well as any other Rust module (e.g. drivers) written across the kernel. However, these documents contain general information that does not fit particularly well in the source code, like the Quick Start guide. It also contains a few other small changes elsewhere in the documentation folder. Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org> Co-developed-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.de> Signed-off-by: Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.de> Co-developed-by: Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Adam Bratschi-Kaye <ark.email@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com> Signed-off-by: Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@google.com> Co-developed-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> Co-developed-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Sven Van Asbroeck <thesven73@gmail.com> Co-developed-by: Wu XiangCheng <bobwxc@email.cn> Signed-off-by: Wu XiangCheng <bobwxc@email.cn> Co-developed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Signed-off-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net> Co-developed-by: Boris-Chengbiao Zhou <bobo1239@web.de> Signed-off-by: Boris-Chengbiao Zhou <bobo1239@web.de> Co-developed-by: Yuki Okushi <jtitor@2k36.org> Signed-off-by: Yuki Okushi <jtitor@2k36.org> Co-developed-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Co-developed-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@dxuuu.xyz> Signed-off-by: Daniel Xu <dxu@dxuuu.xyz> Co-developed-by: Julian Merkle <me@jvmerkle.de> Signed-off-by: Julian Merkle <me@jvmerkle.de> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils.
====================== =============== ========================================
GNU C 5.1 gcc --version
Clang/LLVM (optional) 11.0.0 clang --version
+Rust (optional) 1.62.0 rustc --version
+bindgen (optional) 0.56.0 bindgen --version
GNU make 3.81 make --version
bash 4.2 bash --version
binutils 2.23 ld -v
@@ -80,6 +82,29 @@ kernels. Older releases aren't guaranteed to work, and we may drop workarounds
from the kernel that were used to support older versions. Please see additional
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.
+
+Each Rust toolchain comes with several "components", some of which are required
+(like ``rustc``) and some that are optional. The ``rust-src`` component (which
+is optional) needs to be installed to build the kernel. Other components are
+useful for developing.
+
+Please see Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst for instructions on how to
+satisfy the build requirements of Rust support. In particular, the ``Makefile``
+target ``rustavailable`` is useful to check why the Rust toolchain may not
+be detected.
+
+bindgen (optional)
+------------------
+
+``bindgen`` is used to generate the Rust bindings to the C side of the kernel.
+It depends on ``libclang``.
+
Make
----
@@ -348,6 +373,12 @@ Sphinx
Please see :ref:`sphinx_install` in :ref:`Documentation/doc-guide/sphinx.rst <sphinxdoc>`
for details about Sphinx requirements.
+rustdoc
+-------
+
+``rustdoc`` is used to generate the documentation for Rust code. Please see
+Documentation/rust/general-information.rst for more information.
+
Getting updated software
========================
@@ -364,6 +395,16 @@ Clang/LLVM
- :ref:`Getting LLVM <getting_llvm>`.
+Rust
+----
+
+- Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.
+
+bindgen
+-------
+
+- Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst.
+
Make
----