linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 00/25] Rust support

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Date:   Sat, 16 Jul 2022 13:51:02 +0000
From:   <Conor.Dooley@...rochip.com>
To:     <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@...il.com>, <conor@...nel.org>
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        <jarkko@...nel.org>, <kunit-dev@...glegroups.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/25] Rust support

On 16/07/2022 14:36, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Hi Conor,
> 
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 2:42 PM Conor Dooley <conor@...nel.org> wrote:
>>
>> Maybe I am just missing something blatantly obvious here, but trying
>> to build rust support in -next fails for me. I am using ClangBuiltLinux
>> clang version 15.0.0 5b0788fef86ed7008a11f6ee19b9d86d42b6fcfa and LLD
>> 15.0.0. Is it just expected that building -next with rust support is
>> not a good idea?
> 
> Please see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/795 for
> details about the maple tree issue.

Ah right, sorry for the noise so. I checked the ml but didn't see a
report there.

> 
> I will update the `rust-next` branch next week with the new version of
> the patches; but if you are interested in developing, please use the
> development `rust` branch instead in GitHub for the moment.

Thanks Miguel, good to know! I'll just wait around for a new version.
Just been trying to get my CI etc in order for when rust support lands,
but it sounds like I should be okay as it's a known problem & not some
only-broken-on-riscv thing.

Thanks,
Conor.