linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: rust: update instructions for obtaining 'core' source

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Message-ID: <919dd69a-0927-129b-a913-2acaf2eaf4b9@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:39:40 -0300
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>
To:     Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>, ojeda@...nel.org,
        alex.gaynor@...il.com, wedsonaf@...il.com, boqun.feng@...il.com,
        gary@...yguo.net, bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com, benno.lossin@...ton.me,
        corbet@....net
Cc:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: rust: update instructions for obtaining 'core'
 source

On 7/18/23 02:44, Trevor Gross wrote:
> The source for Rust's 'core' library is needed to build the kernel with
> Rust support. This must be obtained manually when using a non-rustup
> install, such as when using 'rustc' from a package manager or from a
> standalone installer. Currently, the documentation suggests cloning the
> 'rust' repository to obtain these sources, but this is quite slow (on
> the order of a few minutes).
> 
> This patch changes this documentation to suggest using the source
> tarball instead, which includes only needed information (<5M) and is
> significantly faster to download. This is more in line with what
> 'rustup' does.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Trevor Gross <tmgross@...ch.edu>
> ---
> [...]
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@...il.com>