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Message-ID: <20240517170615.377786-1-ojeda@kernel.org>
Date: Fri, 17 May 2024 19:06:15 +0200
From: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
To: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
	Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>,
	Wedson Almeida Filho <wedsonaf@...il.com>,
	Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@...il.com>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
	Bill Wendling <morbo@...gle.com>,
	Justin Stitt <justinstitt@...gle.com>,
	Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
	Gary Guo <gary@...yguo.net>,
	Björn Roy Baron <bjorn3_gh@...tonmail.com>,
	Benno Lossin <benno.lossin@...ton.me>,
	Andreas Hindborg <a.hindborg@...sung.com>,
	Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@...gle.com>,
	llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
	rust-for-linux@...r.kernel.org,
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	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
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Subject: [PATCH] docs: rust: introduce the new kernel.org LLVM+Rust toolchains

From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>

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@...nel.org>
Co-developed-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>
---
 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::
 

base-commit: 97ab3e8eec0ce79d9e265e6c9e4c480492180409
-- 
2.45.1