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diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index 19c286c23786..9a90197989dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -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 ---- |