Commit 711cbfc7 authored by Viresh Kumar's avatar Viresh Kumar Committed by Miguel Ojeda

docs: rust: Clarify that 'rustup override' applies to build directory

'rustup override' is required to be set for the build directory and not
necessarily the kernel source tree (unless the build directory is its
subdir).

Clarify the same in the Quick Start guide.
Signed-off-by: default avatarViresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: default avatarBenno Lossin <benno.lossin@proton.me>
Reviewed-by: default avatarAlice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Originally-pointed-out-by: default avatarMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/commit/f2238e7
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/e2b943eca92abebbf035447b3569f09a7176c770.1702366951.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org
[ Reworded and fixed quotes for `--path` and `set`. ]
Signed-off-by: default avatarMiguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
parent be412baf
...@@ -33,14 +33,18 @@ A particular version of the Rust compiler is required. Newer versions may or ...@@ -33,14 +33,18 @@ A particular version of the Rust compiler is required. Newer versions may or
may not work because, for the moment, the kernel depends on some unstable may not work because, for the moment, the kernel depends on some unstable
Rust features. Rust features.
If ``rustup`` is being used, enter the checked out source code directory If ``rustup`` is being used, enter the kernel build directory (or use
and run:: ``--path=<build-dir>`` argument to the ``set`` sub-command) and run::
rustup override set $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc) rustup override set $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
This will configure your working directory to use the correct version of This will configure your working directory to use the correct version of
``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain. If you are not using ``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain.
``rustup``, fetch a standalone installer from:
Note that the override applies to the current working directory (and its
sub-directories).
If you are not using ``rustup``, fetch a standalone installer from:
https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html#standalone https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html#standalone
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