On 14-12-23, 18:22, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> Something like v1 but a bit simpler, e.g. keeping things as they are,
> but with just a sentence after the command like "If you are building
> the kernel with `O=`, i.e. specifying an output directory, then you
> should append `--path <builddir>`." could work.
>
> Or we could just provide a `rustupoverride` Make target to do this for
> us [1], since we have all the information needed and would be
> copy-pasteable by everybody. I can send it as a non-mangled patch and
> then Viresh can redo this one on top using it.
How about this ?
diff --git a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
index f382914f4191..367b06f3edc2 100644
--- a/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
+++ b/Documentation/rust/quick-start.rst
@@ -39,8 +39,17 @@ If ``rustup`` is being used, enter the checked out source code directory
rustup override set $(scripts/min-tool-version.sh rustc)
This will configure your working directory to use the correct version of
-``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain. If you are not using
-``rustup``, fetch a standalone installer from:
+``rustc`` without affecting your default toolchain.
+
+If you are building the kernel with `O=`, i.e. specifying an output
+directory, then you should append `--path <builddir>` to the above
+command.
+
+Alternatively, you can use the ``rustupoverride`` Make target::
+
+ make LLVM=1 O=<builddir> rustupoverride
+
+If you are not using ``rustup``, fetch a standalone installer from:
https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html#standalone
--
viresh
