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Date:   Wed, 19 Jul 2023 14:39:40 -0300
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] docs: rust: update instructions for obtaining 'core'
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To:     Trevor Gross <tmgross@umich.edu>, ojeda@kernel.org,
        alex.gaynor@gmail.com, wedsonaf@gmail.com, boqun.feng@gmail.com,
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 <20230718054416.861412-2-tmgross@umich.edu>
From:   Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>
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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@umich.edu>
> ---
> [...]
Reviewed-by: Martin Rodriguez Reboredo <yakoyoku@gmail.com>