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From: Miguel Ojeda <miguel.ojeda.sandonis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2023 22:42:04 +0100
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] docs: rust: remove `CC=clang` mentions
To: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
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On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 1:48=E2=80=AFPM Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> wro=
te:
>
> Nowadays all architectures except s390 recommend using `LLVM=3D1` instead=
 of
> `CC=3Dclang`, and since commit a3c6bfba4429 ("Documentation/llvm: refresh
> docs") the Kbuild LLVM documentation makes `LLVM=3D1` the way to go:
>
>     We want to encourage the use of ``LLVM=3D1`` rather than just
>     ``CC=3Dclang``. Make that suggestion "above the fold" and "front and
>     center" in our docs.
>
> In particular, that commit removes the examples with `CC=3Dclang`.
>
> Thus do the same in the Rust Quick Start guide, i.e. remove the `CC=3Dcla=
ng`
> mentions, especially since the architectures that have had their Rust
> support upstreamed (or soon to be upstreamed) are all `LLVM=3D1` ones
> anyway. And perhaps by the time Rust is supported for s390 (or new
> architectures), it may have moved to `LLVM=3D1` anyway. Otherwise,
> this can be added back if needed (or perhaps an extra link to
> Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst).
>
> This should also help avoiding potential confusion around `CC=3Dclang` [1=
].
>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/6df6e8e5-8d5b-4d3d-91b5-bc0e=
90c424ea@nvidia.com/ [1]
> Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>

Applied to `rust-next` -- thanks everyone!

Cheers,
Miguel