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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/about/build-platforms.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/build-system.rst | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/devel/rust.rst | 38 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 40 deletions
diff --git a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst index c3651871d2..8ecbd6b26f 100644 --- a/docs/about/build-platforms.rst +++ b/docs/about/build-platforms.rst @@ -118,9 +118,14 @@ Rust build dependencies include bindgen or have an older version, it is recommended to install a newer version using ``cargo install bindgen-cli``. - Developers may want to use Cargo-based tools in the QEMU source tree; - this requires Cargo 1.74.0. Note that Cargo is not required in order - to build QEMU. + QEMU requires Rust 1.77.0. This is available on all supported platforms + with one exception, namely the ``mips64el`` architecture on Debian bookworm. + For all other architectures, Debian bookworm provides a new-enough Rust + compiler in the ``rustc-web`` package. + + Also, on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 this requires the ``rustc-1.77`` + (or newer) package. The path to ``rustc`` and ``rustdoc`` must be + provided manually to the configure script. Optional build dependencies Build components whose absence does not affect the ability to build QEMU diff --git a/docs/devel/build-system.rst b/docs/devel/build-system.rst index 258cfad3fe..2c884197a2 100644 --- a/docs/devel/build-system.rst +++ b/docs/devel/build-system.rst @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ The required versions of the packages are stored in a configuration file ``pythondeps.toml``. The format is custom to QEMU, but it is documented at the top of the file itself and it should be easy to understand. The requirements should make it possible to use the version that is packaged -that is provided by supported distros. +by QEMU's supported distros. When dependencies are downloaded, instead, ``configure`` uses a "known good" version that is also listed in ``pythondeps.toml``. In this diff --git a/docs/devel/rust.rst b/docs/devel/rust.rst index 3cc2841d4d..4de8637502 100644 --- a/docs/devel/rust.rst +++ b/docs/devel/rust.rst @@ -71,36 +71,9 @@ Building Rust code with ``--enable-modules`` is not supported yet. Supported tools ''''''''''''''' -QEMU supports rustc version 1.63.0 and newer. Notably, the following features +QEMU supports rustc version 1.77.0 and newer. Notably, the following features are missing: -* ``core::ffi`` (1.64.0). Use ``std::os::raw`` and ``std::ffi`` instead. - -* ``cast_mut()``/``cast_const()`` (1.65.0). Use ``as`` instead. - -* "let ... else" (1.65.0). Use ``if let`` instead. This is currently patched - in QEMU's vendored copy of the bilge crate. - -* Generic Associated Types (1.65.0) - -* ``CStr::from_bytes_with_nul()`` as a ``const`` function (1.72.0). - -* "Return position ``impl Trait`` in Traits" (1.75.0, blocker for including - the pinned-init create). - -* ``MaybeUninit::zeroed()`` as a ``const`` function (1.75.0). QEMU's - ``Zeroable`` trait can be implemented without ``MaybeUninit::zeroed()``, - so this would be just a cleanup. - -* ``c"" literals`` (stable in 1.77.0). QEMU provides a ``c_str!()`` macro - to define ``CStr`` constants easily - -* ``offset_of!`` (stable in 1.77.0). QEMU uses ``offset_of!()`` heavily; it - provides a replacement in the ``qemu_api`` crate, but it does not support - lifetime parameters and therefore ``&'a Something`` fields in the struct - may have to be replaced by ``NonNull<Something>``. *Nested* ``offset_of!`` - was only stabilized in Rust 1.82.0, but it is not used. - * inline const expression (stable in 1.79.0), currently worked around with associated constants in the ``FnCall`` trait. @@ -125,12 +98,6 @@ are missing: __ https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/125258 -It is expected that QEMU will advance its minimum supported version of -rustc to 1.77.0 as soon as possible; as of January 2025, blockers -for that right now are Debian bookworm and 32-bit MIPS processors. -This unfortunately means that references to statics in constants will -remain an issue. - QEMU also supports version 0.60.x of bindgen, which is missing option ``--generate-cstr``. This option requires version 0.66.x and will be adopted as soon as supporting these older versions is not necessary @@ -183,7 +150,6 @@ module status ``bitops`` complete ``callbacks`` complete ``cell`` stable -``c_str`` complete ``errno`` complete ``irq`` complete ``memory`` stable @@ -440,7 +406,7 @@ Adding dependencies Generally, the set of dependent crates is kept small. Think twice before adding a new external crate, especially if it comes with a large set of dependencies itself. Sometimes QEMU only needs a small subset of the -functionality; see for example QEMU's ``assertions`` or ``c_str`` modules. +functionality; see for example QEMU's ``assertions`` module. On top of this recommendation, adding external crates to QEMU is a slightly complicated process, mostly due to the need to teach Meson how |