Messages in this thread | | | From | David Laight <> | Subject | RE: [PATCH 00/13] [RFC] Rust support | Date | Thu, 29 Apr 2021 08:18:07 +0000 |
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From: Mariusz Ceier > Sent: 29 April 2021 06:21 > > On 28/04/2021, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 28, 2021 at 11:34 AM Mariusz Ceier <mceier+kernel@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Maybe it would also be worthwhile to make the requirement that the > >> kernel must be buildable with free software (not just open source > >> software) explicit ? > > > > The kernel is already buildable by LLVM (and clang); in fact Android, > > CrOS, and Google's production servers already do so. > > https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io/ > > LLVM/clang is not free software (it's just open source), so it doesn't > matter if kernel builds or not with it. What should matter is whether > it is buildable with at least one GPL compiler like GCC.
I suspect that what matters for most people is whether the required compilers (etc) are installed by a default-ish install of their favourite distribution.
David
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