Arch Support

Currently, the Rust compiler (rustc) uses LLVM for code generation, which limits the supported architectures that can be targeted. In addition, support for building the kernel with LLVM/Clang varies (please see Building Linux with Clang/LLVM). This support is needed for bindgen which uses libclang.

Below is a general summary of architectures that currently work. Level of support corresponds to S values in the MAINTAINERS file.

Architecture

Level of support

Constraints

arm

Maintained

armv6 and compatible only.

arm64

Maintained

None.

powerpc

Maintained

ppc64le only.

riscv

Maintained

riscv64 only.

x86

Maintained

x86_64 only.