Re: [RFC PATCH v2 1/9] Add Rust SEV library as subproject

[Tyler Fanelli]

On 10/5/23 2:03 AM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
> Hi Tyler,
>
> On 4/10/23 22:34, Tyler Fanelli wrote:
> > The Rust sev library provides a C API for the AMD SEV launch ioctls, as
> > well as the ability to build with meson. Add the Rust sev library as a
> > QEMU subproject with the goal of outsourcing all SEV launch ioctls to C
> > APIs provided by it.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Fanelli <tfanelli@redhat.com>
> > ---
> >   meson.build                   | 8 ++++++++
> >   meson_options.txt             | 2 ++
> >   scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh | 3 +++
> >   subprojects/sev.wrap          | 6 ++++++
> >   target/i386/meson.build       | 2 +-
> >   5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >   create mode 100644 subprojects/sev.wrap
>
>
> > diff --git a/subprojects/sev.wrap b/subprojects/sev.wrap
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..5be1faccf6
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/subprojects/sev.wrap
> > @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
> > +[wrap-git]
> > +url = https://github.com/tylerfanelli/sev
> > +revision = b81b1da5df50055600a5b0349b0c4afda677cccb
>
> Why use your tree instead of the mainstream one?
>
> Before this gets merged we need to mirror the subproject
> on our GitLab namespace, then use the mirror URL here.
The required meson changes for the sev library are still in review, so 
I'm still working on a personal branch. Those patches are a blocker for 
this series right now.

This is moreso another RFC to get feedback on building Rust libraries as 
QEMU subprojects (and if this is the proper way to do so).


Tyler