aarch64-unknown-illumos and x86_64-unknown-illumos

Tier: 2/3

illumos, is a Unix operating system which provides next-generation features for downstream distributions, including advanced system debugging, next generation filesystem, networking, and virtualization options.

Target maintainers

@jclulow @pfmooney

Requirements

The target supports host tools.

The illumos target supports std and uses the standard ELF file format.

x86_64-unknown-illumos is a tier 2 target with host tools. aarch64-unknown-illumos is a tier 3 target.

Building the target

These targets can be built by adding aarch64-unknown-illumos and x86_64-unknown-illumos as targets in the rustc list.

Building Rust programs

Rust ships pre-compiled artifacts for the x86_64-unknown-illumos target. Rust does not ship pre-compiled artifacts for aarch64-unknown-illumos, it requires building the target either as shown above or using -Zbuild-std.

Testing

Tests can be run in the same way as a regular binary.

Cross-compilation toolchains and C code

The target supports C code.

The illumos project makes available prebuilt sysroot artefacts which can be used for cross compilation. The official Rust binaries are cross-compiled using these artefacts.