A small example for running Rust code on RISC-V.

The specific hardware used is:

• GD32VF103CBT6 on a custom board
• Segger J-Link EDU Mini debugger for flashing

First of all, you need to install the rust-std components (pre-compiled core crate) for RISC-V.

$ rustup target add riscv32imac-unknown-none-elf

That covers Rust, but you also need the RISC-V GNU compiler toolchain, specifically the riscv64-unknown-elf-gdb executable. There may already be a package for your distribution, but for me on Arch Linux that was not the case (except for an outdated AUR entry). You may need to compile it yourself from source. For the installation, follow the instructions from the Newlib section.

Finally, if you're using the J-Link EDU Mini like me, you need to get the J-Link Software and Documentation Pack for that. Extract it somewhere, copy the 99-jlink.rules file to /etc/udev/rules.d/ and reload the rules with

$ sudo udevadm control --reload-rules

If you hook up your board to the J-Link and power it, you should be able to verify that it works with

$ ./JLinkExe -device GD32VF103CBT6 -if JTAG -speed 4000 -JTAGConf -1,-1
J-Link> connect
J-Link> q

From the directory with the J-Link software, start the GDB server.

$ ./JLinkGDBServer -device GD32VF103CBT6 -if JTAG -speed 4000 -port 3333

In the project directory, build, flash and enter GDB with

$ cargo run

This will break at the main function, so you need to

(gdb) continue

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