ci: enable loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu

Co-authored-by: donmor <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ permissions:
 
 env: 
   MSRV: 1.69.0
+  # Rust's Loongarch support merged in 1.71.0
+  MSRV_LOONGARCH: 1.71.0
   RUSTFLAGS: -Dwarnings
 
 jobs:
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ jobs:
           mips64el-unknown-linux-gnuabi64,
           mipsel-unknown-linux-gnu,
           powerpc64le-unknown-linux-gnu,
+          loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu,
         ]
 
     steps:
@@ -101,7 +104,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: setup Rust
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
         with: 
-          toolchain: '${{ env.MSRV }}'
+          # Use a newer version rustc if the target is Loongarch, remove this workaround after MSRV is newer than 1.71.0
+          toolchain: "${{ matrix.target == 'loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' && env.MSRV_LOONGARCH || env.MSRV }}"
           components: clippy
 
       # cross relies on docker or podman, GitHub Acton already has it installed.

Cross.toml

@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ passthrough = [
 	"RUSTFLAGS",
 	"RUST_TEST_THREADS"
 ]
+
+[target.loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
+image = "ghcr.io/cross-rs/loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu:edge"

README.md

@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ The following targets are supported by `nix`:
     <li>arm-unknown-linux-musleabi</li>
     <li>armv7-linux-androideabi</li>
     <li>i686-linux-android</li>
+    <li>loongarch64-unknown-linux-gnu</li>
     <li>s390x-unknown-linux-gnu</li>
     <li>x86_64-linux-android</li>
     <li>x86_64-unknown-illumos</li>