Static linking

Cargo.toml

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "crates/slai",
-#    "crates/slai-bench",
+    #    "crates/slai-bench",
     "crates/slai-chat",
-    "crates/slai-chat"
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ encase = { version = "0.11.0", features = ["nalgebra"] }
 
 [workspace.lints]
 rust.unexpected_cfgs = { level = "warn", check-cfg = [
-    'cfg(feature, values("dim2", "dim3"))'
+    'cfg(feature, values("dim2", "dim3"))',
 ] }
 
 [profile.release]
@@ -36,7 +35,10 @@ inherits = "dev"
 inherits = "dev"
 
 [patch.crates-io]
-#slang-hal-derive = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/slang-hal-derive" }
-#slang-hal = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/slang-hal" }
-#minislang = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/minislang" }
-#stensor = { path = "../stensor" }
+# slang-hal-derive = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/slang-hal-derive" }
+# slang-hal = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/slang-hal" }
+# minislang = { path = "../slang-hal/crates/minislang" }
+# stensor = { path = "../stensor" }
+slang-hal-derive = { git = "https://github.com/vrixyz/slang-hal.git", branch = "static_build" }
+slang-hal = { git = "https://github.com/vrixyz/slang-hal.git", branch = "static_build" }
+minislang = { git = "https://github.com/vrixyz/slang-hal.git", branch = "static_build" }

crates/slai-chat/Cargo.toml

@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ default = ["web"]
 web = ["dioxus/web"]
 desktop = ["dioxus/desktop"]
 mobile = ["dioxus/mobile"]
-cuda = [ "slai/cuda" ]
-comptime_checks = [ "slai/comptime_checks" ]
+cuda = ["slai/cuda"]
+comptime_checks = ["slai/comptime_checks"]
 
 [dependencies]
 slang-hal = "0.1"
-slai = {  version = "0.1", path = "../slai" }
+slai = { version = "0.1", path = "../slai" }
 
 nalgebra = "0.34"
 async-channel = "2"
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ colored = "3.0.0"
 # web:
 [target.'cfg(target_arch = "wasm32")'.dependencies]
 wasm-bindgen-futures = "0.4"
-

crates/slai-chat/README.md

@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
 # slai-chat
 
 This is a basic chat interface for testing **slai**. Currently only supports:
+
 - Models of the Llama family.
 - Qwen 2.
 - Segment Anything.
 
 In order to compile and run `slai-chat`, be sure to define the `SLANG_DIR` environment variable:
-1. Download the Slang compiler libraries for your platform: https://github.com/shader-slang/slang/releases/tag/v2025.16
+
+1. Download the Slang compiler libraries for your platform: <https://github.com/shader-slang/slang/releases/tag/v2025.16>
 2. Unzip the downloaded directory, and use its path as value to the `SLANG_DIR` environment variable: `SLANG_DIR=/path/to/slang`.
    Note that the variable must point to the root of the slang installation (i.e. the directory that contains `bin` and `lib`).
 
+1 more environment variables is needed because we link statically slang and its dependencies:
+
+1. `SLANG_EXTERNAL_DIR`: typically set to '[<slang_source_directory>](https://github.com/shader-slang/slang)/build/external'
+
 To run the GUI natively:
+
 ```bash
 dx run --release --features desktop
 ```
 
 To run the CLI version natively (the CLI doesn’t support segment-anything currently):
+
 ```bash
 cargo run --release --features desktop -- --headless --inspect '/path/to/model.gguf'
 ```