svn commit: r49585 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status
Benjamin Kaduk <[email protected]>
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Author: bjk
Date: Wed Oct 26 00:46:19 2016
New Revision: 49585
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49585
Log:
Add lld entry from emaste
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Wed Oct 26 00:38:27 2016 (r49584)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml Wed Oct 26 00:46:19 2016 (r49585)
@@ -2073,4 +2073,74 @@
The FreeBSD Foundation
</sponsor>
</project>
+
+ <project cat='proj'>
+ <title>Using <tt>lld</tt>, the LLVM Linker, to Link &os;</title>
+
+ <contact>
+ <person>
+ <name>
+ <given>Ed</given>
+ <common>Maste</common>
+ </name>
+ <email>[email protected]</email>
+ </person>
+ </contact>
+
+ <links>
+ <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/LLD">LLD Wiki Page</url>
+ </links>
+
+ <body>
+ <p><tt>lld</tt> is the linker in the LLVM family of projects.
+ It is a high-performance linker that supports the ELF, COFF,
+ and Mach-O object formats. Where possible, <tt>lld</tt>
+ maintains command-line and functional compatibility with the
+ existing GNU BFD ld and gold linkers. However, the authors of
+ <tt>lld</tt> are not constrained by strict compatibility where
+ it would hamper performance or desired functionality.</p>
+
+ <p>Compared to the GNU ld 2.17.50 currently in the base system,
+ <tt>lld</tt> will bring:</p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>AArch64 (arm64) support</li>
+
+ <li>Link Time Optimization (LTO)</li>
+
+ <li>New ABI support</li>
+
+ <li>Other linker optimizations</li>
+
+ <li>Much faster link times</li>
+
+ <li>Maintained code base</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>The upstream <tt>lld</tt> project has now implemented
+ nearly all of the functionality required to link the amd64
+ FreeBSD base system, including the kernel. The boot loader
+ components and <tt>rescue</tt> utilities currently do not
+ build with <tt>lld</tt>.</p>
+ </body>
+
+ <help>
+ <task>Merge <tt>lld</tt> to FreeBSD head as part of the Clang
+ 3.9.0 import.</task>
+
+ <task>Request a ports exp-run with <tt>lld</tt> installed as
+ <tt>/usr/bin/ld</tt>.</task>
+
+ <task>Fix building the boot loader with <tt>lld</tt>.</task>
+
+ <task>Fix building <tt>rescue</tt> with <tt>lld</tt>.</task>
+
+ <task>Test and iterate making <tt>lld</tt> fixes for
+ additional architectures.</task>
+ </help>
+
+ <sponsor>
+ The FreeBSD Foundation
+ </sponsor>
+ </project>
</report>
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