[PATCH] [lld] Merge X86 ELF directories

[Greg Fitzgerald]

No, we don't have to do this.  We don't have to do anything.  This is open source!

I believe we'd have an easier time recruiting more target-specific expertise if LLD is rethought as 2 pieces, the LLVM Integrated Linker and a ld-compatible front-end called 'lld'.  I'd want to eventually merge both into the LLVM repo.  <lld>/tools/lld would sit in <llvm>/tools/lld.  <lld>/lib/ReaderWriter/{arch} would be merged into <llvm>/lib/Target/{arch}.  After this migration, it'd be natural to add a section for Linker Support to:

http://llvm.org/docs/WritingAnLLVMBackend.html

Imagine the implications of that bit of documentation.  Ultimately, I want LLD to follow all the same patterns as the integrated assembler.  I believe its success could be partially credited to its tight integration.

-Greg


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