[cfe-dev] Clang builds a working Linux Kernel (Boots to RL5 with SMP, networking and X, self hosts)

[Rafael Espíndola]

> Now that LLVM is supposedly able to emit ELF object files without assistance from external tools, what is holding back llvm-ld from being used to produce the final executable? Is llvm-ld a priority of the MC subproject?

LLVM should be able to produce .o files now. To produce .so and
executable files it needs to be able implement the relocations instead
of just listing them. To replace the system linker you will also need
to be able to read ELF and implement support for linker scripts.

> Erik

Cheers,
Rafael