[llvm-commits] CVS: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html

[Reid Spencer]

Changes in directory llvm/docs:

GettingStarted.html updated: 1.89 -> 1.90
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Log message:

Add llvm-ld tool
Note that both llvmc and llvm-ld are experimental in 1.4


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Diffs of the changes:  (+12 -2)

Index: llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html
diff -u llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.89 llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.90
--- llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html:1.89	Wed Dec  8 11:53:54 2004
+++ llvm/docs/GettingStarted.html	Wed Dec  8 12:00:30 2004
@@ -1194,7 +1194,9 @@
   pre-processing, translation, optimization, assembly, and linking of programs
   all from one command line. <tt>llvmc</tt> also takes care of processing the
   dependent libraries found in bytecode. This reduces the need to get the
-  traditional <tt>-l<name></tt> options right on the command line.</dd>
+  traditional <tt>-l<name></tt> options right on the command line. Please
+  note that this tool is new in 1.4 and considered experimental. It will be
+  fully supported in 1.5.</dd>
 
   <dt><tt><b>llvm-ar</b></tt></dt>
   <dd>The archiver produces an archive containing
@@ -1209,6 +1211,14 @@
   <dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bytecode to human readable 
   LLVM assembly.</dd>
 
+  <dt><tt><b>llvm-ld</b></tt></dt>
+  <dd><tt>llvm-ld</tt> is very similar to gccld and provides a general purpose
+  and extensible linker for LLVM. This is the linker invoked by <tt>llvmc</tt>.
+  It allows optimization modules to be loaded so that language specific
+  optimizations can be applied at link time. Please note that this tool is new
+  in LLVM 1.4 and still considered experimental. It will be fully supported in
+  LLVM 1.5.</dd>
+
   <dt><tt><b>llvm-link</b></tt></dt>
   <dd><tt>llvm-link</tt>, not surprisingly, links multiple LLVM modules into 
   a single program.</dd>
@@ -1468,7 +1478,7 @@
   <a href="mailto:sabre at nondot.org">Chris Lattner</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.x10sys.com/rspencer/">Reid Spencer</a><br>
   <a href="http://llvm.cs.uiuc.edu">The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure</a><br>
-  Last modified: $Date: 2004/12/08 17:53:54 $
+  Last modified: $Date: 2004/12/08 18:00:30 $
 </address>
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