[PATCH] D52908: [LLD] [docs] Mention some notable feature in the release notes

[Martin Storsjö via Phabricator via llvm-commits]

mstorsjo added inline comments.


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Comment at: docs/ReleaseNotes.rst:54-55
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+* lld can create thunks for ARM, to allow linking images over 16 MB
+  (which link.exe doesn't support).
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smeenai wrote:
> I'm pretty certain link.exe supports branch islands. They even have optimization options related to that (see `/opt:lbr`): https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/opt-optimizations?view=vs-2017
Oh, ok. I remember testing a pretty synthetic test case which it failed to link though, but maybe it does better with real-word code.


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https://reviews.llvm.org/D52908