[PATCH] D63014: [docs] Add "GNU binutils Replacements" section to command guide

Mon Jun 10 13:05:57 PDT 2019

rupprecht added inline comments.

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Comment at: llvm/docs/CommandGuide/index.rst:17

    llvm-as
    llvm-dis
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smeenai wrote:
> jhenderson wrote:
> > grimar wrote:
> > > GNU 'as' is also a part of binutils:
> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Binutils
> > > 
> > > Should it also be moved?
> > Is llvm-as intended to be a drop-in replacement yet? I have a feeling that it's not ready based on something @rupprecht said a while back.
> llvm-as converts textual IR to bitcode, so it's very different from GNU as. llvm-mc would be closer to the functionality of GNU as, but I believe e.g. it doesn't support macros, so it's definitely not a drop-in replacement.
Yes, we don't yet have a replacement for `as`, despite the same-sounding name of `llvm-as`.

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