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

George Rimar via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Jun 11 00:52:47 PDT 2019


grimar accepted this revision.
grimar added a comment.

LGTM



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Comment at: llvm/docs/CommandGuide/index.rst:17
 
    llvm-as
    llvm-dis
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rupprecht wrote:
> 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`.
Oh, right. I missed I am usually using `llvm-mc` + GNU `as` and not `llvm-as` + GNU `as`.

And `llvm-mc` is not mentioned at all in this file for some reason, not sure why.


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