[LLVMdev] Compile Linux Kernel with LLVM gcc frontend

[Haifeng He]

Thanks a lot.
Haifeng

On 9/7/07, Chris Lattner <sabre at nondot.org> wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Aug 2007, Patrick Flannery wrote:
> > I can say that it does not for me,running x86_64, I have been generating
> > errors for submission by testing on a number of gnu utilities starting
> > with binutils.
>
> If you run into problems, please file bugs.
>
> -Chris
>
> > On Aug 31, 2007, at 6:11 PM, "Haifeng He" <hehaifeng2nd at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am curious about if the current LLVM implementation can handle Linux
> > kernel (or any particular version of Linux kernel).  The first question I have
> > is that, how to create LLVM bytecode of Linux kernel using LLVM
> > gcc frontend. What changes should I make to the compiling process
> > Linux kernel?
> >
> > Secondly, is it possible to compile the assembly code in Linux kernel into LLVM
> > bytecode? I noticed that llvm-as is for LLVM assembly code only. Is
> > there a LLVM assembly frontend for x86 assembly code?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Haifeng
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