[llvm-dev] Please dogfood LLD

[Michael Johnson via llvm-dev]

Hi Rui,

Are there any plans to support the -defsym command line option?

Regards
Michael
> Hi all,
>
> LLVM 4.0.0 is out, and I can say that LLD/ELF is now ready for 
> production use at least for x86-64 (and probably for AArch64 and 
> MIPS). I believe you've heard a few good news about the linker -- it 
> just works <http://lld.llvm.org/#features> and is very fast 
> <http://lld.llvm.org/#performance>, clean, compact and supported by 
> the active community. I don't think I need to reiterate why having a 
> good linker is important for us as the LLVM community.
>
> There's one thing you can help us without writing even a line of code. 
> Please use it!
>
> Using LLD to link LLVM/clang/etc is easy. You need to check out the 
> LLD repository just like you probably already did for clang, build it, 
> and then install it. LLD will be installed as ld.lld (and it won't be 
> used by default.) After that, re-run cmake with -DLLVM_ENABLE_LLD=On 
> along with your usual options so that LLD will be used to build LLVM.
>
> For the details of the build process, please see 
> http://lld.llvm.org/#build.
>
> Thanks,
> Rui
>
>
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