svn commit: r49585 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status

Wed Oct 26 00:46:20 UTC 2016

Author: bjk
Date: Wed Oct 26 00:46:19 2016
New Revision: 49585
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49585

Log:
  Add lld entry from emaste

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml	Wed Oct 26 00:38:27 2016	(r49584)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-07-2016-09.xml	Wed Oct 26 00:46:19 2016	(r49585)
@@ -2073,4 +2073,74 @@
       The FreeBSD Foundation
     </sponsor>
   </project>
+
+  <project cat='proj'>
+    <title>Using <tt>lld</tt>, the LLVM Linker, to Link &os;</title>
+
+    <contact>
+      <person>
+	<name>
+	  <given>Ed</given>
+	  <common>Maste</common>
+	</name>
+	<email>emaste at freebsd.org</email>
+      </person>
+    </contact>
+
+    <links>
+      <url href="https://wiki.freebsd.org/LLD">LLD Wiki Page</url>
+    </links>
+
+    <body>
+      <p><tt>lld</tt> is the linker in the LLVM family of projects.
+	It is a high-performance linker that supports the ELF, COFF,
+	and Mach-O object formats.  Where possible, <tt>lld</tt>
+	maintains command-line and functional compatibility with the
+	existing GNU BFD ld and gold linkers. However, the authors of
+	<tt>lld</tt> are not constrained by strict compatibility where
+	it would hamper performance or desired functionality.</p>
+
+      <p>Compared to the GNU ld 2.17.50 currently in the base system,
+	<tt>lld</tt> will bring:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+	<li>AArch64 (arm64) support</li>
+
+	<li>Link Time Optimization (LTO)</li>
+
+	<li>New ABI support</li>
+
+	<li>Other linker optimizations</li>
+
+	<li>Much faster link times</li>
+
+	<li>Maintained code base</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <p>The upstream <tt>lld</tt> project has now implemented
+	nearly all of the functionality required to link the amd64
+	FreeBSD base system, including the kernel.  The boot loader
+	components and <tt>rescue</tt> utilities currently do not
+	build with <tt>lld</tt>.</p>
+    </body>
+
+    <help>
+      <task>Merge <tt>lld</tt> to FreeBSD head as part of the Clang
+	3.9.0 import.</task>
+
+      <task>Request a ports exp-run with <tt>lld</tt> installed as
+	<tt>/usr/bin/ld</tt>.</task>
+
+      <task>Fix building the boot loader with <tt>lld</tt>.</task>
+
+      <task>Fix building <tt>rescue</tt> with <tt>lld</tt>.</task>
+
+      <task>Test and iterate making <tt>lld</tt> fixes for
+	additional architectures.</task>
+    </help>
+
+    <sponsor>
+      The FreeBSD Foundation
+    </sponsor>
+  </project>
 </report>
