mgorny added inline comments.

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Comment at: ELF/Driver.cpp:770
+  // Start with a default initial triple
+  Config->TargetTriple = llvm::Triple(getDefaultTargetTriple());
+
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krytarowski wrote:
> krytarowski wrote:
> > arichardson wrote:
> > > arichardson wrote:
> > > > If I invoke an unprefixed ld.lld on NetBSD but want to target a 
> > > > different operating system, this will cause all the NetBSD defaults to 
> > > > apply to that binary and will possibly cause it to crash at runtime.
> > > > 
> > > > I think any config changes based on a triple would need to use an 
> > > > explicit --target= flag instead. As @ruiu says, LLD's behaviour should 
> > > > not change depending on the host OS/default LLVM triple. Given the same 
> > > > input files and command line options the resulting binary should be 
> > > > identical on any host.
> > > There needs to be a way to override the target triple that is not 
> > > creating prefixed a symlink to ld.lld. Otherwise I can't use NetBSD 
> > > ld.lld to build a non-NetBSD target without giving a value for every 
> > > config option that lld supports.
> > > 
> > > I think there should be a command line option to override the triple 
> > > (e.g. --triple= or --target=).
> > > Also how will the default this interact with input files that have the 
> > > OSABI field set? I feel like the options based on the target OSABI should 
> > > be used instead of the default triple.
> > OSABI field is not reliable way to detect OS/ABI. Everybody except FreeBSD 
> > sets UNIX SystemV.
> Actually there is a FreeBSD specific hack to detect emulation name, and it 
> has suffix `fbsd`.. if it is detected it sets FreeBSD OSABI.
> 
> We don't have a chance to use a similar hack for NetBSD in other 
> configuration options.
I've addressed `--target` option in D56650.


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