Hello, I forked a edk2 branch to apply the LLVM compiler and tool chain technologies (http://www.llvm.org/) on the edk2 codebase in below link. If you are also interested in the LLVM/Clang support, please take a look. I welcome and appreciate any feedback or contribution to this branch.
https://github.com/shijunjing/edk2 branch llvm : https://github.com/shijunjing/edk2/tree/llvm So far, this branch focus on below items: * Clang compiler optimization for edk2 code size improvement, e.g. Link Time Optimization (LTO) * Clang Static Analyzer (scan-build) for edk2, e.g. special checkers for edk2 security, checkers for Intel Firmware Engine automation There are 4 new tool chains are introduced in branch llvm: * CLANG38: Clang3.8.0 build tool chain, and enable code size optimization flag (-Os) by default on both Ia32 and X64. * CLANGLTO38: Base on CLANG38 to enable LLVM Link Time Optimization (LTO) for more aggressive code size improvement. * CLANGSCAN38: Base on CLANG38 to seamlessly integrate Clang scan-build analyzer infrastructure into edk2 build infrastructure. * GCCLTO53: Enabled GCC Link Time Optimization (LTO) and code size optimization (-Os) for more aggressive code size improvement. There are several known issues as below. WELCOME and APPRECIATE any suggestion to them: * Not use gold linker for now, but directly use standard ld. GNU gold linker ld-new (GNU Binutils 2.26.20160125) 1.11 fails to link edk2 static library file (*.dll) with error message: "ld: internal error in do_layout, at ../../binutils-2.26/gold/object.cc:1819" Have submitted a bug in Bug 20062 - Gold2.26 fail to link Uefi firmware with internal error in do_layout, but ld works (https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20062) * CLANG LTO optimization (on ld, not on gold) can generate incorrect code. Current CLANGLTO38 LTO X64 debug build will generate wrong code for BasePrintLib.inf and LzmaCustomDecompressLib.inf modules, and the Ovmf boot will hang in these two modules. Already add work around to disable the lto optimization in these two modules' inf files. Please see the log of commit 6a55aa9c3fa58f275041bf8cda138643f04baf5c * GCC LTO optimization can generate incorrect code. Current GCCLTO53 is even worse than CLANGLTO38, and there are more modules need to disable the LTO optimization to work around the CPU exceptions during boot time. Steven Shi Intel\SSG\STO\UEFI Firmware Tel: +86 021-61166522 iNet: 821-6522 _______________________________________________ edk2-devel mailing list edk2-devel@lists.01.org https://lists.01.org/mailman/listinfo/edk2-devel
