Re: June 2017 update on using LLVM's lld linker in the FreeBSD base system

2017-07-04 Thread Ed Maste
On 12 June 2017 at 17:21, Ed Maste wrote: > Another update on using LLD as the FreeBSD base system linker: Since "amd64" and "arm64" look similar, let me clarify one point: arm64 -- 64-bit ARM -- is built with, and has as /usr/bin/ld, LLD 4.0.0. This is true in HEAD and in stable/11 (and hence t

June 2017 update on using LLVM's lld linker in the FreeBSD base system

2017-06-12 Thread Ed Maste
Another update on using LLD as the FreeBSD base system linker: > We now have LLD 4.0.0 in the tree and it can build all of > FreeBSD/amd64 kernel and world, and most of ports. LLD 4.0.0 is in HEAD and stable/11, and WITH_LLD_IS_LD and WITH_LLD_BOOTSTRAP are enabled by default for arm64 on both br