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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/process/changes.rst | 4 |
3 files changed, 18 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst index 510f38d7e78a..2d1fc03d346e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst @@ -262,3 +262,8 @@ KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands whoami and host, respectively. + +LLVM +---- +If this variable is set to 1, Kbuild will use Clang and LLVM utilities instead +of GCC and GNU binutils to build the kernel. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst index d6c79eb4e23e..c776b6eee969 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst @@ -47,14 +47,21 @@ example: LLVM Utilities -------------- -LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. These can be invoked as -additional parameters to `make`. +LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. Kbuild supports `LLVM=1` +to enable them. - make CC=clang AS=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\ - OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-objsize \\ + make LLVM=1 + +They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters: + + make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\ + OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\ READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\ HOSTLD=ld.lld +Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass +`LLVM_IAS=1` to enable it. + Getting Help ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst index e47863575917..91c5ff8e161e 100644 --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ you probably needn't concern yourself with pcmciautils. ====================== =============== ======================================== GNU C 4.6 gcc --version GNU make 3.81 make --version -binutils 2.21 ld -v +binutils 2.23 ld -v flex 2.5.35 flex --version bison 2.0 bison --version util-linux 2.10o fdformat --version @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ You will need GNU make 3.81 or later to build the kernel. Binutils -------- -Binutils 2.21 or newer is needed to build the kernel. +Binutils 2.23 or newer is needed to build the kernel. pkg-config ---------- |