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[docs] Update "production quality" targets for lld/ELF
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Authored by MaskRay on Feb 7 2023, 5:27 PM.

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rG91a6df3068fc: [docs] Update "production quality" targets for lld/ELF
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Add RISC-V and update Arm from (>= v6) to (>= v4).

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Looks good to me on the Arm side.

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Show All 18 Lines- LLD is a drop-in replacement for the GNU linkers that accepts the
same command line arguments and linker scripts as GNU. same command line arguments and linker scripts as GNU.
- LLD is very fast. When you link a large program on a multicore - LLD is very fast. When you link a large program on a multicore
machine, you can expect that LLD runs more than twice as fast as the GNU machine, you can expect that LLD runs more than twice as fast as the GNU
gold linker. Your mileage may vary, though. gold linker. Your mileage may vary, though.
- It supports various CPUs/ABIs including AArch64, AMDGPU, ARM, Hexagon, MIPS - It supports various CPUs/ABIs including AArch64, AMDGPU, ARM, Hexagon, MIPS
32/64 big/little-endian, PowerPC, PowerPC64, RISC-V, SPARC V9, x86-32 and 32/64 big/little-endian, PowerPC, PowerPC64, RISC-V, SPARC V9, x86-32 and
x86-64. Among these, AArch64, ARM (>= v6), PowerPC, PowerPC64, x86-32 and x86-64. Among these, AArch64, ARM (>= v4), PowerPC, PowerPC64, RISC-V, x86-32
x86-64 have production quality. MIPS seems decent too. and x86-64 have production quality. MIPS seems decent too.
- It is always a cross-linker, meaning that it always supports all the - It is always a cross-linker, meaning that it always supports all the
above targets however it was built. In fact, we don't provide a above targets however it was built. In fact, we don't provide a
build-time option to enable/disable each target. This should make it build-time option to enable/disable each target. This should make it
easy to use our linker as part of a cross-compile toolchain. easy to use our linker as part of a cross-compile toolchain.
- You can embed LLD in your program to eliminate dependencies on - You can embed LLD in your program to eliminate dependencies on
external linkers. All you have to do is to construct object files external linkers. All you have to do is to construct object files
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