Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Mar 2023 12:09:06 -0700 | From | Nathan Chancellor <> | Subject | Re: Slim and optimized LLVM toolchains for building the Linux kernel |
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On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 04:56:21PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote: > Hi everyone, > > To make building the Linux kernel with clang/LLVM easier and more > accessible to people (since distributions tend to only package one > version at a time and it may be old or have bugs that have since been > fixed), I have uploaded some slim, profile guided optimized LLVM toolchains > to my section of kernel.org/pub: > > https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/nathan/llvm/
This is now
https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/
so that they are no longer tied directly to my kernel.org account. I have updated the README with additional information based on feedback that I have received thus far.
> The landing page should have all the relevant information but if I need > to clarify or expand on anything, I am more than happy to do so. > > Due to benchmarking the compilers against the kernel during PGO, they > can handily beat distribution versions that have not been optimized: > > https://gist.github.com/nathanchance/8d1abed70077ac92cb198ef32389072e > > I aim to keep these up to date with the latest stable versions of LLVM > as they are released (so 16.0.0 will be replaced with 16.0.1 when it is > released, etc).
Cheers, Nathan
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