Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 13:25:45 -0500 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Importing clang/LLVM into FreeBSD HEAD Message-ID: <AANLkTil_WqzpvedRBLo5dITzS1w0G82TSvCxHBRSBAe6@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20100531075248.GA15206@freebsd.org> References: <20100531075248.GA15206@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 2:52 AM, Roman Divacky <rdivacky@freebsd.org> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to propose to integrate clang/LLVM into FreeBSD HEAD > in the near future (days, not weeks). > > clang/LLVM is a C/C++/ObjC compiler (framework) which aims to possibly > replace gcc. It is BSDL-like licensed. The sources are ~45MB (the > svn checkout is 97MB). Clang/LLVM is written in C++. > > Clang can compile all of FreeBSD on i386/amd64 including world and booting > kernel. Other architectures that are close to working are MIPS, PowerPC > and ARM. We have a branch (clangbsd-import) that just includes clang/LLVM > sources and the build infrastructure and this is what we aim to integrate > at first. > > The import of clang/LLVM was discussed at the toolchain summit May 10th > but I would like to hear your opinion. I got approval from core@ on > importing it. > > So please share your support or resistance to the idea of importing clang. > > Roman Divacky > Another user "YES" vote here; I will begin using clang on all of my FreeBSD HEAD machines after the import. Exciting! -Brandon
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