From owner-freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org Tue Jun 18 02:29:13 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-gecko@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 50A7F15CBB8F for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) Received: from mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (mailman.ysv.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::50:5]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADB088D8E0 for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) Received: by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) id 6402C15CBB8D; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:12 +0000 (UTC) Delivered-To: gecko@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 525D815CBB8A for ; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) Received: from symbion.zaytman.com (symbion.zaytman.com [64.112.176.10]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "symbion", Issuer "Narawntapu" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED1018D8DF; Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) Received: from narawntapu.narawntapu (pool-108-53-86-183.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net [108.53.86.183]) by symbion.zaytman.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id x5I2TA8A067493 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:29:11 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) X-Authentication-Warning: symbion.zaytman.com: Host pool-108-53-86-183.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net [108.53.86.183] claimed to be narawntapu.narawntapu Received: from aldan.narawntapu (aldan [192.168.1.10]) by narawntapu.narawntapu (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x5I2T9RJ041100; Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:29:10 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mi+thun@aldan.algebra.com) X-Authentication-Warning: narawntapu.narawntapu: Host aldan [192.168.1.10] claimed to be aldan.narawntapu Subject: rust and llvm (Re: Firefox and llvm) To: Charlie Li , gecko@freebsd.org Cc: Jan Beich References: <96bcddaf-f310-34b3-70c6-6a223f5f8b6c@aldan.algebra.com> <5zp5-yp43-wny@FreeBSD.org> <64325580-58fa-be6a-6045-58c5409ddb20@aldan.algebra.com> From: "Mikhail T." Message-ID: <3721716b-2dc0-79ea-43b4-7e99eb131822@aldan.algebra.com> Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 22:29:09 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US X-DCC-sonic-Metrics: narawntapu 1254; Body=3 Fuz1=3 Fuz2=3 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: ED1018D8DF X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.99 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.986,0]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; TAGGED_RCPT(0.00)[freebsd]; REPLY(-4.00)[]; TAGGED_FROM(0.00)[thun] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gecko@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Gecko Rendering Engine issues List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2019 02:29:13 -0000 On 17.06.19 00:10, Charlie Li wrote: > Rust will not revert back to providing an option to use an external > LLVM. Rust needs to use its own LLVM, which not only tracks upstream > trunk, but has been forked and a few API bits added (which will not be > upstreamed) for Rust use. Some of these API bits are required to build > gecko@ programs. This is most unfortunate. Can we have these few API bits added to our own port(s) of LLVM? And, maybe, even to the base? Yours, -mi