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LLD 7.0.0 Release Notes
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.. contents::
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:local:
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Introduction
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============
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2018-08-04 14:47:16 -07:00
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This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release 7.0.0.
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2018-02-23 10:04:47 -08:00
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Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements
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from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded
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from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
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Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
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ELF Improvements
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2018-09-10 12:54:16 -07:00
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* lld is now able to overcome MIPS GOT entries number limitation
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and generate multi-GOT if necessary.
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* lld is now able to produce MIPS position-independent executable (PIE).
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* Fixed MIPS TLS GOT entries for local symbols in shared libraries.
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* Fixed calculation of MIPS GP relative relocations
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in case of relocatable output.
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2018-01-17 14:29:21 -08:00
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COFF Improvements
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2018-08-25 19:10:32 -07:00
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* Improved correctness of exporting mangled stdcall symbols.
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* Completed support for ARM64 relocations.
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* Added support for outputting PDB debug info for MinGW targets.
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* Improved compatibility of output binaries with GNU binutils objcopy/strip.
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