From c16fdaeecafe94461d6048b90bd337a04c25ad3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fini Jastrow Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2022 18:41:08 +0100 Subject: linkers: Add support for mold linker [why] Support for the relatively new mold linker is missing. If someone wants to use mold as linker `LDFLAGS="-B/path/to/mold"` has to be added instead of the usual `CC_LD=mold meson ...` or `CXX_LD=mold meson ...`. [how] Allow `mold' as linker for clang and newer GCC versions (that versions that have support). The error message can be a bit off, because it is generic for all GNU like compilers, but I guess that is ok. (i.e. 'mold' is not listed as possible linker, even if it would be possible for the given compiler.) [note] GCC Version 12.0.1 is not sufficient to say `mold` is supported. The expected release with support will be 12.1.0. On the other hand people that use the un-released 12.0.1 will probably have built it from trunk. Allowing 12.0.1 is helping bleeding edge developers to use mold in Meson already now. Fixes: #9072 Signed-off-by: Fini Jastrow --- docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md') diff --git a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md index acd1297..2a6868c 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Reference-tables.md @@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ These are return values of the `get_linker_id` method in a compiler object. | ld.bfd | The GNU linker | | ld.gold | The GNU gold linker | | ld.lld | The LLVM linker, with the GNU interface | +| ld.mold | The fast MOLD linker | | ld.solaris | Solaris and illumos | | ld.wasm | emscripten's wasm-ld linker | | ld64 | Apple ld64 | -- cgit v1.1