Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: Add a section about supported architectures

Nathan Chancellor
2021-01-29T20:34:10Z

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 05:34:47PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> The most common question around building the Linux kernel with clang is
> "does it work?" and the answer has always been "it depends on your
> architecture, configuration, and LLVM version" with no hard answers for
> users wanting to experiment. LLVM support has significantly improved
> over the past couple of years, resulting in more architectures and
> configurations supported, and continuous integration has made it easier
> to see what works and what does not.
>
> Add a section that goes over what architectures are supported in the
> current kernel version, how they should be built (with just clang or the
> LLVM utilities as well), and the level of support they receive. This
> will make it easier for people to try out building their kernel with
> LLVM and reporting issues that come about from it.
>
> Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>

Jonathan, did you need anything else from me on this, or does Masahiro
need to pick this up?

Cheers,
Nathan