LLL - building Linux with LLVM/Clang [Solved]

Question

Hi all
I have attempted to package the LLL tool chain in AUR
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/lll- … t/PKGBUILD
In a way, I find it unsatisfactory big and bulky (I am more than willing to disown it to let someone more qualified take over), since both Linux and LLVM are built in the same package.
I guess it would be nicer with a (self-hosting) LLVM package and a Linux-LLL package depending on it....
If anyone got ideas for improvements of the current package, I am all ears.
I think it would be pretty cool to test out a Clang-compiled kernel and from the latest compiler benchmarks (http://phoronix.com/forums/showthread.p … al-results), it seems like Clang is almost as good as GCC or better when optimization flags are set.
Last edited by W.F.Cody (2011-04-27 07:05:57)

Answer 1

This has now (thanks to the lll-project git repository) now been solved (I think)
The LLVM/Clang patched to be able to compile linux can be found at:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=45733
The Linux kernel patched to be able to be compiled by LLVM/Clang can be found at:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=48519
I have not yet had time to try to compile the linux kernel so there may have to be some changes to that package. Let me know if you have some suggested improvements
Have fun!