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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst index 510f38d7e78a..2d1fc03d346e 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst @@ -262,3 +262,8 @@ KBUILD_BUILD_USER, KBUILD_BUILD_HOST These two variables allow to override the user@host string displayed during boot and in /proc/version. The default value is the output of the commands whoami and host, respectively. + +LLVM +---- +If this variable is set to 1, Kbuild will use Clang and LLVM utilities instead +of GCC and GNU binutils to build the kernel. diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst index d6c79eb4e23e..c776b6eee969 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/llvm.rst @@ -47,14 +47,21 @@ example: LLVM Utilities -------------- -LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. These can be invoked as -additional parameters to `make`. +LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. Kbuild supports `LLVM=1` +to enable them. - make CC=clang AS=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\ - OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-objsize \\ + make LLVM=1 + +They can be enabled individually. The full list of the parameters: + + make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \\ + OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump OBJSIZE=llvm-size \\ READELF=llvm-readelf HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar \\ HOSTLD=ld.lld +Currently, the integrated assembler is disabled by default. You can pass +`LLVM_IAS=1` to enable it. + Getting Help ------------ |