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Hi,

Can the tools in LLVM create a Win32 exe or dll file? Or does LLVM
still rely on Binutils and GCC for that? Is it
possible/feasable/wanted that the LLVM toolchain could do this?

Thanks,

Ruben

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Can the tools in LLVM create a Win32 exe or dll file?

No.

Or does LLVM still rely on Binutils and GCC for that?

As usual.

Is it possible/feasable/wanted that the LLVM toolchain could do this?

You can in theory generate object file (this what all MC stuff is
for), however you still need linker.

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Ruben,

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2011/2/1 NAKAMURA Takumi <geek4civic@gmail.com>

Ruben,

2011/1/30 Ruben Van Boxem <vanboxem.ruben@gmail.com>:

Can the tools in LLVM create a Win32 exe or dll file? Or does LLVM
still rely on Binutils and GCC for that? Is it
possible/feasable/wanted that the LLVM toolchain could do this?

As you know, we need our linker!

Please look into the slide in http://llvm.org/devmtg/2010-11/
“Object Files in LLVM” by Michael Spencer aka bigcheese.

…Takumi

Takumi,

Thanks for the link! (pun intended)

What I understand from this presentation, is that bigcheese is working on exactly what I was asking about, ie a replacement for binutils within the LLVM infrastructure. I also take it that he has only made a proof-of-concept implementation of an LLVM “nm” tool, to show that the whole project has merit, which, seemingly, it does very much.

The reason I asked is the fact that an LLVM build also has llvm-ld/nm/link/as/… as part of the toolset. I wondered exactly what they were. But I guess they are (or have the ambition to be) much more. bigcheese talks more than once about an “integrated linker”…

If I have understood correctly, this is great news!

Ruben