> It would also be very interesting to include LLVM's LTO support, which gives > a pretty dramatic win on SPEC. However, I don't know how difficult it is to > use on linux (on the mac, you just pass -O4 at compile time, and everything > works). I've heard that Gold has a new plugin to make LTO transparent on > linux as well, but I have no experience with it, and it is probably more > trouble than you want to take. Does gcc 4.4 include the LTO branch yet?
For spec all that you (should) need is to link with a gold with plugins enabled and pass -use-gold-plugin to llvm-gcc. For software that uses static libraries you will also need the bfd plugin support (currently in code review). I am going on vacation tomorrow, but might read my mail from time to time. Ping me if you need help. The current trunk includes some patches from LTO, but not the streamer. > -Chris Cheers, -- Rafael Avila de Espindola Google | Gordon House | Barrow Street | Dublin 4 | Ireland Registered in Dublin, Ireland | Registration Number: 368047
