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Re: Request for testing/help for the LTO branch
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Diego Novillo <dnovillo at google dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, Rafael Espindola <espindola at google dot com>, Simon Baldwin <simonb at google dot com>, Doug Kwan <dougkwan at google dot com>, Cary Coutant <ccoutant at google dot com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:24:10 -0800
- Subject: Re: Request for testing/help for the LTO branch
- References: <b798aad50901271311u2e5b18a7pb4767c9ea196c3be@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 1:11 PM, Diego Novillo <dnovillo@google.com> wrote:
> The LTO branch is starting to get some semblance of stability, though
> is by no means in any kind of mergeable state. I have updated the
> wiki page to reflect the current status (Simon, Rafael, Doug, Cary,
> please make sure I haven't missed anything substantial):
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/LinkTimeOptimization
>
> Essentially, the biggest areas where we need help are:
>
> - Testing on other targets. We have only tested on x86 (32 and 64
> bit) targets. I'm pretty sure other targets are either non-functional
> or show major breakage. We'd appreciate any daily tester that could
> include the branch and report bugs to bugzilla (feel free to assign to
> me).
>
I can try to run tests on Linux/ia32, Linux/ia64 and Linux/x86-64. Does it
require gold? It will be nice if gold can be installed along with ld and
gcc can check/pick the appropriate linker.
--
H.J.