linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: refresh docs

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Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2023 13:55:03 -0700
From:   Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
To:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation/llvm: refresh docs

On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:49 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 11:03:17AM -0700, ndesaulniers@...gle.com wrote:
> > -We provide prebuilt stable versions of LLVM on `kernel.org <https://kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/>`_.
> > -Below are links that may be useful for building LLVM from source or procuring
> > -it through a distribution's package manager.
> > +We provide prebuilt stable versions of LLVM on `kernel.org
> > +<https://kernel.org/pub/tools/llvm/>`_. These have been optimized with profile
> > +data for building Linux kernels. Below are links that may be useful for
>
> Maybe make a note of why this matters? ", which should lower kernel
> build times compared to non-optimized LLVM toolchains."?

Oh, I forgot to address this in v2. Will send a v3.

-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers