This project aims to fully build the Linux kernel using Clang which is the C front end for the LLVM compiler infrastructure project. Together Clang and LLVM have many positive attributes and features which many developers and system integrators would like to take advantage of when developing and deploying the Linux Kernel as a part of their own projects.
The hope is that this project will help reduce duplicate work, as well as concentrate, and accelerate efforts around this subject matter in order to allow Linux Kernel developers, and system integrators to have the choice of a Clang compiled Linux kernel. The goal is for this project to be a testing/proving ground for these updates and to get patches that make this possible upstream to their respective projects.
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(The LLVMLinux project contains at least 3 distinct kinds of code in the repository: 1. Patches for the kernel, which are licensed GPL2 in order to be integrated into the Linux Kernel) http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/COPYING 2. Patches for LLVM and/or Clang, which are licensed with the LLVM project License http://llvm.org/releases/3.1/LICENSE.TXT 3. The build scripts and tools in this repo which automate the llvm-setup code for the LLVMLinux project are under the MIT License # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to # deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the # rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or # sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: # # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in # all copies or substantial portions of the Software. # # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE # AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER # LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING # FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS # IN THE SOFTWARE.)
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