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+.. _kbuild_llvm:
+
+==============================
+Building Linux with Clang/LLVM
+==============================
+
+This document covers how to build the Linux kernel with Clang and LLVM
+utilities.
+
+About
+-----
+
+The Linux kernel has always traditionally been compiled with GNU toolchains
+such as GCC and binutils. Ongoing work has allowed for `Clang
+<https://clang.llvm.org/>`_ and `LLVM <https://llvm.org/>`_ utilities to be
+used as viable substitutes. Distributions such as `Android
+<https://www.android.com/>`_, `ChromeOS
+<https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os>`_, and `OpenMandriva
+<https://www.openmandriva.org/>`_ use Clang built kernels.  `LLVM is a
+collection of toolchain components implemented in terms of C++ objects
+<https://www.aosabook.org/en/llvm.html>`_. Clang is a front-end to LLVM that
+supports C and the GNU C extensions required by the kernel, and is pronounced
+"klang," not "see-lang."
+
+Clang
+-----
+
+The compiler used can be swapped out via ``CC=`` command line argument to ``make``.
+``CC=`` should be set when selecting a config and during a build. ::
+
+	make CC=clang defconfig
+
+	make CC=clang
+
+Cross Compiling
+---------------
+
+A single Clang compiler binary will typically contain all supported backends,
+which can help simplify cross compiling. ::
+
+	make ARCH=arm64 CC=clang CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+
+``CROSS_COMPILE`` is not used to prefix the Clang compiler binary, instead
+``CROSS_COMPILE`` is used to set a command line flag: ``--target=<triple>``. For
+example: ::
+
+	clang --target=aarch64-linux-gnu foo.c
+
+LLVM Utilities
+--------------
+
+LLVM has substitutes for GNU binutils utilities. They can be enabled individually.
+The full list of supported make variables::
+
+	make CC=clang LD=ld.lld AR=llvm-ar NM=llvm-nm STRIP=llvm-strip \
+	  OBJCOPY=llvm-objcopy OBJDUMP=llvm-objdump READELF=llvm-readelf \
+	  HOSTCC=clang HOSTCXX=clang++ HOSTAR=llvm-ar HOSTLD=ld.lld
+
+To simplify the above command, Kbuild supports the ``LLVM`` variable::
+
+	make LLVM=1
+
+If your LLVM tools are not available in your PATH, you can supply their
+location using the LLVM variable with a trailing slash::
+
+	make LLVM=/path/to/llvm/
+
+which will use ``/path/to/llvm/clang``, ``/path/to/llvm/ld.lld``, etc.
+
+If your LLVM tools have a version suffix and you want to test with that
+explicit version rather than the unsuffixed executables like ``LLVM=1``, you
+can pass the suffix using the ``LLVM`` variable::
+
+	make LLVM=-14
+
+which will use ``clang-14``, ``ld.lld-14``, etc.
+
+``LLVM=0`` is not the same as omitting ``LLVM`` altogether, it will behave like
+``LLVM=1``. If you only wish to use certain LLVM utilities, use their respective
+make variables.
+
+The integrated assembler is enabled by default. You can pass ``LLVM_IAS=0`` to
+disable it.
+
+Omitting CROSS_COMPILE
+----------------------
+
+As explained above, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is used to set ``--target=<triple>``.
+
+If ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is not specified, the ``--target=<triple>`` is inferred
+from ``ARCH``.
+
+That means if you use only LLVM tools, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` becomes unnecessary.
+
+For example, to cross-compile the arm64 kernel::
+
+	make ARCH=arm64 LLVM=1
+
+If ``LLVM_IAS=0`` is specified, ``CROSS_COMPILE`` is also used to derive
+``--prefix=<path>`` to search for the GNU assembler and linker. ::
+
+	make ARCH=arm64 LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=0 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+
+Supported Architectures
+-----------------------
+
+LLVM does not target all of the architectures that Linux supports and
+just because a target is supported in LLVM does not mean that the kernel
+will build or work without any issues. Below is a general summary of
+architectures that currently work with ``CC=clang`` or ``LLVM=1``. Level
+of support corresponds to "S" values in the MAINTAINERS files. If an
+architecture is not present, it either means that LLVM does not target
+it or there are known issues. Using the latest stable version of LLVM or
+even the development tree will generally yield the best results.
+An architecture's ``defconfig`` is generally expected to work well,
+certain configurations may have problems that have not been uncovered
+yet. Bug reports are always welcome at the issue tracker below!
+
+.. list-table::
+   :widths: 10 10 10
+   :header-rows: 1
+
+   * - Architecture
+     - Level of support
+     - ``make`` command
+   * - arm
+     - Supported
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - arm64
+     - Supported
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - hexagon
+     - Maintained
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - mips
+     - Maintained
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - powerpc
+     - Maintained
+     - ``CC=clang``
+   * - riscv
+     - Maintained
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - s390
+     - Maintained
+     - ``CC=clang``
+   * - um (User Mode)
+     - Maintained
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+   * - x86
+     - Supported
+     - ``LLVM=1``
+
+Getting Help
+------------
+
+- `Website <https://clangbuiltlinux.github.io/>`_
+- `Mailing List <https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/>`_: <llvm@lists.linux.dev>
+- `Old Mailing List Archives <https://groups.google.com/g/clang-built-linux>`_
+- `Issue Tracker <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues>`_
+- IRC: #clangbuiltlinux on irc.libera.chat
+- `Telegram <https://t.me/ClangBuiltLinux>`_: @ClangBuiltLinux
+- `Wiki <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki>`_
+- `Beginner Bugs <https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22>`_
+
+.. _getting_llvm:
+
+Getting LLVM
+-------------
+
+- https://releases.llvm.org/download.html
+- https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
+- https://llvm.org/docs/GettingStarted.html
+- https://llvm.org/docs/CMake.html
+- https://apt.llvm.org/
+- https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/llvm/
+- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/tc-build
+- https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/wiki/Building-Clang-from-source
+- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/clang/host/linux-x86/