@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ menu "Host utilities"
source "package/minisign/Config.in.host"
source "package/mkpasswd/Config.in.host"
source "package/moby-buildkit/Config.in.host"
+ source "package/mold/Config.in.host"
source "package/mosquitto/Config.in.host"
source "package/mtd/Config.in.host"
source "package/mtools/Config.in.host"
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@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_MOLD
+ bool "host mold"
+ depends on BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_11
+ help
+ mold is a faster drop-in replacement for existing Unix linkers
+ mold aims to enhance developer productivity by minimizing build time, particularly in rapid debug-edit-rebuild cycles.
+
+ https://github.com/rui314/mold
+
+comment "host mold needs host gcc >= 11"
+ depends on !BR2_HOST_GCC_AT_LEAST_11
new file mode 100644
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# locally calculated
+sha256 3f57fe75535500ecce7a80fa1ba33675830b7d7deb1e5ee9a737e2bc43cdb1c7 mold-2.36.0.tar.gz
+sha256 c98a2858469bd3b231c8865c5b65f80f6ffbf25e850d5d575967e3d9ee080755 LICENSE
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# mold
+#
+################################################################################
+
+MOLD_VERSION = 2.36.0
+MOLD_SITE = $(call github,rui314,mold,v$(MOLD_VERSION))
+MOLD_LICENSE = MIT
+MOLD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+
+# GCC looks for tools in a different path from mold default installation path
+define HOST_MOLD_CREATE_SYMLINKS
+ mkdir -p $(HOST_DIR)/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/bin
+ ln -sfr $(HOST_DIR)/bin/mold $(HOST_DIR)/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/bin/mold
+ ln -sfr $(HOST_DIR)/bin/mold $(HOST_DIR)/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)/bin/ld.mold
+endef
+
+HOST_MOLD_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_MOLD_CREATE_SYMLINKS
+
+$(eval $(host-cmake-package))
mold is a faster drop-in replacement for existing Unix linkers using highly parallelized algorithms mold aims to enhance developer productivity by minimizing build time, particularly in rapid debug-edit-rebuild cycles mold linker can be used with GCC since version 12 using argument -fuse-ld=mold Signed-off-by: vkrawiec <victor.krawiec@arturia.com> --- package/Config.in.host | 1 + package/mold/Config.in.host | 11 +++++++++++ package/mold/mold.hash | 3 +++ package/mold/mold.mk | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 36 insertions(+) create mode 100644 package/mold/Config.in.host create mode 100644 package/mold/mold.hash create mode 100644 package/mold/mold.mk