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2lld 14.0.0 Release Notes
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8.. warning::
9   These are in-progress notes for the upcoming LLVM 14.0.0 release.
10   Release notes for previous releases can be found on
11   `the Download Page <https://releases.llvm.org/download.html>`_.
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13Introduction
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16This document contains the release notes for the lld linker, release 14.0.0.
17Here we describe the status of lld, including major improvements
18from the previous release. All lld releases may be downloaded
19from the `LLVM releases web site <https://llvm.org/releases/>`_.
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21Non-comprehensive list of changes in this release
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24ELF Improvements
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27* ``--export-dynamic-symbol-list`` has been added.
28  (`D107317 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D107317>`_)
29* ``--why-extract`` has been added to query why archive members/lazy object files are extracted.
30  (`D109572 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D109572>`_)
31* ``e_entry`` no longer falls back to the address of ``.text`` if the entry symbol does not exist.
32  Instead, a value of 0 will be written.
33  (`D110014 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D110014>`_)
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35Architecture specific changes:
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37* The x86-32 port now supports TLSDESC (``-mtls-dialect=gnu2``).
38  (`D112582 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D112582>`_)
39* For x86-64, ``--no-relax`` now suppresses ``R_X86_64_GOTPCRELX`` and
40  ``R_X86_64_REX_GOTPCRELX`` GOT optimization
41  (`D113615 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D113615>`_)
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43Breaking changes
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48COFF Improvements
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53MinGW Improvements
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56* ...
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58MachO Improvements
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61* Item 1.
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63WebAssembly Improvements
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