[GHC] #12913: Port SplitSections to Windows

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#12913: Port SplitSections to Windows
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        Reporter:  olsner            |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  task              |               Status:  closed
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
  (Linking)                          |
      Resolution:  fixed             |             Keywords:
Operating System:  Windows           |         Architecture:
                                     |  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:  #8405 #13939      |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D3382
       Wiki Page:                    |  Phab:D3383 Phab:D3523
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Comment (by Tamar Christina <tamar@…>):

 In [changeset:"f656fba19d0cefe05643ddea35d080ea332a6584/ghc"
 f656fba1/ghc]:
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 #!CommitTicketReference repository="ghc"
 revision="f656fba19d0cefe05643ddea35d080ea332a6584"
 [skip ci] Temporarily disable split-sections on Windows.

 Summary:
 This temporarily disabled split-sections again on Windows because
 of the overhead in linking it introduces. Unfortunately because BFD
 is so slow a testsuite run gets almost 2x slower. Simply linking
 Hello World takes an unacceptable long time.

 So for now, it'll be disabled as we look into different linkers such
 as LLD.

 Test Plan: ./validate

 Reviewers: austin, bgamari

 Subscribers: rwbarton, thomie

 GHC Trac Issues: #12913

 Differential Revision: https://phabricator.haskell.org/D3731
 }}}

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