[GHC] #8300: split-objs doesn't split on LLVM

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#8300: split-objs doesn't split on LLVM
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        Reporter:  rwbarton          |            Owner:
            Type:  feature request   |           Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |        Milestone:
       Component:  Compiler (LLVM)   |          Version:  7.7
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Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |     Architecture:  Unknown/Multiple
 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |       Difficulty:  Unknown
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 Couldn't we implement this, as well as tables-next-to-code, by telling
 LLVM to put each symbol (table or code) in its own section and then using
 a linker script to slice and dice the symbols into object files as
 desired?

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