Add llvm-ld tool

Note that both llvmc and llvm-ld are experimental in 1.4

git-svn-id: https://llvm.org/svn/llvm-project/llvm/trunk@18644 91177308-0d34-0410-b5e6-96231b3b80d8

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@@ -1194,7 +1194,9 @@ information is in the <a href="CommandGuide/index.html">Command Guide</a>.</p>
   pre-processing, translation, optimization, assembly, and linking of programs
   all from one command line. <tt>llvmc</tt> also takes care of processing the
   dependent libraries found in bytecode. This reduces the need to get the
-  traditional <tt>-l&lt;name&gt;</tt> options right on the command line.</dd>
+  traditional <tt>-l&lt;name&gt;</tt> options right on the command line. Please
+  note that this tool is new in 1.4 and considered experimental. It will be
+  fully supported in 1.5.</dd>
 
   <dt><tt><b>llvm-ar</b></tt></dt>
   <dd>The archiver produces an archive containing
@@ -1209,6 +1211,14 @@ information is in the <a href="CommandGuide/index.html">Command Guide</a>.</p>
   <dd>The disassembler transforms the LLVM bytecode to human readable 
   LLVM assembly.</dd>
 
+  <dt><tt><b>llvm-ld</b></tt></dt>
+  <dd><tt>llvm-ld</tt> is very similar to gccld and provides a general purpose
+  and extensible linker for LLVM. This is the linker invoked by <tt>llvmc</tt>.
+  It allows optimization modules to be loaded so that language specific
+  optimizations can be applied at link time. Please note that this tool is new
+  in LLVM 1.4 and still considered experimental. It will be fully supported in
+  LLVM 1.5.</dd>
+
   <dt><tt><b>llvm-link</b></tt></dt>
   <dd><tt>llvm-link</tt>, not surprisingly, links multiple LLVM modules into 
   a single program.</dd>