| # Windows Split DLLs |
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| A build mode where chrome.dll is split into two separate DLLs. This was |
| undertaken as one possible workaround for toolchain limitations on Windows. |
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| We removed support for this again after the toolchain limitations were fixed, |
| see https://crbug.com/726150. |
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| ## How |
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| Split DLL used to be controlled by the `is_multi_dll_chrome` gn variable. |
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| ## Details |
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| This forcible split was implemented by putting .lib files in either one DLL or |
| the other, and causing unresolved externals that result during linking to be |
| forcibly exported from the other DLL. This works relatively cleanly for function |
| import/export, however it cannot work for data export. |
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| Some more details can be found on the initial commit of the `split_link` script |
| https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?revision=200049&view=revision and the |
| associated bugs: https://crbug.com/237249 https://crbug.com/237267. |
