Windows --> arm-linux cross compiler and lld

[Mike Franklin]

I'm exploring the idea of creating an LDC Windows (host) to 
arm-linux-gnueabihf (target) cross-compiler.  However, it appears 
LDC still expects GCC to be present for linking, even on Windows.

Does LDC still have a hard dependency on GCC for linking?

I suppose even without GCC, itself, LDC would still need the 
libraries that GCC pulls in automatically (libc, etc.).  Is there 
any plan to remove the dependency on the GNU toolchain altogether 
sometime in the future?  Does LLVM have its own implementations 
of libc or whatever else LDC requires from the GNU toolchain?

Thanks,
Mike