[BUILD:DOCS] Added extra flags option to CMake + Docs updat

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Verbose")
     set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON)
 endif()
 
+# Option to enable mold linker
+option(USE_MOLD "Use mold as the linker" OFF)
+
+if(DEFINED USE_MOLD AND USE_MOLD)
+    message(STATUS "Using mold linker")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -fuse-ld=mold -Wl,--stats")
+    set(CMAKE_LINKER mold)
+else()
+    message(STATUS "Using default linker")
+endif()
+
+# Enable diagnostics on compilation and linking
+if (COMPILE_REPORT)
+ message(STATUS "Requested for compile report.")
+ add_compile_options(-ftime-report)
+endif()
+
 set(ENCODER_BIN hls_segmenter)
 set(SERVER_BIN hls_server)
 set(DISPATCHER_BIN hls_dispatcher)
@@ -63,12 +80,12 @@ target_link_libraries(${ENCODER_BIN} PRIVATE Boost::log Boost::log_setup Boost::
 
 
 add_executable(${CLIENT_BIN} ${CLIENT_SRC})
-message(STATUS ">> Client compilation with std-C++20...")
+message(STATUS "<< Client compilation with std-C++20... >>")
 target_compile_features(${CLIENT_BIN} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
 target_link_libraries(${CLIENT_BIN} PRIVATE Boost::log Boost::log_setup Boost::system Boost::thread Boost::filesystem Boost::date_time Boost::regex Threads::Threads OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${ARCHIVE_LIB} ${ZSTD_LIBRARIES})
 
 add_executable(${SERVER_BIN} ${SERVER_SRC})
-message(STATUS ">> Server compilation with std-C++20...")
+message(STATUS "<< Server compilation with std-C++20... >>")
 target_compile_features(${SERVER_BIN} PRIVATE cxx_std_20)
 target_link_libraries(${SERVER_BIN} PRIVATE Boost::log Boost::log_setup Boost::system Boost::thread Boost::filesystem Boost::date_time Boost::regex Threads::Threads OpenSSL::SSL OpenSSL::Crypto ${ARCHIVE_LIB} ${ZSTD_LIBRARIES})
 
@@ -109,4 +126,6 @@ message(STATUS "│ Boost Libraries         : Boost::log, Boost::system, Boost::
 message(STATUS "│ OpenSSL                 : ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}")
 message(STATUS "│ ZSTD                    : ${ZSTD_LIBRARIES}")
 message(STATUS "│ Archive Library         : ${ARCHIVE_LIB}")
+message(STATUS "│ Linker Executable       : ${CMAKE_LINKER}")
+message(STATUS "│ Linker Flags            : ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
 message(STATUS "└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────\n")

Makefile

@@ -19,13 +19,16 @@ TOMLPP_URL := https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marzer/tomlplusplus/refs/heads/m
 MINIAUDIO_DEST_DIR := include/
 TOMLPP_DEST_DIR := include/toml/
 
+# Allow extra flags for CMake
+EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS ?=
+
 # Default target: Build everything
 default: all
 
-# Parameterized configure function
+# Parameterized configure function with optional extra flags
 define configure
 	@mkdir -p $(BUILD_DIR)
-	@cd $(BUILD_DIR) && $(CMAKE) -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -DBUILD_TARGET="$(1)" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$(2)" ..
+	@cd $(BUILD_DIR) && $(CMAKE) -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=1 -DBUILD_TARGET="$(1)" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="$(2)" "$(EXTRA_CMAKE_FLAGS)" ..
 endef
 
 # Initialize dependencies

README.md

@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ make remove      # Cleans up all generated transport streams and playlists
 make all         # Builds all components at once
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> 
+> If you want to use any extra flags:
+> 
+> ```bash
+> make all EXTRA_FLAGS="-DUSE_MOLD=ON"
+> ```
+> 
+> This will try to use [mold](https://github.com/rui314/mold) as the linker for the project.
+> You can try different flags but it is recommended that you do not. It is not necessary.
+> 
+
 ## **Architecture**
 The **Wavy** system consists of the following components:
 
@@ -141,6 +153,12 @@ This makes it so that every owner can index multiple audio files under a clean d
 
 So the capability of the server totally depends on **YOUR** filesystem. This gives you full power to manage your server library to the fullest.
 
+### **Flexibility**
+
+The architecture is designed in a way to make it more flexible in the future.
+
+The server's importance in the overall flow of operations is always kept at a minimum, to ensure that if we were to implement a P2P solution for this someday, the transition and implementation would lead to no heads being bashed into a wall.
+
 ### **Generating SSL Certificates**
 To generate a **self-signed certificate**, run: