Document -Z codegen-backend in the unstable book

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# `codegen-backend`
The tracking issue for this feature is: [#77933](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/77933).
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This feature allows you to specify a path to a dynamic library to use as rustc's
code generation backend at runtime.
Set the `-Zcodegen-backend=<path>` compiler flag to specify the location of the
backend. The library must contain a function named `__rustc_codegen_backend`
with a signature of `fn() -> Box<dyn rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::CodegenBackend>`.
## Example
```rust
use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::CodegenBackend;
struct MyBackend;
impl CodegenBackend for MyBackend {
// Implement codegen methods
}
#[no_mangle]
pub fn __rustc_codegen_backend() -> Box<dyn CodegenBackend> {
Box::new(MyBackend)
}
```