+2016-02-22 Trevor Saunders <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
+
+ * output-file.c (output_file_create): Make file name argument const.
+ (output_file_close): Likewise.
+ * output-file.h (output_file_create): Adjust.
+ (output_file_close): Likewise.
+ * depend.c (quote_string_for_make): Make src argument const char *.
+ (register_dependency): Likewise.
+ (wrap_output): Likewise.
+ * as.h (register_dependency): Adjust.
+ * config/tc-xtensa.c (finish_vinsn): Remove unnecessary calls to
+ as_where ();
+ * symbols.c (S_SET_EXTERNAL): Likewise.
+ * input-scrub.c (as_where): Return the file name.
+ * as.h (as_where): Adjust prototype.
+ * app.c (do_scrub_chars): Adjust.
+ * cond.c (s_elseif): Likewise.
+ (s_else): Likewise.
+ (initialize_cframe): Likewise.
+ * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_init_stab_section): Likewise.
+ * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_init_stab_section): Likewise.
+ * config/obj-som.c (obj_som_init_stab_section): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-aarch64.c (output_info): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-ia64.c (md_assemble): Likewise.
+ (dot_alias): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-m68k.c (m68k_frob_label): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-mmix.c (s_bspec): Likewise.
+ (mmix_handle_mmixal): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-rx.c (rx_include): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-tic54x.c (tic54x_set_default_include): Likewise.
+ (tic54x_adjust_symtab): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-xtensa.c (directive_push): Likewise.
+ (xtensa_sanity_check): Likewise.
+ (xtensa_relax_frag): Likewise.
+ (md_convert_frag): Likewise.
+ (tinsn_to_slotbuf): Likewise.
+ * dwarf2dbg.c (dwarf2_where): Likewise.
+ * ecoff.c (add_file): Likewise.
+ (ecoff_generate_asm_lineno): Likewise.
+ * expr.c (make_expr_symbol): Likewise.
+ * frags.c (frag_new): Likewise.
+ (frag_var_init): Likewise.
+ * listing.c (listing_newline): Likewise.
+ * messages.c (identify): Likewise.
+ (as_show_where): Likewise.
+ (as_warn_internal): Likewise.
+ (as_bad_internal): Likewise.
+ * read.c (s_irp): Likewise.
+ (s_macro): Likewise.
+ (s_reloc): Likewise.
+ * stabs.c (stabs_generate_asm_file): Likewise.
+ (stabs_generate_asm_lineno): Likewise.
+ (stabs_generate_asm_func): Likewise.
+ * write.c (fix_new_internal): Likewise.
+ * as.h (PRINTF_WHERE_LIKE): Make file name argument const.
+ (as_warn_value_out_of_range): Adjust prototype.
+ (as_bad_value_out_of_range): Adjust prototype.
+ * messages.c (identify): Make file name argument const char *.
+ (as_warn_internal): Likewise.
+ (as_warn_where): Likewise.
+ (as_bad_internal): Likewise.
+ (as_bad_where): Likewise.
+ (as_internal_value_out_of_range): Likewise.
+ (as_warn_value_out_of_range): Likewise.
+ (as_bad_value_out_of_range): Likewise.
+ * as.h (found_comment_file): Change type to const char *.
+ * cond.c (file_line::file): Likewise.
+ * config/obj-coff.c (obj_coff_init_stab_section): Make variable const.
+ * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_init_stab_section): Likewise.
+ * config/obj-som.c (obj_som_init_stab_section): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-aarch64.c (output_info): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-alpha.c (insert_operand): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-arc.c (insert_operand): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-d30v.c (check_size): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-ia64.c (struct alias): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-m68k.c (struct label_line): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-mcore.c (md_apply_fix): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-microblaze.c (md_estimate_size_before_relax): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-mips.c (mips16_immed): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-mmix.c (mmix_handle_mmixal): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-ppc.c (ppc_insert_operand): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-rx.c (rx_include): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-s390.c (s390_insert_operand): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-tic54x.c (tic54x_set_default_include): Likewise.
+ (tic54x_adjust_symtab): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-tilegx.c (insert_operand): Likewise.
+ (apply_special_operator): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-tilepro.c (insert_operand): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-xtensa.c (directive_push): Likewise.
+ * ecoff.c (add_file): Likewise.
+ (ecoff_generate_asm_lineno): Likewise.
+ * listing.c (listing_newline): Likewise.
+ * read.c (s_irp): Likewise.
+ * write.c (install_reloc): Likewise.
+ * write.h (struct fix): Likewise.
+ * input-file.c (file_name): Change type to const char *.
+ (saved_file::file_name): Likewise.
+ (input_file_open): Change type of argument to const char *.
+ * input-file.h (input_file_open): Adjust.
+ * input-scrub.c (logical_input_file): change type to const char *.
+ (physical_input_file): Likewise.
+ (struct input_save): Adjust.
+ (input_scrub_push): Adjust.
+ (input_scrub_begin): Adjust.
+ (as_where): Adjust.
+ * input-scrub.c (input_scrub_new_file): Make file name argument const.
+ (input_scrub_include_file): Likewise.
+ (new_logical_line_flags): Likewise.
+ (new_logical_line): Likewise.
+ * as.h: Adjust.
+ * frags.h (struct frag): Change type of fr_file to const char *.
+ * expr.c (expr_symbol_where): Change type of file argument to
+ const char **.
+ * expr.h (expr_symbol_where): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-i370.c (md_apply_fix): adjust.
+ * config/tc-mmix.c (mmix_md_end): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-ppc.c (md_apply_fix): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-s390.c (md_apply_fix): Likewise.
+ * symbols.c (report_op_error): Likewise.
+ (resolve_symbol_value): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-ia64.c (slot::src_file): Change type to const char *.
+ (rsrc::file): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-xtensa.c (xtensa_sanity_check): Change type of variable to
+ const char *.
+ (xtensa_relax_frag): Likewise.
+ (md_convert_frag): Likewise.
+ (tinsn_to_slotbuf): Likewise.
+ * expr.c (expr_symbol_line): Likewise.
+ * macro.c (define_macro): Likewise.
+ * macro.h (macro_struct): Likewise.
+ * messages.c (as_show_where): Likewise.
+ * read.c (s_macro): Likewise.
+ * stabs.c (stabs_generate_asm_file): Likewise.
+ (generate_asm_file): Likewise.
+ (stabs_generate_asm_lineno): Likewise.
+ * write.h (struct reloc_list): Likewise.
+ * input-scrub.c (as_where): Change return type to const char *.
+ * as.h (as_wheree): Adjust.
+
+2016-02-21 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ * write.c (compress_debug): Move BFD compression bits setting
+ to ...
+ (write_object_file): Here.
+
+2016-02-20 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ * config/tc-i386.c (register_number): Check RegVRex.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-avx512f.s: Add a test for vgatherqpd
+ with %zmm19 and %zmm3.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-avx512f-intel.d: Updated.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-avx512f.d: Likewise.
+
+2016-02-19 Matthew Wahab <matthew.wahab@arm.com>
+ Jiong Wang <jiong.wang@arm.com>
+
+ * config/tc-arm.c (arm_ext_fp16): New.
+ (arm_extensions): New entry for "fp16".
+
+2016-02-19 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 19630
+ * read.c (read_a_source_file): Check for assemble_one returning
+ with input_line_pointer set to NULL.
+
+2016-02-19 Trevor Saunders <tbsaunde+binutils@tbsaunde.org>
+
+ * listing.c (rebuffer_line): Change return type to void.
+
+ * symbols.c (decode_local_label_name): Make type a const char *.
+ * listing.c (print_source): Make type of p const char *.
+ (print_line): Make type of string const char *.
+ (buffer_line): Return const char *.
+ (title): Make type const char *.
+ (subtitle): Likewise.
+ (listing_listing): Make type of p const char *.
+ * messages.c (as_internal_value_out_of_range): Make type of prefix
+ const char *.
+ * stabs.c (s_stab_generic): make type of stab_secname, stabstr_secname
+ and string const char *.
+ * read.c (_bfd_rel): Make type of name const char *.
+ * app.c (out_string): Change type to const char *.
+ (struct app_save::out_string): Likewise.
+
+2016-02-18 Dan Gisselquist <dgisselq@verizon.net>
+ Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * read.c (finish_bundle): Avoid recording a negative alignment.
+ (do_align): Use unsigned values for n, len and max. Only create
+ a frag if the alignment requirement is greater than the minimum
+ byte alignment. Avoid recording a negative alignment.
+ (s_align): Use unsigned values where appropriate.
+ (bss_alloc): Use an unsigned value for the alignment.
+ (sizeof_sleb128): Add a comment noting that we encode one octet
+ per byte, regardless of the value of OCTETS_PER_BYTE_POWER.
+ (emit_leb129_expr): Abort if the emitted encoding was longer than
+ expected.
+ * read.h (output_leb128): Update prototype.
+ (sizeof_leb128): Update prototype.
+ (bss_alloc): Update prototype.
+ * write.c (record_alignment): Use an unsigned value for the
+ alignment. Do not record alignments less than the minimum
+ alignment for a byte.
+ * write.h (record_alignment): Update prototype.
+
+2016-02-17 Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>
+
+ * config/tc-xtensa.c (xtensa_move_literals): Fix check for
+ .init.literal/.fini.literal section name.
+ * testsuite/gas/xtensa/all.exp: Add init-fini-literals to the
+ list of xtensa tests.
+ * testsuite/gas/xtensa/init-fini-literals.d: New file:
+ init-fini-literals test result patterns.
+ * testsuite/gas/xtensa/init-fini-literals.s: New file:
+ init-fini-literals test.
+
+2016-02-17 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * config/tc-msp430.c (msp430_mcu_data): Sync with data from TI's
+ devices.csv file as of March 2016.
+
+2016-02-16 Claudiu Zissulescu <claziss@synopsys.com>
+
+ * config/tc-arc.c (tc_arc_frame_initial_instructions): New
+ function.
+ (tc_arc_regname_to_dw2regnum): Likewise.
+ * config/tc-arc.h (TARGET_USE_CFIPOP): Define
+ (tc_cfi_frame_initial_instructions): Likewise.
+ (tc_regname_to_dw2regnum): Likewise.
+
+2016-02-16 Trevor Saunders <tbsaunde@tbsaunde.org>
+
+ * doc/internals.texi (S_IS_EXTERN): Remove.
+
+2016-02-16 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/as.texinfo (Section): Fix up texinfo snafus in previous
+ update.
+
+2016-02-16 Renlin Li <renlin.li@arm.com>
+
+ PR gas/19620
+ * config/tc-aarch64.c (parse_half): Remove restrictions on symbol name.
+ * testsuite/gas/aarch64/movw_label.d: New.
+ * testsuite/gas/aarch64/movw_label.s: New.
+
+2016-02-15 Vinay Kumar G. <Vinay.G@kpit.com>
+
+ PR gas/19556
+ * config/rx-parse.y (MOV): Opcode generation for index
+ register addressing mode.
+ * testsuite/gas/rx/rx.exp: Updated for new testcase.
+ * testsuite/gas/rx/pr19665.s: New file.
+ * testsuite/gas/rx/pr19665.s: New file.
+ * testsuite/gas/rx/mov.d: Update expected output.
+
+2016-02-15 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * doc/as.texinfo (.section): Document that numeric values can now
+ be used for the flags and type fields of the ELF target's .section
+ directive. Add notes about the restrictions on setting flags and
+ types.
+ * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section): Allow known sections
+ to be given processor specific section types. Allow processor and
+ application specific flags of a section to be set after
+ definition.
+ (obj_elf_parse_section_letters): Handle parsing numeric values.
+ (obj_elf_section_type): Handle parsing numeric values.
+ (obj_elf_section): Allow numeric type values.
+ * config/obj-elf.h (obj_elf_change_section): Update prototype.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/section10.d: New test.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/section10.s: Source file for new test.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp: Run the new test.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-unwind.d: Remove dependency upon
+ the description of the flags produced by readelf.
+ * testsuite/gas/tic6x/scomm-directive-4.d: Likewise.
+ * NEWS: Mention the new feature.
+
2016-02-11 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR gas/19614