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@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
 -*- text -*-
+Changes in 2.18:
+
+* Linker sources now released under version 3 of the GNU General Public
+  License.
+
+* ELF: New --build-id option to generate a unique per-binary identifier
+  embedded in a note section.
+
+* Added support for National Semicondutor CompactRISC (ie CR16) target.
+
+* -l:foo now searches the library path for a filename called foo,
+  without converting it to libfoo.a or libfoo.so.
+
+* Add a new command line option '--default-script=FILE' or '-dT FILE'
+  which specifies a replacement for the built in, default linker
+  script.
+
+* ELF: Add -Bsymbolic-functions, --dynamic-list-cpp-new, which puts C++
+  operator new and delete on the dynamic list, and --dynamic-list-data,
+  builtin list for --dynamic-list, which puts global data symbols on the
+  dynamic list.
+
+* Add support for x86_64 PE+ target.
+
 * Add support for Score target.
 
 * ELF: Add --dynamic-list option to specify a list of global symbols
@@ -15,6 +39,9 @@
 * New switch: --print-gc-sections to list any sections removed by garabge
   collection.
 
+* ARM: Added --vfp11-denorm-fix option to work around an erratum in current
+  VFP11 coprocessors.
+
 Changes in 2.17:
 
 * Support for the Infineon XC16X has been added by KPIT Cummins Infosystems.
@@ -85,7 +112,7 @@ Changes in 2.15:
 
 * ELF: --as-needed/--no-as-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag should
   be added only when a shared library is referenced.
-  
+
 * PE: --large-address-aware option to indicate executables support virtual
   addresses greater than 2 gigabytes.
 
@@ -121,7 +148,7 @@ Changes in 2.14:
 
 * Support for Texas Instruments TMS320C4x and TMS320C3x series of
   DSP's contributed by Michael Hayes and Svein E. Seldal.
-  
+
 * Added --with-lib-path configure switch to specify default value for
   LIB_PATH.
 
@@ -170,7 +197,7 @@ Changes in version 2.11:
 * TI C54x support, by Timothy Wall.
 
 * Added command line switch --section-start to set the start address of any
-  specified section. 
+  specified section.
 
 * Added ability to emit full relocation information in linked executables,
   enabled by --emit-relocs.  Some post-linkage optimization tools need
@@ -186,10 +213,10 @@ Changes in version 2.11:
 
 Changes in version 2.10:
 
-* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of 
+* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of
   sections into regions.
 
-* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections. 
+* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections.
   It does require a bit of backend support; currently implemented are
   arm-elf, avr-elf, d10v-elf, fr30-elf, i386-elf, m32r-elf, m68k-elf,
   mcore-elf, mips-elf, mn10300-elf, ppc-elf, sh-elf, sparc-elf, and v850-elf.