X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=gas%2FNEWS;h=c65c745e49719f3cc90a28ebe71bedb754be7faa;hb=8bf549a8c4cf576db65789048d14f6d803f59855;hp=61889be1196caa153eb084c06ba71baba0205d6c;hpb=27e232885db363fb545fd2f450e72d929e59b8f6;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS index 61889be119..c65c745e49 100644 --- a/gas/NEWS +++ b/gas/NEWS @@ -1,11 +1,46 @@ -*- text -*- +GASP now correctly parses floating point numbers. Unless the base is explicitly +specified, they are interpreted as decimal numbers regardless of the currently +specified base. + +Support for Don Knuth's MMIX, by Hans-Peter Nilsson. + +Support for the OpenRISC 32-bit embedded processor by OpenCores. + +The ARM assembler now accepts -march=..., -mcpu=... and -mfpu=... for +specifying the target instruction set. The old method of specifying the +target processor has been deprecated, but is still accepted for +compatibility. + +Support for the VFP floating-point instruction set has been added to +the ARM assembler. + +New psuedo op: .incbin to include a set of binary data at a given point +in the assembly. Contributed by Anders Norlander. + +The MIPS assembler now accepts -march/-mtune. -mcpu has been deprecated +but still works for compatability. + +The MIPS assembler no longer issues a warning by default when it +generates a nop instruction from a macro. The new command line option +-n will turn on the warning. Changes in 2.11: +x86 gas now supports the full Pentium4 instruction set. + +Support for AMD x86-64 architecture, by Jan Hubicka, SuSE Labs. + +Support for Motorola 68HC11 and 68HC12. + Support for Texas Instruments TMS320C54x (tic54x). Support for IA-64. +Support for i860, by Jason Eckhardt. + +Support for CRIS (Axis Communications ETRAX series). + x86 gas has a new .arch pseudo op to specify the target CPU architecture. x86 gas -q command line option quietens warnings about register size changes @@ -14,6 +49,9 @@ translating various deprecated floating point instructions. Changes in 2.10: +Support for the ARM msr instruction was changed to only allow an immediate +operand when altering the flags field. + Support for ATMEL AVR. Support for IBM 370 ELF. Somewhat experimental.