X-Git-Url: http://git.efficios.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=gold%2FNEWS;h=1880ea61d98b0a684976b2e7b3fae39ee2aae6b1;hb=df08b5881b4972d78f9a2069955dad5b12bc972e;hp=d73ceeb8f080ee38dc508d4c0a591d4441eea680;hpb=5bf135a788d468003cb2502d0a2239fd92d1ac25;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/gold/NEWS b/gold/NEWS index d73ceeb8f0..1880ea61d9 100644 --- a/gold/NEWS +++ b/gold/NEWS @@ -1,6 +1,100 @@ +Changes in 1.16: + +* Improve warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections. + +* Add --debug=plugin option for easier debugging of plugin-related problems. + +* Add -z keep_text_section_prefix option. + +* Add support for R_AARCH64_TLSLE_LDST8_TPREL_LO12, etc., relocations + (Aarch64 only). + +* Update configuration to enable plugins and threads automatically. + +* Add support for .note.gnu.property sections (from Linux ABI extensions). + +* Add support for Intel Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) and Shadow Stack + (x86-64 only). + +Changes in 1.15: + +* Add support for .MIPS.options sections (MIPS only). + +* Add support for compound relocations (MIPS only). + +* Add --emit-stub-syms, --no-tls-optimize, --tls-get-addr-optimize options + (PowerPC only). + +* Add -z text-unlikely-segment option. + +* Add plugin support for adding new input files (LDPT_REGISTER_NEW_INPUT_HOOK). + +Changes in 1.14: + +* Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX. + +* Add --orphan-handling option. + +* Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only). + +* Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm only). + +* Add -z stack-size option. + +* Add --be8 option (Arm only). + +* Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts. + +* Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts. + +Changes in 1.12: + +* Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether -z relro should + be enabled by default. Default to yes. + +* Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx architectures. + +* Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols. + +* Add support for incremental linking (--incremental). + +Changes in 1.11: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.10: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.9: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.8: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.7: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.6: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.5: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.4: + +[FIXME: Add major changes.] + +Changes in 1.3: + * gold added to GNU binutils. -Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright