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| -rw-r--r-- | release.binutils-2.25.51.0.1 (renamed from release.binutils-2.24.51.0.4) | 57 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/release.binutils-2.24.51.0.4 b/release.binutils-2.25.51.0.1 index 483176f1f2c..85e9e1cbb5b 100644 --- a/release.binutils-2.24.51.0.4 +++ b/release.binutils-2.25.51.0.1 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -This is the beta release of binutils 2.24.51.0.4 for Linux, which is -based on binutils 2014 0923 master branch on sourceware.org plus +This is the beta release of binutils 2.25.51.0.1 for Linux, which is +based on binutils 2014 1224 master branch on sourceware.org plus various changes. It is purely for Linux. All relevant patches in patches have been applied to the source tree. @@ -120,13 +120,60 @@ endif to arch/ia64/Makefile in your kernel source tree. -Please report any bugs related to binutils 2.24.51.0.4 to +Please report any bugs related to binutils 2.25.51.0.1 to hjl.tools@gmail.com and http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/ +Changes from binutils 2.24.51.0.4: + +1. Update from binutils 2014 1224. +2. Update Intel instruction extension support to October, 2014, +including AVX512VBMI, AVX512IFMA, PCOMMIT and CLWB. +3. --compress-debug-sections is turned on for Linux/x86 assembler by +default. +4. Deprecate R_X86_64_PC32_BND and R_X86_64_PLT32_BND support. Add +-z bndplt linker option to enable MPX PLT. +5. Support copy relocations in x86-64 PIE. +6. Don't output symbol version definitions for non-DT_NEEDED libs. +PR ld/16452, ld/16457. +7. Optimize out i386/x86-64 JUMP_SLOT relocation. +8. Check PC-relative offset overflow in x86-64 PLT entry. PR ld/17618. +9. Check branch displacement overflow in x86-64 PLT entry. +10. Fix many memory access issues. PRs ld/17453, binutils/17510, +binutils/17512, binutils/17531, binutils/17533, binutils/17597, +PR binutuls/17605, PR ld/17713. +11. Disallow copy relocations against protected symbols. PR ld/15228. +12. Fix an x86 assembler crash on invalid input. PR gas/17493. +12. Fix an addr2line bug. PR binutils/17541. +14. Sort relocs output by ld -r. PR ld/17666. +15. Speed up x86 PLT dump. PR binutils/17677. +16. Update x86 assembler to add REX prefix to encode R_X86_64_GOTTPOFF +for x32. PR ld/17482. +17. Run eh_frame optimisation for relocatable link. PR ld/17467. +18. Discard zero address range eh_frame FDEs. PR ld/17447. +19. Add support for more than one plugin in lib/bfd-plugins. PR ld/17422. +20. Add -D/-U options to objcopy/strip. PR binutils/17671. +21. Don't check shared libraries for .eh_frame sections nor --build-id. +PR ld/17742. +22. Fix exception frame section with static link for gold. PR gold/14675. +23. Handle stack split for x32 in gold. PR gold/17729. +24. Initial visium support. +25. Improve gold support. +26. Improve COFF support. +27. Improve aarch64 support. +28. Improve arm support. +29. Improve avr support. +30. Improve mips support. +31. Improve moxie support. +32. Improve msp430 support. +33. Improve nios2 support. +34. Improve ppc/ppc64 support. +35. Improve sparc support. +36. Improve spu support. + Changes from binutils 2.24.51.0.3: 1. Update from binutils 2014 0923. @@ -955,7 +1002,7 @@ already been defined. PR 12001. 16. Improve ppc support. 17. Improve tic6x support. -It is available as hjl/linux/release/2.24.51.0.4 tag at +It is available as hjl/linux/release/2.25.51.0.1 tag at https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=summary @@ -964,4 +1011,4 @@ Thanks. H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com -10/10/2014 +12/24/2014 |