+* Default to --enable-compressed-debug-sections=gas for Linux/x86 targets.
+
+* Add --no-pad-sections to stop the assembler from padding the end of output
+ sections up to their alignment boundary.
+
+* Support for the ARMv8-M architecture has been added to the ARM port. Support
+ for the ARMv8-M Security and DSP Extensions has also been added to the ARM
+ port.
+
+* ARC backend accepts .extInstruction, .extCondCode, .extAuxRegister, and
+ .extCoreRegister pseudo-ops that allow an user to define custom
+ instructions, conditional codes, auxiliary and core registers.
+