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+* New command line option, -msse-check=[none|error|warning], for x86
+ targets.
+
+* New sub-option added to the assembler's -a command line switch to
+ generate a listing output. The 'g' sub-option will insert into the listing
+ various information about the assembly, such as assembler version, the
+ command line options used, and a time stamp.
+
+* New command line option -msse2avx for x86 target to encode SSE
+ instructions with VEX prefix.
+
+* Add Intel XSAVE, EPT, MOVBE, AES, PCLMUL, AVX/FMA support for x86 target.
+
+* New command line options, -march=CPU[,+EXTENSION...], -mtune=CPU,
+ -mmnemonic=[att|intel], -msyntax=[att|intel], -mindex-reg,
+ -mnaked-reg and -mold-gcc, for x86 targets.
+
+* Support for generating wide character strings has been added via the new
+ pseudo ops: .string16, .string32 and .string64.
+
+* Support for SSE5 has been added to the i386 port.
+
+Changes in 2.18:
+
+* The GAS sources are now released under the GPLv3.
+
+* Support for the National Semiconductor CR16 target has been added.
+
+* Added gas .reloc pseudo. This is a low-level interface for creating
+ relocations.
+
+* Add support for x86_64 PE+ target.
+
+* Add support for Score target.
+
+Changes in 2.17:
+
+* Support for the Infineon XC16X has been added by KPIT Cummins Infosystems.
+
+* Support for ms2 architecture has been added.
* Support for the Z80 processor family has been added.