+start-sanitize-r5900
+Tue Jul 15 10:18:09 1997 Jeffrey A Law (law@cygnus.com)
+
+ * configure.tgt: Default the r5900 to little endian.
+
+end-sanitize-r5900
+Mon Jul 7 12:39:42 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ From Manfred Hollstein <manfred@s-direktnet.de>:
+ * configure.host (i[3456]86-*-linux*libc1*): Renamed from
+ i[3456]86-*-linux*.
+ (i[3456]86-*-linux*): New host.
+
+Thu Jun 26 13:54:03 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * scripttempl/pe.sc: Put .rsrc after .reloc. Put input .rsrc
+ sections in the output .rsrc section.
+
+Wed Jun 25 12:48:41 1997 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
+
+ * configure.host (m68*-*-linux*libc1*): Renamed from
+ `m68*-*-linux*'.
+ (m68*-*-linux*): New configuration for use with GNU libc 2.
+
+Mon Jun 16 19:18:21 1997 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
+
+ * scripttempl/elfppc.sc: Correct .rela.sdata entries.
+
+ * scripttempl/elfppc.sc: Put the PLT between the small and large
+ BSS segments.
+ * emulparams/elf32ppc.sh (TEXT_START_ADDR): The ABI says `A
+ program base of 0x02000000 is recommended...' because otherwise
+ shared libraries are less efficient. We use 0x01800000 because
+ otherwise it's impossible to branch to location 0, for instance if
+ you have an undefined weak symbol.
+
+Mon Jun 16 12:49:36 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+
+ * ldlang.c (lang_place_undefineds): Add \n in einfo call.
+ (lang_size_sections): Likewise.
+ * ldlex.l: Likewise.
+ * emultempl/aix.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_read_file): Likewise.
+ * emultempl/mipsecoff.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open):
+ Likewise.
+ (check_sections): Likewise.
+ (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_after_allocation): Likewise.
+ * emultempl/pe.em (gld_$${EMULATION_NAME}_before_allocation):
+ Likewise.
+ * mpw-eppcmac.c (gldppcmacos_read_file): Likewise.
+ * mpw-idtmips.c (gldmipsidt_after_open): Likewise.
+ (check_sections): Likewise.
+ (gldmipsidt_after_allocation): Likewise.
+
+ * ldemul.c (ldemul_choose_mode): Remove unused einfo argument.
+
+Fri Jun 6 23:47:42 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * scripttempl/pe.sc: Add zeroes after .idata$3 to mark the end of
+ the import list.
+
+Thu May 29 13:13:22 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * emultempl/elf32.em (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_section): Don't
+ crash if an output section has no BFD section.
+
+Fri May 23 15:23:25 1997 Fred Fish <fnf@cygnus.com>
+
+ * lexsup.c (ld_options): Add entry for the new "task-link" option.
+ (parse_args): Handle the "task-link" option.
+ (OPTION_TASK_LINK): Add define.
+
+Wed May 21 17:44:15 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * ldmain.c (main): Correct check of fclose return value when
+ handling --force-exe-suffix.
+
+Thu May 15 11:35:29 1997 Nick Clifton <nickc@cygnus.com>
+
+ * ldlang.c (lang_check): Add test of the return value from the
+ call to bfd_merge_private_bfd_data().
+
+Mon May 12 23:22:58 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * scripttempl/elfmips.sc: Remove.
+ * scripttempl/elf.sc: Set ENTRY based on target. Permit
+ TEXT_DYNAMIC to control .dynamic segment. Permit
+ SHLIB_TEXT_START_ADDR to set start of shared object. Support
+ INITIAL_READONLY_SECTIONS. Put .stub in .text. Only put
+ .gnu.linkonce.t* in .text when relocating. Support
+ OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS. Support SHLIB_DATA_ADDR as well as
+ DATA_ADDR. Support OTHER_GOT_SYMBOLS and OTHER_GOT_SECTIONS.
+ * emulparams/elf32b4300.sh (SCRIPT_NAME): Set to elf.
+ (DATA_ADDR): Don't set.
+ (INITIAL_READONLY_SECTIONS): Rename from OTHER_READONLY_SECTIONS.
+ (OTHER_TEXT_SECTIONS): Set.
+ (OTHER_GOT_SECTIONS): Rename from OTHER_READWRITE_SECTIONS.
+ (MACHINE): Set to empty string.
+ * emulparams/elf32l4300.sh: Likewise.
+ * emulparams/elf32ebmip.sh: Likewise.
+ * emulparams/elf32elmip.sh: Likewise.
+ * emulparams/elf32bmip.sh: Likewise. Also:
+ (TEXT_DYNAMIC): Set.
+ * emulparams/elf32lmips.sh: Likewise.
+ * Makefile.in (eelf32bmips.c): Depend upon elf.sc rather than
+ elfmips.sc.
+ (eelf32ebmips.c, eelf32elmips.c, eelf32lmip.c): Likewise.
+
+Mon May 12 11:11:06 1997 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
+
+ * scripttempl/elf.sc: Don't align the data segment on the next 8
+ byte boundary, instead let the linker use whatever the individual
+ sections require.
+
+Fri May 9 17:45:46 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * configure.tgt (i[3456]86-*-gnu*): Don't include Mach support.
+
+Tue May 6 13:21:19 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ From Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com>:
+ * emultempl/pe.em (sort_by_file_name): Sort by archive name
+ first.
+ (sort_sections): Sort all sections, not just sections in the same
+ archive.
+
+Mon May 5 18:19:55 1997 Philip Blundell <pjb27@cam.ac.uk>
+
+ * configure.tgt, configure.host: cope with '*-*-linux-gnuaout'
+ targets.
+
+start-sanitize-tic80
+Fri May 2 15:54:28 1997 Mike Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
+
+ * scripttempl/tic80coff.sc (.text): Add a leading underscore to
+ __{D,C}TOR_{LIST,END}__ definations. Rearrange the order of items
+ in the .text section. Move .const, .ctors, .dtors into separate
+ sections.
+
+end-sanitize-tic80
+Wed Apr 30 12:23:21 1997 Manfred Hollstein <manfred@s-direktnet.de>
+
+ * scripttempl/m88kbcs.sc (__.initp.end, _etext): Added whitespace
+ around assignment of current location pointer.
+
+Thu Apr 17 13:07:18 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * ldctor.c (ldctor_build_sets): Make sure the set is aligned
+ appropriately.
+
+Tue Apr 15 13:19:26 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * Makefile.in (INSTALL): Set to @INSTALL@.
+ (INSTALL_XFORM, INSTALL_XFORM1): Remove.
+ (install): Depend upon ld.new and installdirs. Use
+ $(program_transform_name) directly, rather than using
+ $(INSTALL_XFORM) and $(INSTALL_XFORM1).
+ (installdirs): New target.
+ (install-info): Run mkinstalldirs.
+
+Mon Apr 14 12:06:15 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * Makefile.in (INSTALL): Change install.sh to install-sh.
+
+ From Thomas Graichen <graichen@rzpd.de>:
+ * configure.in: Use ${CONFIG_SHELL} when running $ac_config_sub.
+ * configure: Rebuild.
+
+Fri Apr 4 11:42:41 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * emultempl/pe.em: Include "libiberty.h".
+ (sort_sections_1): Use xmalloc rather than alloca.
+
+ * ldlex.l: Recognize SQUAD.
+ * ldgram.y (length): Add SQUAD.
+ * ldctor.c (ldctor_build_sets): Use SQUAD for a signed 8 byte
+ reloc.
+ * ldlang.c (print_data_statement): Handle SQUAD.
+ (lang_size_sections, lang_do_assignments): Likewise.
+ * ldexp.c (exp_print_token): Add SQUAD to table.
+ * ldwrite.c (build_link_order): Handle SQUAD.
+ * ld.texinfo (Section Data Expressions): Document SQUAD.
+
+Thu Apr 3 13:19:40 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * ldver.c (ld_program_version): Set to 2.8.1.
+
+ * Branched binutils 2.8.
+
+Wed Apr 2 11:55:27 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * mpw-idtmips.c: Rename from mpw-emipsidt.c.
+ * mpw-elfmips.c: Rename from mpw-emipself.c.
+ * mpw-config.in: Update accordingly.
+
+ * ldlang.c (lang_process): Call lang_check immediately after
+ opening the input files, rather than at the end of the link.
+
+Mon Mar 31 23:44:00 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ * emultempl/pe.em (init): Fully bracket initializer.
+ (set_pe_stack_heap): Remove locals begin_commit and end.
+ (gld_${EMULATION_NAME}_after_open): Remove unused local i.
+ (gld${EMULATION_NAME}_place_orphan): Remove unused local ptr.
+
+Mon Mar 31 16:35:51 1997 Joel Sherrill <joel@oarcorp.com>
+
+ * configure.tgt (hppa*-*-rtems*): New target, like hppa-*-*elf*.
+
+Fri Mar 28 15:29:23 1997 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
+
+ Contributed by David S. Miller <davem@caip.rutgers.edu>:
+ * configure.tgt (sparc*-*-linuxaout*): New target.
+ (sparc*-*-linux*): New target.
+ * emulparams/sparclinux.sh: New file.
+ * Makefile.in (ALL_EMULATIONS): Add esparclinux.o.
+ (esparclinux.c): New target.
+
+Fri Mar 28 14:30:12 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
+
+ From Ralf Baechle <ralf@gnu.ai.mit.edu>:
+ * configure.tgt: Set targ_extra_emuls for mips*el-*-linux* and
+ mips*-*-linux*. Use elf32bmip and elf32lmip, not elf32ebmip and
+ elf32elmip.
+
Thu Mar 27 17:14:32 1997 Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
* lexsup.c (parse_args): Update copyright date in version