X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=binutils%2FNEWS;h=e5e0056d662e1f77c77629e4fa317459676a4176;hb=d835a58baae720abe909795cb68763040d1750a8;hp=de70c3a23cbf7123a6cdd6aa254545c3563b8b6e;hpb=9108bc33b1ca0b2e930c0cce5b1a0394e33e86be;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index de70c3a23c..e5e0056d66 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,58 @@ -*- text -*- +* Add --output option to the "ar" program. This option can be used to specify + the output directory when extracting members from an archive. + +* Add --keep-section option to objcopy and strip. This option keeps the + specified section from being removed. + +Changes in 2.33: + +* Add --source-comment[=] option to objdump which if present, + provides a prefix to source code lines displayed in a disassembly. + +* Add --set-section-alignment = option to objcopy to allow + the changing of section alignments. + +* Add --verilog-data-width option to objcopy for verilog targets to control + width of data elements in verilog hex format. + +* Add support for the Armv8.1-M Mainline and M-profile Vector Extension (MVE) + instructions. + +* The separate debug info file options of readelf (--debug-dump=links + and --debug-dump=follow) and objdump (--dwarf=links and + --dwarf=follow-links) will now display and/or follow multiple links if + more than one are present in a file. (This usually happens when gcc's + -gsplit-dwarf option is used). + + In addition objdump's --dwarf=follow-links now also affects its other + display options, so that for example, when combined with --syms it will + cause the symbol tables in any linked debug info files to also be + displayed. In addition when combined with --disassemble the --dwarf= + follow-links option will ensure that any symbol tables in the linked + files are read and used when disassembling code in the main file. + + * Add support for dumping types encoded in the Compact Type Format + to objdump and readelf. + +Changes in 2.32: + +* The addr2line, c++filt, nm and objdump tools now have a limit on the + maximum amount of recursion that is allowed whilst demangling strings. + The value for this limit is defined by the DEMANGLE_RECRUSE_LIMIT + constant declared in the include/demangle.h header file. At the time + of writing this constant has the value of 2048. + + The --no-recurse-limit option can be used to remove the limit, restoring + the behaviour of earlier versions of these tools. This may be needed in + order to dmangle truly complicated names, but it also leaves the tools + vulnerable to stack exhaustion from maliciously constructed mangled names. + +* Objdump's --disassemble option can now take a parameter, specifying the + starting symbol for disassembly. Disassembly will continue from this + symbol up to the next symbol or the end of the function. + * The MIPS port now supports the Loongson 2K1000 processor which implements the MIPS64r2 ISA, the Loongson-mmi ASE, Loongson-cam ASE, Loongson-ext ASE, Loongson-ext2 ASE and MSA ASE instructions. Add -march=gs264e option for @@ -16,6 +69,11 @@ 3A1000 processor, The -march=loongson3a is an alias of -march=gs464 for compatibility. +* The size tool now has a new output format '--format=GNU' or '-G'. The + results are displayed in a similar manor to the default berkeley layout, + except read-only data is counted in the data column, not the text column. + Additionally the total is only included once. + Changes in 2.31: * Add support for disassembling netronome Flow Processor (NFP) firmware files. @@ -625,7 +683,7 @@ Changes in binutils 2.1: and/or local symbols only. They now also support long options. -Copyright (C) 2012-2018 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