X-Git-Url: http://drtracing.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=binutils%2FNEWS;h=e6afc4ba29fc6e5cd2fadaf290021a7f7468bb29;hb=e6f7f6d14f7e1acba0cf41726616a270e7d3c121;hp=ce9253411acb6e6c029430a2f29bb0ca2397c2ea;hpb=af03af8f55f2536b6e20928e6b1fa0324a5f3d6e;p=deliverable%2Fbinutils-gdb.git diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS index ce9253411a..e6afc4ba29 100644 --- a/binutils/NEWS +++ b/binutils/NEWS @@ -1,10 +1,42 @@ -*- text -*- +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 1024. + 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 @@ -13,7 +45,7 @@ * 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. + 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, @@ -31,6 +63,11 @@ 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. @@ -640,7 +677,7 @@ 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) 2012-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright