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Changes in 1.16:
* Improve warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections.
* Add --debug=plugin option for easier debugging of plugin-related problems.
* Add -z keep_text_section_prefix option.
* Add support for R_AARCH64_TLSLE_LDST8_TPREL_LO12, etc., relocations
(Aarch64 only).
* Update configuration to enable plugins and threads automatically.
* Add support for .note.gnu.property sections (from Linux ABI extensions).
* Add support for Intel Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) and Shadow Stack
(x86-64 only).
Changes in 1.15:
* Add support for .MIPS.options sections (MIPS only).
* Add support for compound relocations (MIPS only).
* Add --emit-stub-syms, --no-tls-optimize, --tls-get-addr-optimize options
(PowerPC only).
* Add -z text-unlikely-segment option.
* Add plugin support for adding new input files (LDPT_REGISTER_NEW_INPUT_HOOK).
Changes in 1.14:
* Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX.
* Add --orphan-handling option.
* Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only).
* Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm only).
* Add -z stack-size option.
* Add --be8 option (Arm only).
* Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts.
* Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts.
Changes in 1.12:
* Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether -z relro should
be enabled by default. Default to yes.
* Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx architectures.
* Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols.
* Add support for incremental linking (--incremental).
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Changes in 1.3:
2008-03-25 22:55:29 +01:00
* gold added to GNU binutils.
2012-12-17 17:56:12 +01:00
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2012-12-17 17:56:12 +01:00
Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
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