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2008-06-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/6483
	* objdump.c (dump_bfd): If the -g option found no STABS or IEEE
	debug information to display, try dumping DWARF information
	instead.
	* rddbg.c (read_debugging_info): Add a parameter to suppress the
	display of a warning message when no debug information is found.
	* budbg.h (read_debugging_info): Update prototype.
	* objcopy.c (copy_object): Continue to allow read_debugging_info
	to produce warning messages.
	* doc/binutils.texi (--debugging): Document new behaviour of the
	-g/--debugging option.

2008-06-10  Ben Elliston  <bje@gnu.org>

	* MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as m68k maintainer.

2008-05-14  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.

2008-05-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* embedspu.sh: Test for presence of ._ea by looking at section
	table rather than looking at relocs.  Correct toe_addr substitution.

2008-05-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* embedspu.sh: Take note of R_SPU_PPU32/64 relocs without a symbol,
	and if present, put image in ".data.speelf".  Put program handle
	in ".data.spehandle".

2008-05-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* readelf.c (print_symbol): Add code to display non-printing
	characters.

2008-04-30  John Heidemann  <johnh@isi.edu>

	* doc/binutils.texi (strings): Add "unicode" to the documentation
	of strings in order to make explicit that it supports this
	feature.

2008-04-30  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* readelf.c (process_program_headers): Correct section in segment
	display.

2008-04-28  M Thomas  <mthomas@rhrk.uni-kl.de>
	    Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/6449
	* objdump.c (slurp_file): Open the file in binary mode.
	* ar.c: Remove conditional definition of O_BINARY.
	* bin2.c: Likewise.
	* rename.c: Likewise.
	* strings.c: Likewise.
	* sysdep.h: Add conditional definition of O_BINARY.

2008-04-23  Paolo Bonzini  <bonzini@gnu.org>

	* aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
	* configure: Regenerate.

2008-04-16  Jean-Yves Lefort  <jylefort@brutele.be>

	PR binutils/6034
	* objcopy.c (stuct symlist): Rename to
	is_specified_symbol_predicate_data.
	(strip_specific_list): Rename to strip_specific_htab.
	(strip_unneeded_list): Rename to strip_unneeded_htab.
	(keep_specific_list):  Rename to keep_specific_htab.
	(localize_specific_list): Rename to localize_specific_htab.
	(globalize_specific_list): Rename to globalize_specific_htab.
	(keepglobal_specific_list): Rename to keepglobal_specific_htab.
	(weaken_specific_list): Rename to weaken_specific_htab.
	(eq_string): New function.
	(create_symbol_htab): New function.
	(create_symbol_htabs): New function.
	(add_specific_symbol): Change to use hash tables.
	(is_specified_symbol_predicate): New function.
	(is_specified_symbol): Use hash table lookup.
	(is_strip_section): Update to use new functions and hash tables.
	(filter_symbols): Likewise.
	(copy_object): Likewise.
	(copy_section): Likewise.
	(strip_main): Likewise.
	(copy_main): Likewise.
	(main): Likewise.

2008-04-14  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>

	* readelf.c (get_gnu_elf_note_type): Recognize NT_GNU_GOLD_VERSION.

2008-04-11  Torleif Sandnes  <torleif.sandnes@gmail.com>

	* dwarf.c (display_debug_lines): Rename to
	display_debug_lines_raw.
	(display_debug_lines_decoded): New function.  Displays the
	interpreted contents of a .debug_line section.
	(display_debug_lines): New function: Selects either a raw dump or
	a decoded dump (or both) as requested by the user.
	* dwarf.h (do_debug_lines_decoded): New extern.
	* readelf.c: Add support for -wL or --debug-dump=decodedline
	option to display the decoded contents of a .debug_line section.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new option.
	* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2008-04-08  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* dwarf.c: Remove trailing whitespace throughout file.

2008-04-04  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/sk.po: Updated Slovak translation.

2008-04-03  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* dwarf.c (dwarf_regnames_i386): Add AVX registers.
	(dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.

2008-03-27  Cary Coutant <ccoutant@google.com>

	Add support for thin archives.
	* ar.c (make_thin_archive): New global flag.
	(map_over_members): Deal with full pathnames in thin archives.
	(usage, main): Add 'T' option for building thin archives.
	(replace_members): Pass thin archive flag to ar_emul_append.
	* arsup.c (ar_open): Initialize new flag.
	* binemul.c (ar_emul_append): Add new parameter for
	flattening nested archives.
	(do_ar_emul_default_append): New function.
	(ar_emul_default_append): Factored out recursive code.
	* binutils/binemul.h (ar_emul_default_append): Add new parameter.
	(struct bin_emulation_xfer_struct): New parameter for ar_append.
	* dlltool.c (gen_lib_file): Initialize thin archive flag.
	* emul_aix.c (ar_emul_aix_internal): Add new flatten
	parameter, currently unimplemented.
	All callers changed.
	* objcopy.c (copy_archive): Preserve thin archive flag.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Update ar documentation.
	* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2008-03-20  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* readelf.c (process_mips_specific): Declare addr_size as int.

2008-03-20  Richard Sandiford  <rsandifo@nildram.co.uk>

	* readelf.c (print_mips_got_entry): New function.
	(process_mips_specific): Print GOT information.

2008-03-17  Ralf Wildenhues  <Ralf.Wildenhues@gmx.de>

	* aclocal.m4: Regenerate.
	* configure: Likewise.
	* Makefile.in: Likewise.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Likewise.

2008-03-16  Brian Dessent  <brian@dessent.net>

	* rcparse.y (resid): Allow control text to span multiple lines.

2008-03-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* readelf.c: Use %u throughout when printing sh_link or sh_info,
	%lu when printing sh_addralign.
	(process_version_sections): Use identical formats when printing
	all offset and sh_link fields.

2008-03-13  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* Makefile.am: Run "make dep-am".
	* Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* doc/Makefile.in: Regenerate.
	* configure: Regenerate.

2008-03-12  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	PR 5900
	* readelf.c (SECTION_HEADER_INDEX, SECTION_HEADER_NUM): Delete.
	Remove use throughout file.
	(SECTION_HEADER): Likewise.
	(dump_relocations): Don't adjust st_shndx for reserved range.
	(process_file_header): Mask SHN_XINDEX to values seen in external
	elf structs.  Simplify valid section index tests.
	(get_32bit_elf_symbols, get_64bit_elf_symbols): Mask SHN_XINDEX.
	Map reserved st_shndx to internal form.
	(process_section_groups): Test that group symbol st_shndx is in
	range, not just non-zero.  Delete reserved range check.
	(get_symbol_index_type): Mask "type" to 16 bits when printing PRC,
	OS or RSV.

2008-03-09  Paul Brook  <paul@codesourcery.com>

	* readelf.c (arm_attr_tag_VFP_arch): Add "VFPv3-D16".

2008-03-03  James E. Wilson  <wilson@tuliptree.org>

	* MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.

2008-03-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (decode_location_expression): Handle
	DW_OP_PGI_omp_thread_num.

2008-03-01  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): Initialise "sym".

2008-02-27  Justin Pryzby  <justinpryzby@users.sourceforge.net>
	    Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* ar.c (usage): Mention -t command line switch.
	* doc/binutils.texi (ranlib): Document -t command line switch.

2008-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* objdump.c (objdump_print_addr): If displaying file offsets, show
	the offset even if there are no symbols available.
	(dump_section): Display nothing if none of the section is going to
	be dumped.  Display the file offset, if requested, of the location
	from where the dump starts.
	* doc/binutils.texi (objdump): Mention that dumping via the -s
	switch is also affected by the -F option.

2008-02-26  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	Re-apply this patch which was accidentally deleted:
	2006-05-16  Carlos O'Donell  <carlos@codesourcery.com>

	* doc/binutils.texi: Use "Binutils Index" for index name.

2008-02-22  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* objdump.c (display_file_offsets): New variable.
	(long_options): Add -F/--file-offsets.
	(objdump_print_addr_with_sym): If displaying file offsets, print
	the offset of the given address.
	(disassemble_bytes): If displaying file offsets, tell the user how
	many zeroes are skipped and the file offset of the point where
	dumping resumes.
	(disassemble_section): Only display the name of the section if
	data is going to be dumped from it.
	(main): Handle new option.  Produce error messages if the start or
	stop addresses do not make sense.
	* doc/binutils.texi: Document the new feature.
	* NEWS: Mention the new feature.

2008-02-15  Chu Li  <chul@cn.fujitsu.com>
	    Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/5713
	* strings.c (integer_arg): Delete function.
	(string_min): Initialise to 4.
	(main): Use strtoul to parse integer arguments.
	Move check for an invalid string length to after all the arguments
	have been parsed.
	(usage): Use indentation to indicate that -<n> is a another form
	of the --bytes= command line option.

2008-02-12  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dlltool.c (mcore_elf_cache_filename): Add a const qualifier to
	the argument.
	(scan_obj_filename): Do not drop the const qualifier when calling
	mcore_elf_cache_filename.
	(struct fname_cache): Add const qualifier to filename field.

2008-02-08  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR binutils/5713
	* strings.c (main): Set string_min to 4 if it is <= 0.

2008-02-07  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* objdump.c (main): Don't pass unadorned NULL to concat.

2008-02-04  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	PR 5715
	* configure: Regenerated.

2008-02-03  Adam Nemet  <anemet@caviumnetworks.com>

	* readelf.c (get_machine_flags): Handle Octeon.

2008-01-30  Tristan Gingold  <gingold@adacore.com>

	* readelf.c (dump_relocations): Decode OpenVMS-specific sections.
	(get_ia64_dynamic_type): Decode OpenVMS-specific tags.
	(get_dynamic_type): Handle IA64-specific tags.
	(get_ia64_section_type_name): Handle OpenVMS-specific sections.
	(get_section_type_name): Handle OS-specific sections (and
	particularly IA64 OpenVMS one).
	(get_elf_section_flags): Makes flags static.  Add entries for IA64 and
	decode them.

2008-01-29  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (print_dwarf_vma): New function.  Display the value of a
	dwarf_vma type at a specified precision.  Use mingw field type
	specifier if necessary.
	(display_debug_loc): Use dwarf_vma type for begin and end values.
	Use print_dwarf_vma to display their values.  Use byte_get_signed
	in order to correctly detect the -1 escape value.
	(display_debug_aranges): Likewise.
	(display_debug_ranges): Likewise.

2008-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* dwarf.c (display_debug_loc): Correct test for base address
	entry when 64-bit host dumping 32-bit object.

2008-01-29  Alan Modra  <amodra@bigpond.net.au>

	* MAINTAINERS: Remove myself as ix86 maintainer.  Add for SPU.

2008-01-28  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	PR binutils/5529
	* rclex.c (yylex): Also allow the hypen character.

2008-01-28  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

	* dwarf.c: Include "elf/common.h".
	(eh_addr_size): Changed to int.
	(dwarf_regnames_i386): New.
	(dwarf_regnames_x86_64): Likewise.
	(dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
	(dwarf_regnames_count): Likewise.
	(init_dwarf_regnames): Likewise.
	(regname): Likewise.
	(frame_display_row): Properly support different address size.
	Call regname to get register name.
	(display_debug_frames): Call regname to get register name.
	Display DW_CFA_def_cfa_register as DW_CFA_def_cfa_register
	instead of DW_CFA_def_cfa_reg.

	* dwarf.h (init_dwarf_regnames): New.

	* objdump.c: Include "elf-bfd.h".
	(dump_dwarf): Call init_dwarf_regnames on ELF input.

	* readelf.c (guess_is_rela): Change argument to int.
	(parse_args): Remove the undocumented upper case options for
	-wX.
	(process_file_header): Call init_dwarf_regnames.

2008-01-25  DJ Delorie  <dj@redhat.com>

	* readelf.c (process_section_headers): Add m16c handler.
	(is_16bit_abs_reloc): Recognize R_M32C_16.

2008-01-25  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>

	* prdbg.c: Correct formatter style use.
	* readelf.c: Likewise.
	* strings.c: Likewise.

2008-01-25  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* po/ru.po: Updated Russian translation.

2008-01-17  H.J. Lu  <hjl.tools@gmail.com>

	* MAINTAINERS: Update my email address.

2008-01-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (process_debug_info): Include the CU offset and corrupt
	version value when reporting unrecognised DWARF version numbers.
	(load_debug_info): Remember a failed attempt to load and parse the
	.debug_info section and do not repeat such attempts.
	(display_debug_lines): Check the return value from load_debug_info
	and return whilst displaying a warning message if the load failed.
	(display_debug_loc): Likewise.
	(display_debug_ranges): Likewise.
	(DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE): Value stored in num_debug_info_entries
	when the .debug_info section could not be loaded/parsed.
	(process_debug_info): Display the length of the compilation unit
	in hex, so that it corresponds with the offsets that will follow.
	Tell the user if the length was 32-bit or 64-bit.
	If a DIE abbreviation could not be found, tell the user the offset
	of the DIE.
	(free_debug_memory): Do not attempt to free any entries in the
	debug_information array if num_debug_info_entries is set to
	DEBUG_INFO_UNAVAILABLE.

2008-01-10  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>

	* readelf.c (is_64bit_abs_reloc): Handle R_S390_64.

2008-01-09  Jakub Zawadzki  <darkjames@darkjames.ath.cx>

	PR binutils/55326
	* bucomm.c (list_supported_architectures): Free architecture list
	after use.
	* windres.c (set_endianess): Likewise.
	* windmc.c (set_endianess): Likewise.

2008-01-08  Kai Tietz  <kai.tietz@onevision.com>

	PR binutils/5529
	* binutils/rclex.c: (yylex): Add ':', '_', '\\', and '/' to post
	characters for name tokens.

2008-01-04  Greg McGary  <greg@mcgary.org>

	* prdbg.c (print_vma): Print as long long, if host supports it.

2008-01-03  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>

	* dwarf.c (read_and_display_attr_value): Prefix values that are
	displayed in hexadecimal with 0x.
	For the DW_AT_import attribute display the abbreviation number and
	tag of the imported DIE.
	(process_debug_info): Warn about lengths that reserved by the
	DWARF3 specification.
	Provide more information when corrupted DIEs are detected.
	Warn if DIE corruption makes the sibling level negative.

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