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@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
* Linker sources now released under version 3 of the GNU General Public
License.
+* ELF: New --build-id option to generate a unique per-binary identifier
+ embedded in a note section.
+
* Added support for National Semicondutor CompactRISC (ie CR16) target.
* -l:foo now searches the library path for a filename called foo,
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ Changes in 2.15:
* ELF: --as-needed/--no-as-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag should
be added only when a shared library is referenced.
-
+
* PE: --large-address-aware option to indicate executables support virtual
addresses greater than 2 gigabytes.
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ Changes in 2.14:
* Support for Texas Instruments TMS320C4x and TMS320C3x series of
DSP's contributed by Michael Hayes and Svein E. Seldal.
-
+
* Added --with-lib-path configure switch to specify default value for
LIB_PATH.
@@ -192,7 +195,7 @@ Changes in version 2.11:
* TI C54x support, by Timothy Wall.
* Added command line switch --section-start to set the start address of any
- specified section.
+ specified section.
* Added ability to emit full relocation information in linked executables,
enabled by --emit-relocs. Some post-linkage optimization tools need
@@ -208,10 +211,10 @@ Changes in version 2.11:
Changes in version 2.10:
-* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of
+* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of
sections into regions.
-* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections.
+* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections.
It does require a bit of backend support; currently implemented are
arm-elf, avr-elf, d10v-elf, fr30-elf, i386-elf, m32r-elf, m68k-elf,
mcore-elf, mips-elf, mn10300-elf, ppc-elf, sh-elf, sparc-elf, and v850-elf.