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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-05-31 16:35:56 +0000
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2008-05-31 16:35:56 +0000
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PR ld/6430
* testsuite/ld-elfcomm/elfcomm.exp (test_sort_common): Test the ascending/descending argument to the --sort-common command line option. * testsuite/ld-elfcomm/sort-common.s: New file. * ld.h (enum sort_order): New. * ldlang.c (lang_check: Fix comment. (lang_common): Sort commons in ascending or descending order. (lang_one_common): Likewise. * lexsup.c (ld_options): Have --sort-common take an option argument. (parse_args): Handle argument to --sort-common. * ld.texinfo (--sort-common): Document new optional argument. * NEWS: Mention new feature.
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-*- text -*-
+* The --sort-common switch now has an optional argument which specifies the
+ direction of sorting.
+
* The M68K linker now supports multiple GOT generation schemes controlled via
the --got=<type> command line option.
-* The ARM ELF linker will now generate stubs for function calls to symbols that
+* The ARM EABI linker will now generate stubs for function calls to symbols that
are too far away. The placement of the stubs is controlled by a new linker
command line option: --stub-group-size=N.