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+2016-11-22 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ PR 20744
+ * NEWS: Mention PowerPC VLE relocation error.
+
2016-11-16 Mark Wielaard <mark@klomp.org>
* cxxfilt.c (main): Recognize rust_demangling.
diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
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-*- text -*-
-* The nm program has a new command lien option (--with-version-strings)
+* This version of binutils fixes a problem with PowerPC VLE 16A and 16D
+ relocations which were functionally swapped, for example,
+ R_PPC_VLE_HA16A performed like R_PPC_VLE_HA16D while R_PPC_VLE_HA16D
+ performed like R_PPC_VLE_HA16A. This could have been fixed by
+ renumbering relocations, which would keep object files created by an
+ older version of gas compatible with a newer ld. However, that would
+ require an ABI update, affecting other assemblers and linkers that
+ create and process the relocations correctly. It is recommended that
+ all VLE object files be recompiled, but ld can modify the relocations
+ if --vle-reloc-fixup is passed to ld. If the new ld command line
+ option is not used, ld will ld warn on finding relocations inconsistent
+ with the instructions being relocated.
+
+* The nm program has a new command line option (--with-version-strings)
which will display a symbol's version information, if any, after the
symbol's name.