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Diffstat (limited to 'gas/NEWS')
| -rw-r--r-- | gas/NEWS | 42 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 21 deletions
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ Changes in 2.27: assembler should generate common symbols with the STT_COMMON type by default. Default to no. -* New command line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF targets to control +* New command-line option --elf-stt-common= for ELF targets to control whether to generate common symbols with the STT_COMMON type. * Add ability to set section flags and types via numeric values for ELF @@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ Changes in 2.27: x86 assembler should generate relax relocations by default. Default to yes, except for x86 Solaris targets older than Solaris 12. -* New command line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86 target to control +* New command-line option -mrelax-relocations= for x86 target to control whether to generate relax relocations. -* New command line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86 target to encode +* New command-line option -mfence-as-lock-add=yes for x86 target to encode lfence, mfence and sfence as "lock addl $0x0, (%[re]sp)". * Add assembly-time relaxation option for ARC cpus. @@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Changes in 2.25: * Replace support for openrisc and or32 with support for or1k. * Enhanced the ARM port to accept the assembler output from the CodeComposer - Studio tool. Support is enabled via the new command line option -mccs. + Studio tool. Support is enabled via the new command-line option -mccs. * Add support for the Andes NDS32. @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Changes in 2.24: * Add support for the Texas Instruments MSP430X processor. -* Add -gdwarf-sections command line option to enable per-code-section +* Add -gdwarf-sections command-line option to enable per-code-section generation of DWARF .debug_line sections. * Add support for Altera Nios II. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Changes in 2.21: * Add support for the Renesas RX processor. -* New command line option, --compress-debug-sections, which requests +* New command-line option, --compress-debug-sections, which requests compression of DWARF debug information sections in the relocatable output file. Compressed debug sections are supported by readelf, objdump, and gold, but not currently by Gnu ld. @@ -219,23 +219,23 @@ Changes in 2.19: * New pseudo op .cfi_val_encoded_addr, to record constant addresses in unwind tables without runtime relocation. -* New command line option, -h-tick-hex, for sh, m32c, and h8/300 targets, which +* New command-line option, -h-tick-hex, for sh, m32c, and h8/300 targets, which adds compatibility with H'00 style hex constants. -* New command line option, -msse-check=[none|error|warning], for x86 +* New command-line option, -msse-check=[none|error|warning], for x86 targets. -* New sub-option added to the assembler's -a command line switch to +* New sub-option added to the assembler's -a command-line switch to generate a listing output. The 'g' sub-option will insert into the listing various information about the assembly, such as assembler version, the - command line options used, and a time stamp. + command-line options used, and a time stamp. -* New command line option -msse2avx for x86 target to encode SSE +* New command-line option -msse2avx for x86 target to encode SSE instructions with VEX prefix. * Add Intel XSAVE, EPT, MOVBE, AES, PCLMUL, AVX/FMA support for x86 target. -* New command line options, -march=CPU[,+EXTENSION...], -mtune=CPU, +* New command-line options, -march=CPU[,+EXTENSION...], -mtune=CPU, -mmnemonic=[att|intel], -msyntax=[att|intel], -mindex-reg, -mnaked-reg and -mold-gcc, for x86 targets. @@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ Changes in 2.17: * Add support for the "@<file>" syntax to the command line, so that extra switches can be read from <file>. -* The SH target supports a new command line switch --enable-reg-prefix which, +* The SH target supports a new command-line switch --enable-reg-prefix which, if enabled, will allow register names to be optionally prefixed with a $ character. This allows register names to be distinguished from label names. @@ -289,15 +289,15 @@ Changes in 2.17: for the VAX target in order to be more compatible with the VAX MACRO assembler. -* New command line option -mtune=[itanium1|itanium2] for IA64 targets. +* New command-line option -mtune=[itanium1|itanium2] for IA64 targets. Changes in 2.16: * Redefinition of macros now results in an error. -* New command line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets. +* New command-line option -mhint.b=[ok|warning|error] for IA64 targets. -* New command line option -munwind-check=[warning|error] for IA64 +* New command-line option -munwind-check=[warning|error] for IA64 targets. * The IA64 port now uses automatic dependency violation removal as its default @@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ Changes in 2.16: * Added support for generating unwind tables for ARM ELF targets. -* Add a -g command line option to generate debug information in the target's +* Add a -g command-line option to generate debug information in the target's preferred debug format. * Support for the crx-elf target added. @@ -322,9 +322,9 @@ Changes in 2.16: * Support for ColdFire EMAC instructions added and Motorola syntax for MAC/EMAC instrucitons. -* New command line option -mno-shared for MIPS ELF targets. +* New command-line option -mno-shared for MIPS ELF targets. -* New command line option --alternate and pseudo-ops .altmacro and .noaltmacro +* New command-line option --alternate and pseudo-ops .altmacro and .noaltmacro added to enter (and leave) alternate macro syntax mode. Changes in 2.15: @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ Changes in 2.12: but still works for compatability. * The MIPS assembler no longer issues a warning by default when it - generates a nop instruction from a macro. The new command line option + generates a nop instruction from a macro. The new command-line option -n will turn on the warning. Changes in 2.11: @@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ Changes in 2.11: * x86 gas has a new .arch pseudo op to specify the target CPU architecture. -* x86 gas -q command line option quietens warnings about register size changes +* x86 gas -q command-line option quietens warnings about register size changes due to suffix, indirect jmp/call without `*', stand-alone prefixes, and translating various deprecated floating point instructions. |