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+
+* Add support for Lattice Mico32 (lm32) architecture.
+
+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
+ adds compatibility with H'00 style hex constants.
+
+* 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
+ 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.
+
+* 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,
+ -mmnemonic=[att|intel], -msyntax=[att|intel], -mindex-reg,
+ -mnaked-reg and -mold-gcc, for x86 targets.
+
+* Support for generating wide character strings has been added via the new
+ pseudo ops: .string16, .string32 and .string64.
+
+* Support for SSE5 has been added to the i386 port.
+
+Changes in 2.18:
+
* The GAS sources are now released under the GPLv3.
* Support for the National Semiconductor CR16 target has been added.