* Added EXTERN to the linker script language as an equivalent to the -u
command-line option.
+* Added ASSERT to the linker script language.
+
+* Added EXCLUDE_FILE to the linker script language for further control over
+ wildcard file names.
+
+* Added -O option to optimize linker output (as of this writing, this only
+affects ELF shared library generation).
+
* The -e option now accepts a number as well as a symbol name.
+* Added --no-undefined option to disallow undefined symbols when creating a
+ shared library.
+
+* Added --demangle and --no-demangle options.
+
Changes in version 2.9:
* Added SQUAD to the linker script language.