-*- text -*-
+Changes in 2.41:
+
+* Add support for the KVX instruction set.
+
+* The linker now accepts a command line option of --remap-inputs
+ <PATTERN>=<FILE> to relace any input file that matches <PATTERN> with
+ <FILE>. In addition the option --remap-inputs-file=<FILE> can be used to
+ specify a file containing any number of these remapping directives.
+
+* The linker command line option --print-map-locals can be used to include
+ local symbols in a linker map. (ELF targets only).
+
+* For most ELF based targets, if the --enable-linker-version option is used
+ then the version of the linker will be inserted as a string into the .comment
+ section.
+
+* The linker script syntax has a new command for output sections: ASCIZ "string"
+ This will insert a zero-terminated string at the current location.
+
+* Add command-line option, -z nosectionheader, to omit ELF section
+ header.
+
+Changes in 2.40:
+
+* The linker has a new command line option to suppress the generation of any
+ warning or error messages. This can be useful when there is a need to create
+ a known non-working binary. The option is -w or --no-warnings.
+
+* ld now supports zstd compressed debug sections. The new option
+ --compress-debug-sections=zstd compresses debug sections with zstd.
+
+* Add --enable-default-compressed-debug-sections-algorithm={zlib,zstd}
+ that selects the default compression algorithm
+ for --enable-compressed-debug-sections.
+
+* Remove support for -z bndplt (MPX prefix instructions).
+
+Changes in 2.39:
+
+* The ELF linker will now generate a warning message if the stack is made
+ executable. By default this warning is not issued if the user has
+ specifically requested an executable stack via the "-z execstack"
+ command line option, but the warning can be forced via the new
+ "--warn-execstack" option. Alternatively all warnings about creating
+ an executable stack can be suppressed via the "--no-warn-execstack"
+ option.
+
+ In addition the ELF linker will also warn if it creates a memory resident
+ segment with all three of the Read, Write and eXecute permissions set, or
+ if it creates a thread local data segment with the eXecute permission set.
+ These warnings can be disabled via --no-warn-rwx-segments option and
+ re-enabled via the --warn-rwx-segments option.
+
+ New configure options can also control these new features:
+
+ --enable-warn-execstack=no
+ will disable the warnings about creating an executable stack.
+
+ --enable-warn-execstack=yes
+ will make --warn-execstack enabled by default.
+
+ --enable-warn-rwx-segments=no
+ will make --no-warn-rwx-segments enabled by default.
+
+ --enable-default-execstack=no
+ will stop the creation of an executable stack simply because an input file
+ is missing a .note.GNU-stack section, even on architectures where this
+ behaviour is the default.
+
+* TYPE=<type> is now supported in an output section description to set the
+ section type value.
+
+* Remove (rudimentary) support for the x86-64 sub-architectures Intel L1OM and
+ Intel K1OM.
+
+* The ELF linker now supports a new --package-metadata option that allows
+ embedding a JSON payload in accordance to the Package Metadata specification.
+ If support for libjansson is enabled at build time, the linker will use it to
+ validate the input. This can be enabled with --enable-jansson.
+ For more details, see: https://systemd.io/ELF_PACKAGE_METADATA/
+
+Changes in 2.38:
+
+* Add -z pack-relative-relocs/-z no pack-relative-relocs to x86 ELF
+ linker to pack relative relocations in the DT_RELR section.
+
+* Add support for the LoongArch architecture.
+
+* Add -z indirect-extern-access/-z noindirect-extern-access to x86 ELF
+ linker to control canonical function pointers and copy relocation.
+
+* Add --max-cache-size=SIZE to set the the maximum cache size to SIZE
+ bytes.
+
+Changes in 2.37:
+
+* arm-symbianelf support removed.
+
+* Add -z report-relative-reloc to x86 ELF linker to report dynamic
+ relative relocations.
+
+* Add -z start-stop-gc to disable special treatment of __start_*/__stop_*
+ references when --gc-sections.
+
+* Add -Bno-symbolic to cancel -Bsymbolic and -Bsymbolic-functions.
+
+Changes in 2.36:
+
+* Add libdep plugin, for linking dependencies of static libraries that
+ were recorded by ar in the __.LIBDEP archive member.
+
* Add --error-handling-script=<NAME> command line option to allow a helper
script to be invoked when an undefined symbol or a missing library is
encountered. This option can be suppressed via the configure time
switch: --enable-error-handling-script=no.
-* Add -z x86-64-v[234] to the x86 ELF linker to mark x86-64-v[234] ISA
- level as needed.
+* Add -z lam-u48 to x86-64 ELF linker to generate LAM_U48 property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u57 to x86-64 ELF linker to enerate LAM_U57 property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u48-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U48
+ property.
+
+* Add -z lam-u57-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U57
+ property.
+
+* Add -z lam-report=[none|warning|error] to report missing LAM_U48 and
+ LAM_U57 properties.
+
+* Add -z x86-64-{baseline|v[234]} to the x86 ELF linker to mark
+ x86-64-{baseline|v[234]} ISA level as needed.
* Add -z unique-symbol to avoid duplicated local symbol names.
unless you are working on a project that has its own analogue
of symbol tables that are not reflected in the ELF symtabs.
+* Add support for the SHF_GNU_RETAIN ELF section flag.
+ This flag specifies that the section should not be garbage collected by the
+ linker.
+
Changes in 2.35:
* X86 NaCl target support is removed.
other utilities should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.
\f
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