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 -*- text -*-
 
+Changes in version 2.10:
+
+* Added command line switch --section-start to set the start address of any
+  specified section. 
+
+* Added ability to emit full relocation information in linked executables,
+  enabled by --emit-relocs.  Some post-linkage optimization tools need
+  this information in order to be able to correctly identify and perform
+  symbol relative addressing in the event of changes in section contents
+  (instructions being added or deleted, extending data sections, etc.)
+
+* Added AT> to the linker script language to allow load-time allocation of 
+  sections into regions.
+
+* Added garbage collection of unused sections, enabled by --gc-sections. 
+  It does require a bit of backend support; currently implemented are
+  ppc-elf, mips-elf, and mn10300-elf.  Others will ignore the option.
+
+* Added SORT to the linker script language to permit sorting sections by file
+  name or section name.
+
+* 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.
+
+* The linker now issues a warning, not an error, for an undefined symbol when
+  using -Bsymbolic; use the new --no-undefined option to get the old
+  behaviour.
+
+* Added --demangle and --no-demangle options.
+
+Changes in version 2.9:
+
+* Added SQUAD to the linker script language.
+
+* New option --no-warn-mismatch.
+
+* The MEMORY command now parses the attributes to determine where sections that
+  are not placed in a specific memory region are placed.
+
 Changes in version 2.8:
 
 * Linker scripts may now contain shell wildcard characters for file and section
   names.
 
+* The linker now supports symbol versions in ELF.
+
 * The NOCROSSREFS command was added to the linker script language.
 
 * The LOADADDR expression was added to the linker script language.
@@ -16,6 +70,8 @@ Changes in version 2.8:
 * New option --warn-section-align to warn when the address of an output section
   changes due to alignment of an input section.
 
+* New options --filter/-F and --auxiliary/-f.
+
 Changes in version 2.7:
 
 * New option --cref to print out a cross reference table.