From 3eb3cf05c0920517935067e613adf16672f7ea4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Daney Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 04:40:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] install.texi (mips-*-*): Change recommended binutils version. * doc/install.texi (mips-*-*): Change recommended binutils version. From-SVN: r122648 --- gcc/ChangeLog | 7 ++++++- gcc/doc/install.texi | 11 +++++++---- 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/gcc/ChangeLog b/gcc/ChangeLog index 5786037c0be..a81c91367b2 100644 --- a/gcc/ChangeLog +++ b/gcc/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,9 @@ -2006-03-06 Anatoly Sokolov +2007-03-06 David Daney + + * doc/install.texi (mips-*-*): Change recommended binutils + version. + +2007-03-06 Anatoly Sokolov * config/avr/avr.c (avr_mcu_types): Add support for ATmega325P, ATmega3250P, ATmega329P, ATmega3290P, AT90USB82 and AT90USB162 diff --git a/gcc/doc/install.texi b/gcc/doc/install.texi index 2dfa6eabf22..fa2b2657c5b 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/install.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/install.texi @@ -3551,10 +3551,13 @@ currently do not work, because the auxiliary programs anything but a MIPS. It does work to cross compile for a MIPS if you use the GNU assembler and linker. -The linker from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which -causes the runtime linker stubs in @file{libgcj.so} to be incorrectly -generated. If you want to use libgcj, either use binutils 2.17 or -later to build it or export @samp{LD_BIND_NOW=1} in your runtime environment. +The assembler from GNU binutils 2.17 and earlier has a bug in the way +it sorts relocations for REL targets (o32, o64, EABI). This can cause +bad code to be generated for simple C++ programs. Also the linker +from GNU binutils versions prior to 2.17 has a bug which causes the +runtime linker stubs in very large programs, like @file{libgcj.so}, to +be incorrectly generated. Binutils CVS snapshots and releases made +after Nov. 9, 2006 are thought to be free from both of these problems. @html
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