| * gold and dwp now support zstd compressed debug sections. | |
| * The new option --compress-debug-sections=zstd compresses debug sections with | |
| zstd. | |
| * Remove support for -z bndplt (MPX prefix instructions). | |
| Changes in 1.16: | |
| * Improve warning messages for relocations that refer to discarded sections. | |
| * Add --debug=plugin option for easier debugging of plugin-related problems. | |
| * Add -z keep_text_section_prefix option. | |
| * Add support for R_AARCH64_TLSLE_LDST8_TPREL_LO12, etc., relocations | |
| (Aarch64 only). | |
| * Update configuration to enable plugins and threads automatically. | |
| * Add support for .note.gnu.property sections (from Linux ABI extensions). | |
| * Add support for Intel Indirect Branch Tracking (IBT) and Shadow Stack | |
| (x86-64 only). | |
| Changes in 1.15: | |
| * Add support for .MIPS.options sections (MIPS only). | |
| * Add support for compound relocations (MIPS only). | |
| * Add --emit-stub-syms, --no-tls-optimize, --tls-get-addr-optimize options | |
| (PowerPC only). | |
| * Add -z text-unlikely-segment option. | |
| * Add plugin support for adding new input files (LDPT_REGISTER_NEW_INPUT_HOOK). | |
| Changes in 1.14: | |
| * Add -z bndplt option (x86-64 only) to support Intel MPX. | |
| * Add --orphan-handling option. | |
| * Add --stub-group-multi option (PowerPC only). | |
| * Add --target1-rel, --target1-abs, --target2 options (Arm only). | |
| * Add -z stack-size option. | |
| * Add --be8 option (Arm only). | |
| * Add HIDDEN support in linker scripts. | |
| * Add SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY support in linker scripts. | |
| Changes in 1.12: | |
| * Add a configure option --enable-relro to decide whether -z relro should | |
| be enabled by default. Default to yes. | |
| * Add support for s390, MIPS, AArch64, and TILE-Gx architectures. | |
| * Add support for STT_GNU_IFUNC symbols. | |
| * Add support for incremental linking (--incremental). | |
| Changes in 1.11: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.10: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.9: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.8: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.7: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.6: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.5: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.4: | |
| [FIXME: Add major changes.] | |
| Changes in 1.3: | |
| * gold added to GNU binutils. | |
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