import gdb-2000-01-17 snapshot

[external/binutils.git] / binutils / NEWS

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@@ -1,6 +1,68 @@
 -*- text -*-
 
-Changes since binutils 2.6
+Changes in binutils 2.10:
+
+* New command line switch to objdump -M (or --disassembler-options) which takes
+  a parameter which can then be interpreted on a per-target basis by the
+  disassembler.  Used by ARM targets to select register name sets, ISA, APCS or
+  raw verions.
+  
+* objdump support for -mi386:intel which causes disassembly to be displayed
+  with intel syntax.
+
+* New program: readelf.  This displays the contents of ELF format files,
+  regardless of target machine.
+
+* objcopy now takes --change-section-lma, --change-section-vma, and
+  --change-section-address options.  The old --adjust-section-vma option is
+  equivalent to --change-section-address.  The other --adjust-* options are now
+  renamed to --change-*, although --adjust-* continues to work.
+
+* dlltool now supports the IMPORTS command.
+
+* dlltool now takes --export-all-symbols, --no-export-all-symbols,
+  --exclude-symbols, and --no-default-excludes options.
+
+* objcopy now takes a -j/--only-section option to copy only the specified
+  sections.
+
+Changes in binutils 2.9:
+
+* Added windres program, which can be used to manipulate resources in WIN32
+  files as used on Windows 95 and Windows NT.
+
+* The objcopy --gap-fill and --pad-to options operate on the LMA rather than
+  the VMA of the sections.
+
+* Added S modifier to ar to not build a symbol table.
+
+Changes in binutils 2.8:
+
+* The objdump disassembly format has been changed, and hopefully improved.  Use
+  the new --prefix-addresses option to get the old format.  There are also new
+  --disassemble-zeroes and --no-show-raw-insn options which affect disassembler
+  output.
+
+* Formats may now be specified as configuration triplets.  For example,
+  objdump -b i386-pc-linux.  The triplets are not passed through config.sub,
+  so they must be in canonical form.
+
+* Added new addr2line program.  This uses the debugging information to convert
+  an address into a file name and line number within a program.
+
+* Added --change-leading-char argument to objcopy.
+
+* Added --weaken argument to objcopy.
+
+* objdump --dynamic-reloc now works on ELF executables and shared libraries.
+
+* Added --adjust-vma option to objdump.
+
+* Added -C/--demangle option to objdump.
+
+* Added -p/--preserve-dates option to strip and objcopy.
+
+Changes in binutils 2.7:
 
 * Added --enable-shared and --enable-commonbfdlib options to configure.
 
@@ -12,7 +74,13 @@ Changes since binutils 2.6
 
 * The objdump --line-numbers option is now meaningful with --reloc.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.5
+* Added --line-numbers option to nm.
+
+* Added --endian/-EB/-EL option to objdump.
+
+* Added support for Alpha OpenVMS/AXP.
+
+Changes in binutils 2.6:
 
 * Added -N/--strip-symbol and -K/--keep-symbol arguments to strip and objcopy.
 
@@ -24,7 +92,7 @@ Changes since binutils 2.5
 
 * ar and ranlib now work on AIX.  The tools are now built by default on AIX.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.4
+Changes in binutils 2.5:
 
 * Changed objdump -dr to dump the relocs interspersed with the assembly
   listing, for a more useful listing of relocateable files.
@@ -37,7 +105,7 @@ Changes since binutils 2.4
 * strip and objcopy should now be able to handle dynamically linked ELF
   executables.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.3
+Changes in binutils 2.4:
 
 * Support for HP-PA (by Jeff Law), i386 Mach (by David Mackenzie), RS/6000 and
   PowerPC (except ar and ranlib; by Ian Taylor).
@@ -47,7 +115,7 @@ Changes since binutils 2.3
 * Programs `strip' and `objcopy' will not attempt to write dynamically linked
   ELF output files, since BFD currently can't create them properly.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.2
+Changes in binutils 2.3:
 
 * A new --stabs argument has been added to objdump to dump stabs sections in
   ELF and COFF files.
@@ -57,7 +125,7 @@ Changes since binutils 2.2
 
 * The strings program has been added.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.1
+Changes in binutils 2.2:
 
 * The 'copy' program has been renamed to 'objcopy', for consistency with
   'objdump', and because 'copy' might more plausibly be used as a synonym for
@@ -80,7 +148,7 @@ Changes since binutils 2.1
 
 * There is the beginnings of a test suite.
 
-Changes since binutils 2.0
+Changes in binutils 2.1:
 
 * There is now support for writing ECOFF files, so ld and the other utilities
   should work on Risc/Ultrix and Irix.  Please let us know how well this works.