Hi, Please find an updated patch attached following comments from Joesph Myers & Nick Clifton. The following changes have been made: * Command line option name changed to --fix-arm1176 This carries on the naming scheme use for previous fixes (like --fix-cortex-a8) * Added documentation for this option[1] * Used symbolic constants and not magic numbers Pleae can someone review, comment, and if appropriate approve. Thanks, Matt ChangeLog: bfd/ChangeLog: 2011-07-29 Matthew Gretton-Dann * bfd-in.h (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Update prototype. * bfd-in2.h (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Likewise. * elf32-arm.c (elf32_arm_link_hash_table): New field. (elf232_arm_link_hash_table_create): Initialise new field. (check_use_blx): Change test depending on fix_arm1176. (bfd_elf32_arm_set_target_relocs): Set fix_arm1176 from command line options. ld/ChangeLog: 2011-07-29 Matthew Gretton-Dann * emultempl/armelf.em (fix_arm1176): New variable. (arm_elf_create_output_section_statements): Pass fix_arm1176 option to bfd backend. (OPTION_FIX_ARM1176): New define. (OPTION_NO_FIX_ARM1176): Likewise. (PARSE_AND_LIST_LONGOPTS): Add new command line options. (PARSE_AND_LIST_OPTIONS): Likewise. (PARSE_AND_LIST_ARGS_CASES): Likewise. * ld.texinfo: Document new command line options. ld/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2011-07-29 Matthew Gretton-Dann * ld-arm/arm-elf.exp (armelftests): Update for new command-line options. (armeabitests): Update for new command-line options, and add new test cases. * ld-arm/fix-arm1176.s: Add test case. * ld-arm/fix-arm1176-off.d: Likewise. * ld-arm/fix-arm1176-on.d: Likewise. -- Matthew Gretton-Dann Principal Engineer, PD Software - Tools, ARM Ltd