Re: 2.42 branch has been created

[Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>]

On 15.01.2024 16:28, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Everyone, 
> 
>   The <NEW_VERSION> branch has now been created:
> 
>      git clone git://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git -b binutils-2_42-branch
> 
>   A snapshot of the sources is also available here:
> 
>     https://sourceware.org/pub/binutils/snapshots/binutils-2.41.90.tar.xz
> 
>   Please could all patches for the branch be run by me.
>   The rules for the branch are:
> 
>     * No new features.
>     * Target specific bug fixes are OK.

On x86, I'd like to ask for your okay to cherry-pick

5190fa38286a	x86: support APX forms of U{RD,WR}MSR
2519809009ed	x86/APX: be consistent with insn suffixes
eea4357967b6	x86/APX: VROUND{P,S}{S,D} can generally be encoded

Thanks, Jan

>     * Generic bug fixes are OK if they are important and widely tested.
>     * Documentation updates/fixes are OK.
>     * Translation updates are OK.
>     * Fixes for testsuite failures are OK.
> 
>   Ideally I would like to make the release happen in two weeks time,
>   i.e. Monday Jan 29.  Which I hope will be enough time for everyone
>   to get their final fixes in.
> 
> Cheers
>   Nick
>   
>