A new binutils for linux

A new binutils for linux

[H.J. Lu]

Hi,

I made a new binutils for Linux. It is mainly for non Intel-x86
platforms. It seems to work fine on Linux/alpha.


-- 
H.J. Lu (hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu)
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This is the beta release of binutils 2.8.1.0.16 for Linux, which is
based on the binutils 971103 snapshot plus Linux/ARM support. You
also need libc 5.4.36 or above to use the precompiled binaries for
libc 5 or glibc 2.0.4 or above to use the precompiled binaries for
glibc 2.

This release should work on linux/x86 and Linux/alpha. I don't
know if it works on linux/sparc, Linux/MIPS and linux/PPC. I'd like
to hear reports on them.

Please report any bugs related to binutils 2.8.1.0.16 to
hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu.

Changes from binutils 2.8.1.0.15:

1. Update from the binutils gas-971103.
2. ELF/Alpha seems to work fine, including versioning.
3. ELF/PPC patches from Geoff Keating  <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>.


IMPORTANT:
The .plt format that the Alpha was using was not thread safe.  So I 
changed it.  The new format is *not* binary compatible with the old,
thus you must use glibc 2.0.4 to get an ld.so that can understand it.

Note that the new ld.so knows how to deal with the old .plt format, so
old libraries will still work, but they should be relinked eventually
for performance reasons.

The file list:

1. binutils-2.8.1.0.15-2.8.1.0.16.diff.gz. Patch against the previous
   beta source code.

   ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/private/hjl/binutils-2.8.1.0.15-2.8.1.0.16.diff.gz


Thanks.


H.J. Lu
hjl@gnu.ai.mit.edu
11/03/97