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 -*- text -*-
 
+* Support for the Infineon XC16X has been added by KPIT Cummins Infosystems.
+
+* Modify the Linux linker search order to better match ld.so search order.
+  Look for DT_NEEDED libraries in paths specified by ld.so.conf before
+  searching the default directories, rather than vice versa.
+  Use $prefix/etc/ld.so.conf if it exists, otherwise /etc/ld.so.conf.
+
+* PE-COFF: Forward exports from DLL's can now be specified in .def files
+  passed directly to ld.
+
+* Support for the Z80 processor family has been added.
+
+* Add support for the "@<file>" syntax to the command line, so that extra
+  switches can be read from <file>.
+
+Changes in 2.16:
+
+* Support for the R_ARM_V4BX relocation as defined in the ARM AAELF
+  specification has been added via the --fix-v4bx command-line option.
+
+* New linker script construct AS_NEEDED(), which sets the --as-needed flag
+  for input files listed inside of it.
+
+* A new command-line option, --sysroot, can be used to override the
+  default sysroot location.  It only applies to toolchains that were
+  configured using --with-sysroot.
+
+* New linker script functions: ORIGIN() and LENGTH() which return information
+  about a specified memory region.
+
+* Port to MAXQ processor contributed by HCL Tech.
+
+* Added SEGMENT_START to the linker script language to permit the user to
+  override the base address for a segment from the command-line.
+
+* ELF: --warn-shared-textrel option to warn if adding a DT_TEXTREL to a shared
+  object.
+
+* Added SORT_BY_NAME and SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT to the linker script
+  language to permit sorting sections by section name or section
+  maximum alignment.
+
+* Added a new linker command line switch, --sort-section name|alignment,
+  to sort sections by section name or maximum alignment.
+
+* ELF: --add-needed/--no-add-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag
+  should be added when a shared library comes from DT_NEEDED tags.
+
+* Support for the crx-elf target added.
+
+* Support for the sh-symbianelf target added.
+
+* A new linker command line switch has been added which allows the hash table
+  size to be set to a suitable prime value near to its argument.  This switch
+  is --hash-size=<NUMBER>.  Also if the switch --reduce-memory-overheads is
+  used, and --hash-size has not been used, then the default value will be set
+  to 1021.
+
+* Linker map files are now generated with an O(N) algorithm for finding symbols
+  that are defined in each section.  This uses about 40% more memory for
+  symbols than the old O(N^2) algorithm.  You can use the new
+  --reduce-memory-overheads option to select the old algorithm; this option
+  might also be used in the future to select similar tradeoffs.
+
+Changes in 2.15:
+
+* ELF: --as-needed/--no-as-needed options to control if a DT_NEEDED tag should
+  be added only when a shared library is referenced.
+  
+* PE: --large-address-aware option to indicate executables support virtual
+  addresses greater than 2 gigabytes.
+
+* DWARF 2 support for i386pe added.
+
 * The linker script operator DEFINED() will now yield 1 only for a symbol that
   is defined before the statement where DEFINED is used.
 
 * The MIPS --embedded-relocs (used to embed relocations into binaries for
   Embedded-PIC code) is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.
 
+* cr16c support added by NSC.
+
 * m32r Linux (ELF) support added by Renesas.
 
 * Improved linker's handling of unresolved symbols.  The switch