+2021-01-09 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ * 2.36 release branch crated.
+
+2021-01-08 Peter Bergner <bergner@linux.ibm.com>
+
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/rop-checks.d,
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/rop-checks.l,
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/rop-checks.s,
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/rop.d,
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/rop.s: New tests.
+ * testsuite/gas/ppc/ppc.exp: Run them.
+
+2021-01-09 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2021-01-07 Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@gnu.org>
+
+ * configure: Regenerate.
+
+2021-01-07 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR 27109
+ * read.c (s_reloc): Call symbol_mark_used_in_reloc on the
+ section symbol.
+ * subsegs.c (subseg_set_rest): Set BSF_SECTION_SYM_USED if needed.
+ * write.c (adjust_reloc_syms): Call symbol_mark_used_in_reloc
+ on the section symbol.
+ (set_symtab): Don't generate unused section symbols.
+ (maybe_generate_build_notes): Call symbol_mark_used_in_reloc
+ on the section symbol.
+ * config/obj-elf.c (elf_adjust_symtab): Call
+ symbol_mark_used_in_reloc on the group signature symbol.
+ * testsuite/gas/cfi/cfi-label.d: Remove unused section symbols
+ from expected output.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/elf.exp (run_elf_list_test): Check
+ is_elf_unused_section_symbols.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/section2.e: Updated.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/section2.e-unused: New file.
+ * testsuite/gas/elf/symver.d: Remove unused section symbols.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/elf/symver.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-size-1.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-size-3.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-size-5.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/ilp32/x86-64-unwind.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/size-1.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/size-3.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/svr4.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-size-1.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-size-3.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-size-5.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/i386/x86-64-unwind.d: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-07 Philipp Tomsich <prt@gnu.org>
+
+ * config/tc-riscv.c (riscv_multi_subset_supports): Added
+ INSN_CLASS_ZIHINTPAUSE.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/pause.d: New testcase. Adding coverage for
+ the pause hint instruction.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/pause.s: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-07 Claire Xenia Wolf <claire@symbioticeda.com>
+ Jim Wilson <jimw@sifive.com>
+ Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>
+ Maxim Blinov <maxim.blinov@embecosm.com>
+ Kito Cheng <kito.cheng@sifive.com>
+ Nelson Chu <nelson.chu@sifive.com>
+
+ * config/tc-riscv.c (riscv_multi_subset_supports): Handle INSN_CLASS_ZB*.
+ (riscv_get_default_ext_version): Do not check the default_isa_spec when
+ the version defined in the riscv_opcodes table is ISA_SPEC_CLASS_DRAFT.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/bitmanip-insns-32.d: New testcase.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/bitmanip-insns-64.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/bitmanip-insns.s: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-06 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * testsuite/gas/sparc/sparc.exp: Move 64-bit tests inside gas_64_check.
+
+2021-01-06 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+ * testsuite/gas/macros/app1.d: xfail tic30.
+ * testsuite/gas/macros/app2.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/macros/app3.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/macros/app4.d: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-06 Marcus Comstedt <marcus@mc.pp.se>
+
+ * doc/as.texi: Add -mlittle-endian and -mbig-endian to docs.
+ * doc/c-riscv.texi: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-06 Marcus Comstedt <marcus@mc.pp.se>
+
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/li32.d: Accept bigriscv in addition
+ to littleriscv.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/li64.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/lla32.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/lla64.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-g2.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-g2_p1.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-g2p0.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-i2p0.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-i2p0m2_a2f2.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-nse-with-version.d: Likewise.
+ * testsuite/gas/riscv/march-ok-two-nse.d: Likewise.
+
+2021-01-06 Marcus Comstedt <marcus@mc.pp.se>
+
+ * config/tc-riscv.c (riscv_target_format): Add elf64-bigriscv and
+ elf32-bigriscv.
+ (install_insn): Always write instructions as little endian.
+ (riscv_make_nops): Likewise.
+ (md_convert_frag_branch): Likewise.
+ (md_number_to_chars): Write data in target endianness.
+ (options, md_longopts): Add -mbig-endian and -mlittle-endian options.
+ (md_parse_option): Handle the endian options.
+ * config/tc-riscv.h: Only define TARGET_BYTES_BIG_ENDIAN if not
+ already defined.
+ * configure.tgt: Added riscv64be*, riscv32be*, riscvbe*.
+
+2021-01-04 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+ PR ld/26256
+ * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_change_section): Also filter out
+ SHF_LINK_ORDER.
+
2021-01-04 Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com>
PR 27102