Add support for the Infineon XC16X.

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+* Support for the Infineon XC16X has been added by KPIT Cummins Infosystems.
+
+* Modify the Linux linker to seach /etc/ld.so.conf first before
+  checking default search directories for DT_NEEDED entries.
+
+* 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