arm: update documentation for removal of the Maverick extension

Finally, update the documentation and add a NEWS item.

diff --git a/binutils/NEWS b/binutils/NEWS
index 5c31953575a458c52e5e4339a346c0c4106f72b0..756a29d1292c143b14dbef55038c3174a8437956 100644 (file)
--- a/binutils/NEWS
+++ b/binutils/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
   section they will now also display the contents of the .eh_frame_hdr section,
   if present.
 
+* Support for the Maverick co-processor (via -mfpu=maverick) on Arm has been
+  removed.  The CPU name ep9312 is still recognized, but treated as an alias
+  for arm920t.
+
 Changes in 2.42:
 
 * The objdump program has a new command line option -Z/--decompress which

diff --git a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
index 0c1334371c92dfef133df5e2a4c274e59b417bd0..067ed4d70e485a806bd9cd2aeda20f35298b1519 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
+++ b/gas/doc/c-arm.texi
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ recognized:
 @code{neoverse-v1},
 @code{xgene1},
 @code{xgene2},
-@code{ep9312} (ARM920 with Cirrus Maverick coprocessor),
+@code{ep9312},
 @code{i80200} (Intel XScale processor)
 @code{iwmmxt} (Intel XScale processor with Wireless MMX technology coprocessor)
 and
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ assembler to accept instructions valid for any ARM processor.
 
 In addition to the basic instruction set, the assembler can be told to
 accept various extension mnemonics that extend the processor using the
-co-processor instruction space.  For example, @code{-mcpu=arm920+maverick}
-is equivalent to specifying @code{-mcpu=ep9312}.
+co-processor instruction space.  For example, @code{-mcpu=cortex-a53+simd}
+enables the Advanced SIMD extension.
 
 Multiple extensions may be specified, separated by a @code{+}.  The
 extensions should be specified in ascending alphabetical order.
@@ -184,8 +184,7 @@ documented in the list of extensions below.
 Extension mnemonics may also be removed from those the assembler accepts.
 This is done be prepending @code{no} to the option that adds the extension.
 Extensions that are removed should be listed after all extensions which have
-been added, again in ascending alphabetical order.  For example,
-@code{-mcpu=ep9312+nomaverick} is equivalent to specifying @code{-mcpu=arm920}.
+been added, again in ascending alphabetical order.
 
 
 The following extensions are currently supported:
@@ -201,7 +200,6 @@ The following extensions are currently supported:
 @code{iwmmxt},
 @code{iwmmxt2},
 @code{xscale},
-@code{maverick},
 @code{mp} (Multiprocessing Extensions for v7-A and v7-R
 architectures),
 @code{os} (Operating System for v6M architecture),
@@ -525,7 +523,6 @@ The following format options are recognized:
 @code{arm1020t},
 @code{arm1020e},
 @code{arm1136jf-s},
-@code{maverick},
 @code{neon},
 @code{neon-vfpv3},
 @code{neon-fp16},