[2.34] Mention x86 assembler options to align branches

	* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options to align branches for
	binutils 2.34.

(cherry picked from commit 5eb617a71463fa6810cd14f57adfe7a1efc93a96)

diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog
index b8f5bee501433f75d4f7fd54e156cee01b767810..eb638c0324564ea3d2f2d19b8361146f534de8f4 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/ChangeLog
+++ b/gas/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2020-02-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+       * NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options to align branches for
+       binutils 2.34.
+
 2020-02-01  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
 
        * configure: Regenerate.

diff --git a/gas/NEWS b/gas/NEWS
index 5ed7302da785afd1a42c29b7d7a5e71f8dd88dc2..9a3f352108e439754688e19e63a6235b38801182 100644 (file)
--- a/gas/NEWS
+++ b/gas/NEWS
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@
 
 Changes in 2.34:
 
+* Add -malign-branch-boundary=NUM, -malign-branch=TYPE[+TYPE...],
+  -malign-branch-prefix-size=NUM and -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries
+  options to x86 assembler to align branches within a fixed boundary
+  with segment prefixes or NOPs.
+
 * Add support for Zilog eZ80 and Zilog Z180 CPUs.
 
 * Add support for z80-elf target.