Message-Id: <200006241729.NAA32173@delorie.com>
From: "Mark E." <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>
To: djgpp-announce AT delorie DOT com
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 12:30:48 -0400
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: Binutils 2.10 released
Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

The DJGPP port of Binutils 2.10 is now available from SimTel mirrors:

Binaries and Documentation (info and man formats):
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210b.zip

Source:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210s.zip

BFD library:
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/djgpp/v2gnu/bnu210a.zip


GNU Binutils is a collection of utilities for creating and examining
object and executable files. The most important of these utilities
are the assembler (as) and the linker (ld). The assembler takes the
the output of a GNU compiler to produce an object file readable by the
linker. The linker then reads the object files to create an executable.
Another important utility is the archiver (ar) that creates libraries
of object files (like libc.a).

New features in Binutils 2.10:

* 16-byte alignment for .text, .data, and .bss sections.
* Intel-style syntax support.
* Intel MMX and SSE instructions support.
* AMD 3dNow! instructions support.
* Fixes for handling drive names and the path separator.
* Weak symbol support. GCC 2.95.2 or later use this feature with the
  '-mbnu210' switch.
* '.gnu.linkonce' sections support for space efficient use of C++ templates.
  GCC 3.0 will be able to use this feature with the '-mbnu210' switch.

Read readme.dos in any of the archives for more information. 

Enjoy,
Mark <snowball3 AT bigfoot DOT com>