GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain

GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain 5-2016-q2-update

  1. Series 5.0
  2. 5-2016-q2-update

Update 5 in Q2 2016

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GNU Arm Embedded Toolchain
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5.0
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5-2016-q2-update
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Pietro Palazzo
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Release notes 

The 5 2016q2 update release is available at:
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* https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded/5.0/5-2016-q2-update
* https://launchpad.net/~team-gcc-arm-embedded/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

Important bugs fixed in 5 update 2 release:
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* Fixed code-size regression for Cortex-M0 compared to 4.9 when compiling with -Os
* Fix multilib used for armv8-m.main+dsp
* Fix use of --gc-sections when building for ARMv8-M with Security Extensions
* Fix memcpy used for newlib-nano for pre ARMv6T2 devices
* Fix alignment of .data in ldscripts in samples
* Fix semihosting for ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R

Note
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* Further releases will be available at https://developer.arm.com/open-source/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm .

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New Features
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* Re-tied the MALLOC_LOCK and MALLOC_UNLOCK to newlib's multithread configuration for newlib-nano.

Important bugs fixed in 5 update 2 release
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* Fixed code-size regression for Cortex-M0 compared to 4.9 when compiling with -Os
* Fix multilib used for armv8-m.main+dsp
* Fix use of --gc-sections when building for ARMv8-M with Security Extensions
* Fix memcpy used for newlib-nano for pre ARMv6T2 devices
* Fix alignment of .data in ldscripts in samples
* Fix semihosting for ARMv7-A and ARMv7-R

Known Changes and Issues
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* Thumb1 code size regression due to new register allocation:
  https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=61578
  https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59535
  *A workaround is to disable it by option -mno-lra*.
* The use of 64-bit atomic operations for ARMv8-M Mainline is not supported.

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1566385 #1566385 gcc.ld does not align .data correctly 3 High Thomas Preud'homme  10 Fix Released
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