[PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags

Project / Subsystem

binutils / bfd

Date

2026-05-26

Proposer

Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • Requires updating all references to the old tag names in BFD and GAS.
  • No functional change, only renaming for clarity.

All attributes

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binutils
subsystem
bfd
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discussion_id
20260526153155.196966-1-sivan.shani@arm.com
source_type
public_inbox
title
[PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
headline
gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
tldr
Renames Arm architecture tags to include the profile suffix for A-profile architectures, improving consistency, while preserving the numeric tag values.
proposer
Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
technical_tradeoffs
  • Requires updating all references to the old tag names in BFD and GAS.
  • No functional change, only renaming for clarity.
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standalone
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tags
  • ARM
  • architecture
  • tags
  • BFD
  • GAS
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date
2026-05-26T00:00:00.000Z

[PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags

Sivan Shani proposes renaming the Arm AEABI CPU architecture tag constants to include the profile suffix (e.g., ‘A’) for A-profile architectures. This change aims to provide consistent naming with existing v8-R and v8-M tag names. The patch updates BFD and GAS usage accordingly while preserving the existing numeric tag values.