[PATCH] gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
Project / Subsystem
binutils / bfd
Date
2026-05-27
Proposer
Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Proposed
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Requires updating all references to the architecture tags in gas, bfd, and gold.
- • Ensures consistent naming across the toolchain.
- • Potential for compatibility issues if other tools rely on the old names.
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- 20260527141948.683770-1-sivan.shani@arm.com
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- title
- [PATCH] gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
- headline
- gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
- tldr
- Renames Arm architecture tags in gas, bfd, and gold to include profile suffixes for A-profile architectures, maintaining consistency and tag values.
- proposer
- Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
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- —
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- • Requires updating all references to the architecture tags in gas, bfd, and gold.
- • Ensures consistent naming across the toolchain.
- • Potential for compatibility issues if other tools rely on the old names.
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- • arm
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- • bfd
- • gold
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- date
- 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
This patch renames the Arm architecture tags in gas, bfd, and gold to include the profile suffix for A-profile architectures (e.g., v8-A). The change aims for naming consistency with existing v8-R and v8-M tags, while preserving numeric tag values. This involves updates to BFD, GAS, and Gold, including attribute combination tables, architecture checks, and mach selection. This makes the architecture more explicit.