[PATCH] gas, bfd: 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 and bfd.
- • Ensures consistent naming across the toolchain.
- • Potential for compatibility issues if other tools rely on the old names.
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- [PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
- headline
- gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
- tldr
- Renames Arm v8/v9 architecture tags in gas and bfd to include profile suffixes for A-profile, maintaining consistency and tag values.
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- Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>
- consensus
- Proposed
- outcome
- proposed
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- • Requires updating all references to the architecture tags in gas and bfd.
- • 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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- date
- 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
This patch focuses on renaming the Arm architecture tag constants in gas and bfd to include the profile suffix (A) for A-profile architectures, bringing them into alignment with existing v8-R and v8-M tags. The existing numeric tag values are preserved. This involves updating BFD and GAS usage, covering attribute combination tables, architecture checks, and mach selection. The patch also addresses gold build failures reported by linaro checkers.