Re: [PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
Project / Subsystem
binutils / bfd
Date
2026-05-27
Proposer
Richard Earnshaw (foss) <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com>
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Needs Revision
Sentiment
—/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • The renaming aims for consistency but requires updating all references to the tags in the codebase.
- • The patch attempts to preserve existing numeric tag values to minimize disruption.
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- Re: [PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
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- gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
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- Renames Arm AEABI CPU architecture tag constants in gas and bfd to include the profile suffix for A-profile architectures, but needs build failure fixes.
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- Richard Earnshaw (foss) <Richard.Earnshaw@arm.com>
- consensus
- Needs Revision
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- needs_revision
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- • The renaming aims for consistency but requires updating all references to the tags in the codebase.
- • The patch attempts to preserve existing numeric tag values to minimize disruption.
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- • arm
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- 2026-05-27T00:00:00.000Z
Re: [PATCH] gas, bfd: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
Sivan Shani proposed renaming the Arm AEABI CPU architecture tag constants to include the profile suffix for A-profile architectures. This change aims to make the naming consistent with existing v8-R and v8-M tag names while preserving the existing numeric tag values. The patch updates BFD and GAS usage accordingly, including attribute combination tables, architecture checks, and mach selection. Richard Earnshaw notes that the patch needs build failure fixes, specifically when building with --enable-gold.