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

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Project / Subsystem

binutils / bfd

Date

2026-05-28

Proposer

Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

• The patch involves a large number of small changes across multiple files, increasing the risk of introducing subtle errors during the renaming and updating process.
• While the patch preserves existing numeric tag values, any external tools or scripts relying on the old tag names will need to be updated.

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project: binutils
subsystem: bfd
patch_id: —
discussion_id: 20260528112347.105400-1-sivan.shani@arm.com
source_type: public_inbox
title: [PATCH] gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
headline: gas, bfd, gold: Rename Arm v8/v9 architecture tags
tldr: This patch renames Arm architecture tags to include profile suffixes (A, R, M) for consistency across binutils components.
proposer: Sivan Shani <sivan.shani@arm.com>
consensus: Proposed
outcome: proposed
sentiment_score: —
technical_tradeoffs: • The patch involves a large number of small changes across multiple files, increasing the risk of introducing subtle errors during the renaming and updating process.
• While the patch preserves existing numeric tag values, any external tools or scripts relying on the old tag names will need to be updated.
series_id: —
series_role: standalone
series_parts: []
tags: • arm
• binutils
• bfd
• gas
• gold
url: https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/20260528112347.105400-1-sivan.shani@arm.com
bugzilla_url: —
date: 2026-05-28T00:00:00.000Z

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

This patch renames Arm AEABI CPU architecture tag constants and macro definitions within gas, bfd, and gold to consistently include the profile suffix (A, R, or M) for A-profile architectures. The existing numeric tag values are preserved during this renaming. The patch updates the usage of these tags in BFD, GAS, and Gold, including attribute combination tables, architecture checks, and mach selection.