gas: Update NEWS

Groups entries by architecture, and update AArch64 content.
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Andrew Carlotti 2024-01-19 17:15:04 +00:00
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Changes in 2.42:
* Add support for the AArch64 Scalable Vector Extension version 2.1 (SVE2.1).
* Add support for the AArch64 Scalable Matrix Extension version 2.1 (SME2.1).
* Add support for the AArch64 BFloat16 to BFloat16 arithmetic for SVE2 and SME2
(B16B16).
* Add support for the AArch64 Reliability, Availability and Serviceability
extension v2 (RASv2).
* Add support for the AArch64 128-bit Atomic Instructions (LSE128).
* Add support for the AArch64 Guarded Control Stack (GCS).
* Add support for the AArch64 Check Feature Status Extension (CHK).
* Add support for the AArch64 Enhanced Speculation Restriction Instructions
(SPECRES2).
* Add support for the AArch64 Load-Acquire RCpc instructions version 3 (LRCPC3).
* Add support for the AArch64 Translation Hardening Extension (THE).
* Add support for the AArch64 Instruction Trace Extension (ITE).
* Add support for the AArch64 Translation Hardening Extension (THE).
* Add support for the AArch64 128-bit page table descriptors (D128).
* Add support for the AArch64 XS memory attribute (XS).
* Add support for '+fcma', '+jscvt', '+frintts', '+flagm2', '+rcpc2' and
'+wfxt' flags to enable existing AArch64 instructions.
* Add support for 'armv8.9-a' and 'armv9.4-a' for -march in AArch64 GAS.
* Add support for 'armv8.9-a' and 'armv9.4-a' for -march in Arm GAS.
* Add support for Cortex-A520, Cortex-A720, Cortex-X3 and Cortex-X4 for
AArch64.
* Experimental support in GAS to synthesize CFI for ABI-conformant,
hand-written asm using the new command line option --scfi=experimental on
x86-64. Only System V AMD64 ABI is supported.
* Add support for the Arm Scalable Vector Extension version 2.1 (SVE2.1)
instructions.
* Add support for the AArch64 Scalable Matrix Extension version 2.1 (SME2.1)
instructions.
* Add support for 'armv8.9-a' and 'armv9.4-a' for -march in Arm GAS.
* Initial support for Intel APX: 32 GPRs, NDD, PUSH2/POP2 and PUSHP/POPP.
* On RISC-V macro instructions expanding to AUIPC and a load, store, or branch
no longer accept x0 as an intermediate and/or destination register.
* Add support for Reliability, Availability and Serviceability extension v2
(RASv2) for AArch64.
* Add support for 128-bit Atomic Instructions (LSE128) for AArch64.
* Add support for Guarded Control Stack (GCS) for AArch64.
* Add support for AArch64 Check Feature Status Extension (CHK).
* Add support for 'armv8.9-a' and 'armv9.4-a' for -march in AArch64 GAS.
* Add support for Intel USER_MSR instructions.
* Add support for Intel AVX10.1.
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* Add support for Intel AVX-VNNI-INT16 instructions.
* Add support for Cortex-A520 for AArch64.
* Add support for Cortex-A720 for AArch64.
* Add support for Cortex-X3 for AArch64.
* Add support for Cortex-X4 for AArch64.
* On RISC-V macro instructions expanding to AUIPC and a load, store, or branch
no longer accept x0 as an intermediate and/or destination register.
* Add support for RISC-V T-Head extensions (XTheadVector, XTheadZvlsseg
and XTheadZvamo) from version 2.3.0 of the T-Head ISA manual.