From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Tue Apr 12 22:29:19 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36A3AB0E975; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id DE00D1696; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u3CMTIGj069843; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:18 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u3CMTI1d069842; Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:18 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201604122229.u3CMTI1d069842@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:18 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r48594 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 22:29:19 -0000 Author: wblock Date: Tue Apr 12 22:29:17 2016 New Revision: 48594 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48594 Log: Add ELF toolchain report from Ed Maste . Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Tue Apr 12 22:25:28 2016 (r48593) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2016-01-2016-03.xml Tue Apr 12 22:29:17 2016 (r48594) @@ -1232,4 +1232,70 @@ + + + ELF Tool Chain tools + + + + + Ed + Maste + + emaste@FreeBSD.org + + + + + ELF Tool Chain web site + + + +

The ELF Tool Chain project provides BSD-licensed + implementations of compilation tools and libraries for + building and analyzing ELF objects. The project began as part + of &os; but later became an independent project to encourage + wider participation from others in the open-source developer + community.

+ +

The ELF Tool Chain project released version 0.7.1 in + February. We have been tracking snapshots of the upstream + repository in &os; and are not blocked waiting for releases to + update. Having an official release brings the benefit of + broader testing and visibility within other open source + projects.

+ +

In the first quarter of 2016 The ELF Tool Chain tools were + updated to a snapshot of upstream SVN revision 3400, which + is close to the 0.7.1 release. Additional bug fixes were + committed to FreeBSD and subsequently merged into the upstream + repository.

+ +

ELF Tool Chain's elfcopy(1) is now installed as + objcopy(1) by default as it is a viable replacement + for the base system and ports tree.

+ +

Significant improvements were made to the + elfcopy(1), readelf(1), and + elfdump(1) tools, including better MIPS, RISC-V, and + AArch64 support.

+ + + The &os; Foundation + + + +

Fix issues found by fuzzing inputs to the tools.

+ + + +

Add automatic support for separate debug files.

+ + + +

Investigate replacement objdump, ld and as + implementations.

+ + +