Pull latest binutils POWER9 support commit that adds support for 3 new instructions

the POWER9 support was just updated for the trunk, however doesn't apply cleanly on the 2.26 branch. Please update.

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-06-23 10:36 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #7)
> the POWER9 support was just updated for the trunk, however doesn't apply
> cleanly on the 2.26 branch. Please update.

This is due to Alan's VLE cleanup patch here:

https://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2016-06/msg00065.html

I was already planning on backporting the latest POWER9 changes to the 2.26 release branch today. I'll let you know when it's ready.

fixed in 2.26.1-1ubuntu1 in yakkety

My understanding is that this will get verified with a rebuild test in xenial before releasing this.

Hello bugproxy, or anyone else affected,

Accepted binutils into xenial-proposed. The package will build now and be available at https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/binutils/2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed repository.

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------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2016-07-07 11:11 EDT-------
Verified.

This bug was fixed in the package binutils - 2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04

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binutils (2.26.1-1ubuntu1~16.04) xenial-proposed; urgency=medium

  * SRU: LP: #1586673, backport to 16.04 LTS.
    - Supports new POWER9 instructions. LP: #1588475.
  * Disable N32 and MIPS r6 cross builds.

binutils (2.26.1-1ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.
    - Don't build cross binutils packages for non-linux architectures.

binutils (2.26.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium

  * binutils 2.26.1 release.

binutils (2.26-12ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.
    - Don't build cross binutils packages for non-linux architectures.

binutils (2.26-12) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update, taken from the 2.26 branch 20160624.
    - Fix PR ld/20254 (AVR), PR ld/20221 (AVR), PR ld/20244 (x86).
    - Support for three more new POWER9 instructions.
  * Cherry pick backports for AArch64 vulcan support (Dann Frazier).
    LP: #1594452.

binutils (2.26-11ubuntu2) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.
    - Don't build cross binutils packages for non-linux architectures.

binutils (2.26-11) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update, taken from the 2.26 branch 20160610.
    - Fix PR ld/20159, reverting the change for PR ld/16467. LP: #1588123.
  * Use ldconfig triggers instead of calling ldconfig directly.

binutils (2.26-10ubuntu3) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Fix PR ld/20159, reverting the change for PR ld/16467.

binutils (2.26-10ubuntu2) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.
    - Don't build cross binutils packages for non-linux architectures.

binutils (2.26-10) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update, taken from the 2.26 branch 20160601.
    - Fix PR ld/20117, PR ld/20030, PR ld/20093.
    - Support for a few more new POWER9 instructions.
  * Build for N32 and MIPS r6 (YunQiang Su). Closes: #807377.
  * Mark cross binutils as M-A: foreign (Helmut Grohne). Closes: #824424.
  * More reproducible build fixes (Chris Lamb). Closes: #824413.
  * Fix PR ld/19886, --as-needed regression, taken from the trunk.

binutils (2.26-9ubuntu1) yakkety; urgency=medium

  * Merge with Debian; remaining changes:
    - Build from upstream sources.
    - Don't build cross binutils packages for non-linux architectures.
    - Fix PR ld/19886, --as-needed regression, taken from the trunk.

binutils (2.26-9) unstable; urgency=medium

  * Update, taken from the 2.26 branch 20160512.
    - Fix PR ld/19878, PR ld/19827, PR gas/19909, PR ld/20006, PR gold/19047,
      PR gas/20047, PR 20060.

 -- Matthias Klose <email address hidden> Thu, 30 Jun 2016 11:14:03 +0200

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