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A new version of the IOP compiler is now available.  It can be found
in the downloads section of ps2dev.sourceforge.net.  If you still have
the files binutils-2.9.1.tar.gz and gcc-2.8.1.tar.gz, you do NOT have
to download them again (these files will never change).

The changes made in this revision include:

    * The patches have been split into a binutils patch, and a gcc
patch to make it easier to upgrade one package without changing the
other and the install script has been rewritten to make installing and
upgrading more flexible.

    * An iop build target has been added to make it easy to configure
and install.  Configuring with the --target=iop option will create and
install the iop utilities with the "iop-" prefix.

    * Support for irx modules has been added to the linker.  By
default the linker will produce an irx module.  The linker can still
produce elf files if you use the "-m elf32elmip" option.

    * gcc now supports the section attribute when configured to create
elf files or irx modules.

    * gcc no longer produces a call to __main () at the beginning of
the main function.  This call is being moved to the C runtime library
startup file.  In the future if you wish to support linking against C++
code in your module, you will be able to use an alternate crt file.

NOTE: iop-objcopy and iop-objstrip do not know how to play nice with
irx modules yet.  Irx modules need to keep their relocation tables;
using iop-objstrip --strip-all on an irx module will remove the
relocation tables, breaking the module.  If you want to strip all of
the symbols from your irx module, pass the --strip-all flag to the
linker when you link the module.