### About Linaro binutils

Linaro binutils is a release of the GNU binutils with bug fixes and enhancements for ARM platforms. GNU binutils is a collection of tools including the `ld` linker and `as` assembler.

### Linaro binutils 2.23.2 2013.10-4

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2013.10-4 release of Linaro binutils 2.23.2, the third release in the 2.23 series. This release is based on the latest GNU binutils 2.23 stable branch, but with additional features and bug fixes.

#### Additional Features

* AArch64 GC sections support * Support passing -mcpu=cortex-a53 and -mcpu=cortex-a57 to AArch64 gas * Support passing -mcpu=cortex-a53 and -mcpu=cortex-a57 to ARM gas * Support passing -mcpu=cortex-a12 to ARM gas * Support AArch64 CRC instructions * Support ARM CRC instructions

#### Bug Fixes

* Bug fix for AArch64 GOT layout * Fixed source tarball structure

### Source

#### Release Tarball

* https://releases.linaro.org/13.10/components/toolchain/binutils-linaro

#### Development Tree

* git://git.linaro.org/toolchain/binutils.git

This release was built from the `linaro_binutils-2_23_2-2013_10-4_release` tag.

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