[ANNOUNCE] Linaro GCC 4.6 and 4.5 2012.03 released

[Michael Hope]

The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the 2012.03
release of both Linaro GCC 4.6 and Linaro GCC 4.5.

Linaro GCC 4.6 2012.03 is the thirteenth release in the 4.6 series. Based
off the latest GCC 4.6.3 release, it contains a new scheduler pressure pass,
implements new instructions, and contains a number of bug fixes.

Interesting changes include:
 * Updates to 4.6.3.
 * Better performance by accounting for register pressure when
scheduling instructions.
 * Support for the ARMv6 USAT/SSAT saturation instructions.
 * Support for the VFP VCVT fixed to floating point conversion instruction.

Fixes:
 * LP: #922474  Bug in __sync_lock_release with 64 bit primitives
 * LP: #923397  Alignment attribute has no effect under certain conditions
 * LP: #926855  [ARMhf] gcc produces assembler it can't compile
 * LP: #936863  ICE in constprop.2 (ARM NEON related?)
 * LP: #942307  'asm' operand requires impossible reload
 * LP: #952565  Not compliant with the ABI for multi-register NEON intrinsics

Linaro GCC 4.5 2012.03 is the nineteenth release in the 4.5 series. Based
off the latest GCC 4.5.3+svn184976 release, this is a maintenance only
update.

Interesting changes include:
 * Updates to 4.5.3+svn184976.

The source tarballs are available from:
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.6-2012.03
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.5-2012.03

Downloads are available from the Linaro GCC page on Launchpad:
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro

More information on the features and issues are available from the
release page:
 https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/4.6/4.6-2012.03

Mailing list: http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/listinfo/linaro-toolchain

Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/

Questions? https://ask.linaro.org/

Interested in commercial support? Inquire at support at linaro.org

-- Michael