The Linaro Toolchain Working Group is pleased to announce the release of both Linaro GCC 4.4 and Linaro GCC 4.5.

Linaro GCC 4.5 is the fifth release in the 4.5 series. Based off the latest GCC 4.5.1+svn167157, it includes many ARM-focused performance improvements and bug fixes.

Linaro GCC 4.4 is the fifth release in the 4.4 series. Based off the latest GCC 4.4.5, it is a maintenance release that fixes one problem found through use.

Interesting changes include: * A new performance focused extension elimination pass * Speed and size improvements when loading constants * Performance improvements on compound conditionals * A range of correctness improvements

The source tarballs are available from: https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.5-2010.12-0 and https://launchpad.net/gcc-linaro/+milestone/4.4-2010.12-0

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

No changes have been committed to Linaro GDB 7.2 this month.

-- Michael