See the following commit in binutils trunk.

If this is causing problems in other places, it could be worth considering for backport into the linaro tools.

Cheers ---Dave

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12931

--- Comment #3 from cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org <cvs-commit at gcc dot gnu.org> 2011-06-29 16:29:43 UTC --- CVSROOT:    /cvs/src Module name:    src Changes by:    nickc@sourceware.org    2011-06-29 16:29:38

Modified files:    gas            : ChangeLog    gas/config     : tc-arm.c

Log message:    PR gas/12931    * config/tc-arm.c (mapping_state): When changing to ARM or THUMB    state set the minimum required alignment of the section.

Patches: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gas/ChangeLog.diff?cvsroot=src&... http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/gas/config/tc-arm.c.diff?cvsroo...