[2.34] Mention x86 assembler options to align branches

* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options to align branches for binutils 2.34.
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+2020-02-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
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+	* NEWS: Mention x86 assembler options to align branches for
+	binutils 2.34.
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 2020-02-06  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>

 	* testsuite/gas/i386/i386.exp: Run unique and x86-64-unique
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 Changes in 2.34:

+* Add -malign-branch-boundary=NUM, -malign-branch=TYPE[+TYPE...],
+  -malign-branch-prefix-size=NUM and -mbranches-within-32B-boundaries
+  options to x86 assembler to align branches within a fixed boundary
+  with segment prefixes or NOPs.
+
 * Add support for Zilog eZ80 and Zilog Z180 CPUs.

 * Add support for z80-elf target.