Index: bfd/elf32-xtensa.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/bfd/elf32-xtensa.c,v
retrieving revision 1.72
diff -u -r1.72 elf32-xtensa.c
--- bfd/elf32-xtensa.c	11 Oct 2006 22:16:50 -0000	1.72
+++ bfd/elf32-xtensa.c	12 Oct 2006 18:55:09 -0000
@@ -2969,6 +2969,19 @@
   return xtensa_is_property_section (sec);
 }
 
+
+static unsigned int
+elf_xtensa_action_discarded (asection *sec)
+{
+  if (strcmp (".xt_except_table", sec->name) == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  if (strcmp (".xt_except_desc", sec->name) == 0)
+    return 0;
+
+  return _bfd_elf_default_action_discarded (sec);
+}
+
 
 /* Support for core dump NOTE sections.  */
 
@@ -9832,5 +9845,6 @@
 #define elf_backend_relocate_section	     elf_xtensa_relocate_section
 #define elf_backend_size_dynamic_sections    elf_xtensa_size_dynamic_sections
 #define elf_backend_special_sections	     elf_xtensa_special_sections
+#define elf_backend_action_discarded	     elf_xtensa_action_discarded
 
 #include "elf32-target.h"
Index: ld/emultempl/xtensaelf.em
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/src/ld/emultempl/xtensaelf.em,v
retrieving revision 1.15
diff -u -r1.15 xtensaelf.em
--- ld/emultempl/xtensaelf.em	16 Sep 2006 18:12:16 -0000	1.15
+++ ld/emultempl/xtensaelf.em	12 Oct 2006 18:55:09 -0000
@@ -1184,7 +1184,7 @@
 }
 
 
-/* Strip out any linkonce literal sections or property tables where the
+/* Strip out any linkonce property tables or XCC exception tables where the
    associated linkonce text is from a different object file.  Normally,
    a matching set of linkonce sections is taken from the same object file,
    but sometimes the files are compiled differently so that some of the
@@ -1199,17 +1199,22 @@
 {
   bfd *abfd = sec->owner;
   const char *sec_name = bfd_get_section_name (abfd, sec);
-  const char *name = 0;
+  const char *name;
 
   if ((bfd_get_section_flags (abfd, sec) & SEC_LINK_ONCE) == 0
       || strncmp (sec_name, ".gnu.linkonce.", linkonce_len) != 0)
     return FALSE;
 
-  /* Check if this is an Xtensa property section.  */
-  if (CONST_STRNEQ (sec_name + linkonce_len, "p."))
-    name = sec_name + linkonce_len + 2;
-  else if (CONST_STRNEQ (sec_name + linkonce_len, "prop."))
-    name = strchr (sec_name + linkonce_len + 5, '.') + 1;
+  /* Check if this is an Xtensa property section or an exception table
+     for Tensilica's XCC compiler.  */
+  name = sec_name + linkonce_len;
+  if (CONST_STRNEQ (name, "prop."))
+    name = strchr (name + 5, '.') + 1;
+  else if (name[1] == '.'
+	   && (name[0] == 'p' || name[0] == 'e' || name[0] == 'h'))
+    name += 2;
+  else
+    name = 0;
 
   if (name)
     {