NEWS-0.3.0

   1 This file should include highlights of the changes made in the
   2 OpenOCD openocd-0.3.0 source archive release.  See the repository
   3 history for details about what changed, including bugfixes and
   4 other issues not mentioned here.
   5
   6 JTAG Layer:
   7     FT2232H (high speed USB) support doesn't need separate configuration
   8     New FT2232H JTAG adapters:  Amontec, Olimex, Signalyzer
   9     New reset_config options for SRST gating the JTAG clock (or not)
  10     TAP declaration no longer requires ircapture and mask attributes
  11     Scan chain setup should be more robust, with better diagnostics
  12     New TAP events:
  13         "post-reset" for TAP-invariant setup code (TAPs not usable yet)
  14         "setup" for use once TAPs are addressable (e.g. with ICEpick)
  15     Overridable Tcl "init_reset" and "jtag_init" procedures
  16     Simple "autoprobe" mechanism to help simplify server setup
  17
  18 Boundary Scan:
  19     SVF bugfixes ... parsing fixes, better STATE switch conformance
  20     XSVF bugfixes ... be more correct, handle Xilinx tool output
  21
  22 Target Layer:
  23     Warn on use of obsolete numeric target IDs
  24     New commands for use with Cortex-M3 processors:
  25         "cortex_m3 disassemble" ... Thumb2 disassembly (UAL format)
  26         "cortex_m3 vector_catch" ... traps certain hardware faults
  27                 without tying up breakpoint resources
  28     If you're willing to help debug it
  29         VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support
  30         Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support
  31         you may need to explicitly "reset" after connect-to-Beagle
  32     New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table"
  33     ARM
  34         bugfixes to single-stepping Thumb code
  35         ETM: unavailable registers are not listed
  36         ETB, ETM: report actual hardware status
  37     ARM9
  38         name change:  "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch"
  39     ARM11
  40         single stepping support for i.MX31
  41         bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..."
  42     GDB support
  43         gdb_attach command is gone
  44
  45 Flash Layer:
  46     The lpc2000 driver handles the new NXP LPC1700 (Cortex-M3) chips
  47     New drivers:
  48         lpc2900, for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based)
  49         mx3_nand, for imx31
  50     New "last" flag for NOR "flash erase_sector" and "flash protect"
  51     The "nand erase N" command now erases all of bank N
  52     Speed up davinci_nand by about 3x
  53
  54 Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
  55     Amontec JTAGkey2 support
  56     Cleanup and additions for the TI/Luminary Stellaris scripts
  57     LPC1768 target (and flash) support
  58         Keil MCB1700 eval board
  59     Samsung s3c2450
  60         Mini2440 board
  61     Numeric TAP and Target identifiers now trigger warnings
  62     PXA255 partially enumerates
  63
  64 Documentation:
  65     Capture more debugging and setup advice
  66     Notes on target source code changes that may help debugging
  67
  68 Build and Release:
  69     Repository moved from SVN at Berlios to GIT at SourceForge
  70     Clean builds on (32-bit) Cygwin
  71     Clean builds on 64-bit MinGW
  72
  73 For more details about what has changed since the last release,
  74 see the git repository history.  With gitweb, you can browse that
  75 in various levels of detail.
  76
  77 For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release
  78 (i.e. NEWS-<version>).
  79
  80 For more information about contributing test reports, bug fixes, or new
  81 features and device support, please read the new Developer Manual (or
  82 the BUGS and PATCHES files in the source archive).