NEWS

   1 This file includes highlights of the changes made in the
   2 OpenOCD 0.4.0 source archive release.  See the repository
   3 history for details about what changed, including bugfixes
   4 and other issues not mentioned here.
   5
   6 JTAG Layer:
   7         Support KT-Link JTAG adapter.
   8
   9 Boundary Scan:
  10 Target Layer:
  11         General
  12                 - new "reset-assert" event, for systems without SRST
  13         ARM
  14                 - renamed "armv4_5" command prefix as "arm"
  15                 - recognize TrustZone "Secure Monitor" mode
  16                 - "arm regs" command output changed
  17                 - register names use "sp" not "r13"
  18                 - add top-level "mcr" and "mrc" commands, replacing
  19                   various core-specific operations
  20         ARM11
  21                 - Preliminary ETM and ETB hookup
  22                 - accelerated "flash erase_check"
  23                 - accelerated GDB memory checksum
  24                 - support "arm regs" command
  25                 - can access all core modes and registers
  26         Cortex-A8
  27                 - support "arm regs" command
  28                 - can access all core modes and registers
  29                 - supports "reset-assert" event (used on OMAP3530)
  30         Cortex-M3
  31                 - Exposed DWT registers like cycle counter
  32
  33 Flash Layer:
  34         'flash bank' and 'nand device' take <bank_name> as first argument.
  35         With this, flash/NAND commands allow referencing banks by name:
  36                 - <bank_name>: reference the bank with its defined name
  37                 - <driver_name>[.N]: reference the driver's Nth bank
  38         New 'nand verify' command to check bank against an image file.
  39
  40 Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
  41         ARM9
  42                 - ETM and ETB hookup for iMX2* targets
  43         Add $HOME/.openocd to the search path.
  44
  45 Core Jim/TCL Scripting:
  46         New 'usage' command to provide terse command help.
  47         Improved command 'help' command output (sorted and indented).
  48         Improved command handling:
  49                 - Most boolean settings now accept any of the following:
  50                   on/off, enable/disable, true/false, yes/no, 1/0
  51                 - More error checking and reporting.
  52
  53 Documentation:
  54         New built-in command development documentation and primer.
  55
  56 Build and Release:
  57         Use --enable-doxygen-pdf to build PDF developer documentation.
  58
  59 For more details about what has changed since the last release,
  60 see the git repository history.  With gitweb, you can browse that
  61 in various levels of detail.
  62
  63 For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release
  64 (i.e. NEWS-<version>).
  65
  66 For more information about contributing test reports, bug fixes, or new
  67 features and device support, please read the new Developer Manual (or
  68 the BUGS and PATCHES files in the source archive).