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         Support USB-JTAG, Altera USB-Blaster and compatibles.
   9
  10 Boundary Scan:
  11
  12 Target Layer:
  13         General
  14                 - new "reset-assert" event, for systems without SRST
  15         ARM
  16                 - renamed "armv4_5" command prefix as "arm"
  17                 - recognize TrustZone "Secure Monitor" mode
  18                 - "arm regs" command output changed
  19                 - register names use "sp" not "r13"
  20                 - add top-level "mcr" and "mrc" commands, replacing
  21                   various core-specific operations
  22                 - basic semihosting support
  23         ARM11
  24                 - Preliminary ETM and ETB hookup
  25                 - accelerated "flash erase_check"
  26                 - accelerated GDB memory checksum
  27                 - support "arm regs" command
  28                 - can access all core modes and registers
  29                 - watchpoint support
  30         Cortex-A8
  31                 - support "arm regs" command
  32                 - can access all core modes and registers
  33                 - supports "reset-assert" event (used on OMAP3530)
  34                 - watchpoint support
  35         Cortex-M3
  36                 - Exposed DWT registers like cycle counter
  37         ETM, ETB
  38                 - "trigger_percent" command moved ETM --> ETB
  39                 - "etm trigger_debug" command added
  40         MIPS
  41                 - use fastdata writes
  42         Freescale DSP563xx cores (partial support)
  43
  44 Flash Layer:
  45         'flash bank' and 'nand device' take <bank_name> as first argument.
  46         With this, flash/NAND commands allow referencing banks by name:
  47                 - <bank_name>: reference the bank with its defined name
  48                 - <driver_name>[.N]: reference the driver's Nth bank
  49         New 'nand verify' command to check bank against an image file.
  50         The "flash erase_address" command now rejects partial sectors;
  51                 previously it would silently erase extra data.
  52         New at91sam9 NAND controller driver.
  53
  54 Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
  55         ARM9
  56                 - ETM and ETB hookup for iMX2* targets
  57         Add $HOME/.openocd to the search path.
  58         Handle Rev C of LM3S811 eval boards.
  59                 - use "luminary-lm3s811.cfg" for older boards
  60                 - use "luminary.cfg" for RevC and newer
  61
  62 Core Jim/TCL Scripting:
  63         New 'usage' command to provide terse command help.
  64         Improved command 'help' command output (sorted and indented).
  65         Improved command handling:
  66                 - Most boolean settings now accept any of the following:
  67                   on/off, enable/disable, true/false, yes/no, 1/0
  68                 - More error checking and reporting.
  69
  70 Documentation:
  71         New built-in command development documentation and primer.
  72
  73 Build and Release:
  74         Use --enable-doxygen-pdf to build PDF developer documentation.
  75         Consider upgrading to libftdi 0.17 if you use that library; it
  76                 includes bugfixes which improve FT2232H support.
  77
  78 For more details about what has changed since the last release,
  79 see the git repository history.  With gitweb, you can browse that
  80 in various levels of detail.
  81
  82 For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release
  83 (i.e. NEWS-<version>).
  84
  85 For more information about contributing test reports, bug fixes, or new
  86 features and device support, please read the new Developer Manual (or
  87 the BUGS and PATCHES.txt files in the source archive).