-The OpenOCD 0.2.0 source archive release includes numerous improvements
-that were made since the initial 0.1.0 source archive release. Many
-contributors helped make this release a great success, and the community
-of developers and maintainers look forward to any response.
-
-In addition to the list of changes below, countless bug fixing and
-cleaning was performed across the tree. Various TCL command parameters
-must past stricter value checks, and many more error conditions have
-been handled correctly. These efforts helped to make the 0.2.0 release
-more stable and robust, though some changes may expose latent bugs in
-your existing configuration scripts.
-
-This release does not maintain backward compatibility in all respects,
-so some target or configuration scripts may need to be updated. In some
-cases, you may also see warnings; resolve those, because they indicate
-commands that will be removed in the future.
-
-The following areas of OpenOCD functionality changed in this release:
+This file includes highlights of the changes made in the OpenOCD
+source archive release.
JTAG Layer:
-- Improves modularity: core, TCL, driver commands, and interface have
- been separated, encapsulated, and documented for developers. Mostly.
-- Improves JTAG TAP transition tables:
- * Makes TAP paths variable length, rather than being fixed at 7 steps.
- * Fixes problems with some targets that did not like longer paths.
-- Improves JTAG driver/minidriver modularity and encapsulation.
-- New drivers:
- * Adds stub minidriver for developing new embedded JTAG interfaces.
-- Improves drivers:
- * ft2232+ftd2xx:
- + Adds initial high-speed device support: --enable-ftd2xx-highspeed
- + Supports more types of FTDI-based devices.
- * jlink:
- + Works with more versions of the firmware (v3 and newer)
- + Supports dynamically detects device capabilities and limits
- * vsllink:
- + Supports very long scan chains
- * amtjtagaccel:
- + Fixes broken ID code detection problems.
+ * SWD support with FTDI, Versaloon, J-Link, sysfsgpio
+ * CMSIS-DAP massive speed and stability improvements
+ * Versaloon driver ported to libusb-1.0
+ * STLink can reestablish communication with a target that was
+ disconnected or rebooted
+ * STLink FAULT and WAIT SWD handling improved
+ * New hla_serial command to distinguish between several HLA
+ adapters attached to a single machine
+ * Serial number support for CMSIS-DAP and J-Link adapters
+ * Support for more J-Link adapters
+ * TAP autoprobing improvements
+ * Big speedup for SVF playback with USB Blaster
+
+Boundary Scan:
Target Layer:
-- New devices: AVR, FA526
-- Improved support: ARM ADI, ARM11, MIPS
-- Numerous other bug fixes and improvements
+ * Stability improvements for targets that get disconnected or
+ rebooted during a debug session
+ * MIPS speed and reliability improvements
+ * MIPS 1.5/2.0 fixes
+ * ARMv7-R improvements
+ * Cortex-A improvements, A7, A15 MPCores support
+ * FPU support for ARMv7-M (Cortex-M4F)
+ * TPIU/ITM support (including SWO/SWV tracing), can be
+ captured with external tools or STLink
+ * JTAG Serial Port (Advanced Debug System softcore) support
+ * Profiling support for OpenRISC
+ * ChibiOS/RT 3.0 support (with and without FPU)
+ * FreeRTOS current versions support
+ * Freescale MQX RTOS support
+ * GDB target description support for MIPS
+ * The last created target is auto-selected as the current
Flash Layer:
-- Improved drivers: mflash
-- New drivers: AT91SAM3, AVR, Davinci NAND
+ * nRF51 async loader to improve flashing performance and stability
+ * Cypress PSoC 41xx/42xx family flash driver
+ * Silabs SiM3 family flash driver
+ * Marvell Wireless Microcontroller SPI flash driver
+ * Kinetis mass erase (part unsecuring) implemented
+ * lpcspifi stability fixes
+ * STM32 family sync with reference manuals, L0 support, bugfixes
+ * LPC2000 driver automatically determines part and flash size
+ * NXP LPC11(x)xx, LPC13xx, LPC15xx, LPC8xx, LPC5410x, LPC407x support
+ * Atmel SAMD, SAMR, SAML21 devices support
+ * Atmel SAM4E16 support
+ * ZeroGecko family support
+ * TI Tiva C Blizzard and Snowflake families support
+ * Nuvoton NuMicro M051 support
+
+Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
+ * Normal target configs can work with HLA (STLink, ICDI) adapters
+ * STM32 discovery and Nucleo boards configs
+ * Gumstix AeroCore board config
+ * General Plus GP326XXXA target config
+ * Micrel KS869x target config
+ * ASUS RT-N66U board config
+ * Atmel SAM4E-EK board config
+ * Atmel AT91SAM4L proper reset handling implemented
+ * TI OMAP/AM 3505, 3517 target configs
+ * nRF51822-mKIT board config
+ * RC Module К1879ХБ1Я target config
+ * TI TMDX570LS20SUSB board config
+ * TI TMS570 USB Kit board config
+ * TI CC2538, CC26xx target configs
+ * TI AM437x major config improvements, DDR support
+ * TI AM437X IDK board config
+ * TI SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3200 LaunchPad configs
+ * Silicon Labs EM357, EM358 target configs
+ * Infineon XMC1000, XMC4000 family targets and boards configs
+ * Atheros AR9331 target config
+ * TP-LINK TL-MR3020 board config
+ * Alphascale asm9260t target and eval kit configs
+ * Olimex SAM7-LA2 (AT91SAM7A2) board config
+ * EFM32 Gecko boards configs
+ * Spansion FM4 target and SK-FM4-176L-S6E2CC board configs
+ * LPC1xxx target configs were restructured
+ * IoT-LAB debug adapter config
+ * DP BusBlaster KT-Link compatible config
-Board, Interface, and Target Configuration Scripts:
-- Many new and improved targets and boards are now available.
-- Better separation of "board" and "target" configuration
-- Moved all TCL files to top-level "tcl" directory in the source tree
-- Installation moved from '$pkglibdir/' to '$pkgdatadir/scripts/'.
-- Site-specific files should be installed under '$pkgdatadir/site/';
- files that exist this tree will be used in preference to default
- distribution configurations in '$pkgdatadir/scripts/'.
+Server Layer:
+ * Polling period can be configured
+ * "shutdown" command has an immediate effect
+ * The "program" command doesn't lead to a shutdown by
+ default, use optional "exit" parameter for the old behaviour
+ * Proper OS signal handling was implemented
+ * Async target notifications for the Tcl RPC
Documentation:
-- Updated User Guide: http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/html/index.html
- * Partially re-written and re-organized.
- * Standardized presentation for all commands.
- * Covers many drivers and commands that were previously omitted.
- * New index for commands and drivers.
-- Added Developer Manual: http://openocd.berlios.de/doc/doxygen/index.html
- * Now includes architecture, technical primers, style guides, and more.
- * Available in-tree and on-line.
Build and Release:
-- Increased configuration and compilation warning coverage.
- * Use --disable-werror to work around build errors caused by warnings.
-- Use libtool to produce helper libraries as a step toward "libopenocd".
-- New processes and scripting to facilitate future source releases.
-For more details about what has changed since 0.1.0, see the ChangeLog
-associated with this release.
+
+This release also contains a number of other important functional and
+cosmetic bugfixes. For more details about what has changed since the
+last release, see the git repository history:
+
+http://sourceforge.net/p/openocd/code/ci/v0.9.0-rc1/log/?path=
+
+
+For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release
+(i.e. NEWS-<version>).
For more information about contributing test reports, bug fixes, or new
features and device support, please read the new Developer Manual (or
-the BUGS and PATCHES files in the source archive).
+the BUGS and PATCHES.txt files in the source archive).
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