X-Git-Url: https://review.openocd.org/gitweb?p=openocd.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=9d8bfde554ccf0a610e456be7fc9f3c29dd28cb9;hp=2c86629582c186b5a1306575c4b4208d03ecdd4b;hb=0e37ea6499fd493a32ebdfd3a27c6a01426b3a19;hpb=9e5a6679cac36667e51f24a6bd5670396cd06ed6 diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 2c86629582..9d8bfde554 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,81 @@ +This file should include highlights of the changes made in the +OpenOCD openocd-0.3.0 source archive release. See the repository +history for details about what changed, including bugfixes and +other issues not mentioned here. -2008-01-21 : - xscale big-endian branch closed and all changes moved to - trunk. +JTAG Layer: + FT2232H (high speed USB) support doesn't need separate configuration + New FT2232H JTAG adapters: Amontec, Olimex, Signalyzer + New reset_config options for SRST gating the JTAG clock (or not) + TAP declaration no longer requires ircapture and mask attributes + Scan chain setup should be more robust, with better diagnostics + New TAP events: + "post-reset" for TAP-invariant setup code (TAPs not usable yet) + "setup" for use once TAPs are addressable (e.g. with ICEpick) + Overridable Tcl "init_reset" and "jtag_init" procedures + Simple "autoprobe" mechanism to help simplify server setup +Boundary Scan: + SVF bugfixes ... parsing fixes, better STATE switch conformance + XSVF bugfixes ... be more correct, handle Xilinx tool output + +Target Layer: + Warn on use of obsolete numeric target IDs + New commands for use with Cortex-M3 processors: + "cortex_m3 disassemble" ... Thumb2 disassembly (UAL format) + "cortex_m3 vector_catch" ... traps certain hardware faults + without tying up breakpoint resources + If you're willing to help debug it + VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support + Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support + you may need to explicitly "reset" after connect-to-Beagle + New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table" + ARM + bugfixes to single-stepping Thumb code + ETM: unavailable registers are not listed + ETB, ETM: report actual hardware status + ARM9 + name change: "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch" + ARM11 + single stepping support for i.MX31 + bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..." + GDB support + gdb_attach command is gone + +Flash Layer: + The lpc2000 driver handles the new NXP LPC1700 (Cortex-M3) chips + New drivers: + lpc2900, for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based) + mx3_nand, for imx31 + New "last" flag for NOR "flash erase_sector" and "flash protect" + The "nand erase N" command now erases all of bank N + Speed up davinci_nand by about 3x + +Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts: + Amontec JTAGkey2 support + Cleanup and additions for the TI/Luminary Stellaris scripts + LPC1768 target (and flash) support + Keil MCB1700 eval board + Samsung s3c2450 + Mini2440 board + Numeric TAP and Target identifiers now trigger warnings + PXA255 partially enumerates + +Documentation: + Capture more debugging and setup advice + Notes on target source code changes that may help debugging + +Build and Release: + Clean builds on (32-bit) Cygwin + Clean builds on 64-bit MinGW + +For more details about what has changed since the last release, +see the git repository history. With gitweb, you can browse that +in various levels of detail. + +For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release +(i.e. NEWS-). + +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).