Prep for 0.3.18 releasenuttx-3.18

git-svn-id: svn://svn.code.sf.net/p/nuttx/code/trunk@1255 42af7a65-404d-4744-a932-0658087f49c3

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/nuttx/ReleaseNotes b/nuttx/ReleaseNotes
index 73de15289..5af8f3573 100644
--- a/nuttx/ReleaseNotes
+++ b/nuttx/ReleaseNotes
@@ -666,8 +666,6 @@ debug features enabled so there are probably some race conditions that occur onl
 with debug features disabled (anyone out there with a USB analyzer?  I would love
 to know what is happening).
 
-At present USB device controller drivers are included for:
-
 Several important bugs were also fixed in the FAT file system, USB serial driver and
 NXP LPC214x USB controller driver (see the ChangeLog for details).
 
@@ -677,6 +675,47 @@ host.  Please report any errors to me.
 
 This tarball contains a complete CVS snapshot from Octobor 28, 2008.
 
+nuttx-0.3.18
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+This is the 30th release of NuttX.  This release includes two partially completed
+ports, several new features, and a couple of important bug fixes.  The two partially
+completed ports are:
+
+	* The STMicro STR71x processor and configuration for the Olimex STR-P711
+	  board.
+	* The Hitachi SH-1 using the SH1_LCEVB1 (SH-1/US7032EVB1) board
+
+Progress on these ports is stalled (as detailed in the ChangeLog).
+
+The new features focus primarily on management of block devices and extensions of
+the NuttShell (NSH).  These include:
+
+	* A loop device that converts a file into a block device.
+	* A block to character (BCH) driver that  allow access a block device as
+	  if it were character device.
+	* Added strcasecmp() and strncasecmp() libc functions.
+	* Added the 'dd' and 'losetup' commands to NSH. These commands (along
+	  with mkfatfs and mount), give good managment of filesystems on the target.
+
+Several bugs were fixed, the most important of which are:
+
+	* Fixd a race condition workaround delay in LPC214X SPI logic.  This was also
+	  the cause of some bad MMC/SD performance on that platform.
+	* Fixed a recently introduced FAT file system problem: It would mount a (invalid)
+	  FAT file system even if the medium is not formatted!
+	* Corrected two iother important errors in the FAT lseek implementation:
+	  (1) the sectors-per-cluster value was being reset to "1" and (2) important
+	  lseek logic was omitted when the seek position was zero.
+
+The FAT filesystem has had many bugs fixed in it and, I think, is now maturing
+and becoming stable.
+
+These changes were verified only on the mcu123.com NXP LPC2148 board, the Hitachi
+SH1_LCEVB1 board, and the Linux simulator, all using a Linux development environment.
+Please report any errors to me.
+
+This tarball contains a complete CVS snapshot from November 16, 2008.