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diff --git a/nuttx/Documentation/NuttX.html b/nuttx/Documentation/NuttX.html index b75971671..d7187464f 100644 --- a/nuttx/Documentation/NuttX.html +++ b/nuttx/Documentation/NuttX.html @@ -807,41 +807,75 @@ </tr> </table> -<p><b>nuttx-5.18 Release Notes</b>: +<p><b>nuttx-5.19 Release Notes</b>: <p> - The 65<sup>th</sup> release of NuttX, Version 5.18, was made on February 27, 2011 and is available for download from the + The 66<sup>th</sup> release of NuttX, Version 5.19, was made on March 12, 2011 and is available for download from the <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/nuttx/files/">SourceForge</a> website. The change log associated with the release is available <a href="#currentrelease">here</a>. Unreleased changes after this release are available in SVN. These unreleased changes are listed <a href="#pendingchanges">here</a>. </p> <p> - This is first release from the new NuttX SVN repository. - This release is made primarily to keep the release tarball in synchronization with SVN. - Many smaller changes have been made as identified in the ChangeLog. - Headlines would include: + This release includes several new features in various states of integration and maturity: </p> <ul> + + </li> + <li> + <b>486SX QEMU port</b>. + This port supports the Intel 486SX architecture using the QEMU simulator. + Initial functionality is in place a partially tested. + There are still some outstanding issues with timer interrupts. + A large part of the i486 logic was contributed by Biff of + <a href="http://bifferos.bizhat.com">Bifferboard</a> fame. + </li> + <li> + <b>Platform specific application support</b>. + A new <code>apps/</code> directory appears in this port. + This <code>apps/</code> directory provides a mechanism for applications using NuttX to have a highly customizable initialization process. + It supports a set of end-user applications than can be executed + (1) standalone so you can have a fully customizable application startup, or + (2) on top of NSH. + Think of it this way: + In a buckled-up embedded application, your end-user programs will probably have their own dedicated start-up logic. + But, during development, you might want to have you applications available and executable from the NSH command line. + This <code>apps/</code> add-on (and NSH hooks) was contributed by Uros Platise to accomplish just that. + </li> + <li> + <b>Custom NSH <code>/etc/init.d/rcS</code> File</b>. + NSH was also extended to support application specific ROMFS <code>/etc/init.d/rcS</code> start-up scripts. + This feature, as well, as all of the above-mentioned <code>apps/</code> directory support was contributed by Uros Platise + </li> + <li> + Additional NSH improvements and bug fixes. See the Changelog for details. + </li> <li> - Incorporate several important uIP patches -- including the well known patch to handle missing SYNACK. + <b>SLIP</b>. + This release also provides a new SLIP network driver. + This driver should support point-to-point network communications to a host using TCP/IP or UDP. + This driver is code complete, but not tested in this release. </li> <li> - The Freescale mc8s12ne64 port is code complete but testing has not yet begun due to toolchain issues. - Added support for the Future Electronics Group NE64 Badge board. + <b>RAMTROM FRAM Driver</b>. + New RAMTRON FRAM driver (contributed by Uros Platise) </li> <li> - Added support for a new STM32 board, the ISOTEL NetClamps VSN V1.2 ready2go sensor network platform. - This board is based on a STM32F103RET6 and includes some interesting power saving/clock control extensions. + <b>16550 UART Driver</b>. + New generic 16550 UART driver. </li> <li> - USB host support expanded to handle vendor specific USB devices. + <b>Cortex-M3 Power improvements</b>. + The Cortex-M3 can now waits for Interrupt (WFI) in idle loop for reduced power consumption + (LPC17xx and STM32 only - contributed by Uros Platise)) </li> <li> - Incorporated the LUFA HID parser. + <b><code>waitpid()</code></b>. + New <code>waitpid()</code> system interface. </li> <li> - Various bugfix as detailed in the ChangeLog + <b>Bugfixes</b>. + Additional bugfixes: pipes, stdint.h, STM32 SDIO and SPI drivers </li> </ul> @@ -2040,78 +2074,6 @@ Other memory: </table> <ul><pre> -nuttx-5.18 2011-02-27 Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> - - * Incorporate several uIP patches from http://gitweb.aeruder.net/?p=uip.git;a=summary. - - Lost SYNACK causes connection reset - - Fix missing UDP stats for sent/received packets - - Added support for Cygwin as development/test platform. - * configs/demo9s12ne64 - Integrate new buildroot-1.9 m8s12x toolchain. - * 'uname -o' is used throughout the build logic in bash scripts and also in - Make.defs files in order to distinguish between Cygwin and Linux. However, - the -o option is not standard and is not supported under, for example, OS-X or - Solaris. This was solved by changing all 'uname -o' references to the more - complex: 'uname -o 2>/dev/null || echo "Other"' - * drivers/usbhost/usbhost_enumerate.c -- Add logic to get the VID and PID. This - is necessary in order to support vendor-specific USB devices. - * examplex/wlan, configs/olimex-lpc1766stk/wlan, drivers/usbhost/usbhost_rtl8187.c, - Add infrastructure to support RTL18187 wireless USB. - * configs/nucleus2g -- backed out USB host changes... wrong board. - * Renamed arc/hc/include/mc9s12ne64 and src/mc9s12ne64 -- m9s12. That name is - shorter and more general. - * The NuttX repository has been converted to SVN and can now be found here - http://nuttx.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/nuttx/ - * configs/mbed/hidkbd -- Added USB host support for the mbed LPC1768 board; add - a USB host HID keyboard configuraion. - * drivers/usbhost/hid_parser.c -- Leverages the LUFA HID parser written by - Dean Camera. - * examples/nsh -- Correct an usage of getopt(): If you stop calling getopt() - before all parameters are parsed, you can leave getopt() in a strange state. - * include/nuttx/fb.h -- Restore missing RGB type that was accidentally removed - when Nokia 6100 support was added. - * Rename arch/pjrc-8051 to arch/8051 - * configs/ne64badge -- Add a configuration for the Future Electronics Group - NE64 Badge development board (Freescale MC9S12NE64) - * Changes contributed by Uros Platise: - - Add support for the STM32F103RET6 - - configs/vsn - Support for the ISOTEL NetClamps VSN V1.2 ready2go sensor - network platform - * arch/hc, configs/ne64badge -- Development is complete for the Freescale - mc9s12ne64 on the Future Electronics Group NE64 /PoE Badge board. Howeve, - this port remains untested until I figure out this BDM / Code Warrior - and paged build thing - * Added a new 'kill' command to NSH that will support sending signals to - running NuttX tasks. - -pascal-2.0 2009-12-21 Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> - - * Updated to use standard C99 types in stdint.h and - stdbool.h. This change was necessary for compatibility - with NuttX-5.0 (any beyond). - -buildroot-1.9 2011-02-10 <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> - - * configs/arm926t-defconfig-4.3.3: update arm926t-defconfig-4.2.4 - * configs/arm926t-defconfig-nxflat: NXFLAT-only configuration for - arm926 - * toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk - Remove ncurses dependency from gdb_target target. - * toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk - Added --disable-werror to GDB configuration line. - GDB 6.8 won't build because the tarbal was released with -Werror enabled and - the build stops on the first warning. - * Add support for Freescale m9s12x using binutils 2.18 and gcc 3.3.6 and - patches available from http://www.msextra.com/tools courtesy of James - Cortina. Add configs/m9x12x-defconfig-3.3.6. -</pre></ul> - -<table width ="100%"> - <tr bgcolor="#e4e4e4"> - <td> - <a name="pendingchanges">Unreleased Changes</a> - </td> - </tr> -</table> - -<ul><pre> nuttx-5.19 2011-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> * arch/arm/stm32/stm32_idle.c -- During idle times, the STM32 now uses the @@ -2134,7 +2096,7 @@ nuttx-5.19 2011-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> nsh> cat test.txt This is a test - * drivers/pipes/pipe_common.c -- Driver open method eas not returning an EINTR + * drivers/pipes/pipe_common.c -- Driver open method was not returning an EINTR error when it received a signal. Instead, it just re-started the wait. This makes it impossible to kill a background pipe operation from NSH. * include/stdint.h -- Correct some errors in conditional compilation (submitted @@ -2184,6 +2146,37 @@ nuttx-5.19 2011-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> * configs/olimex-lpc1766stk/slip-httpd - An example that uses SLIP to provide a serial-port based THTTPD web server. +pascal-2.0 2009-12-21 Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> + + * Updated to use standard C99 types in stdint.h and + stdbool.h. This change was necessary for compatibility + with NuttX-5.0 (any beyond). + +buildroot-1.9 2011-02-10 <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> + + * configs/arm926t-defconfig-4.3.3: update arm926t-defconfig-4.2.4 + * configs/arm926t-defconfig-nxflat: NXFLAT-only configuration for + arm926 + * toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk - Remove ncurses dependency from gdb_target target. + * toolchain/gdb/gdb.mk - Added --disable-werror to GDB configuration line. + GDB 6.8 won't build because the tarbal was released with -Werror enabled and + the build stops on the first warning. + * Add support for Freescale m9s12x using binutils 2.18 and gcc 3.3.6 and + patches available from http://www.msextra.com/tools courtesy of James + Cortina. Add configs/m9x12x-defconfig-3.3.6. +</pre></ul> + +<table width ="100%"> + <tr bgcolor="#e4e4e4"> + <td> + <a name="pendingchanges">Unreleased Changes</a> + </td> + </tr> +</table> + +<ul><pre> +nuttx-5.20 2011-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> + pascal-2.1 2011-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> buildroot-1.10 2011-xx-xx <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr> |