-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.
+This file includes highlights of the changes made in the
+OpenOCD 0.5.0 source archive release. See the repository
+history for details about what changed, including bugfixes
+and other issues not mentioned here.
-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.
+JTAG Layer:
+ New driver for "Bus Pirate"
+ Rename various commands so they're not JTAG-specific
+ There are migration procedures for most of these, but you should
+ convert your scripts to the new names, since those procedures
+ will not be around forever.
+ jtag jinterface ... is now adapter_name
+ jtag_khz ... is now adapter_khz
+ jtag_nsrst_delay ... is now adapter_nsrst_delay
+ jtag_nsrst_assert_width ... is now adapter_nsrst_assert_width
+ Support Voipac VPACLink JTAG Adapter.
-The following areas of OpenOCD functionality changed in this release:
+Boundary Scan:
-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.
+Transport framework core ... supporting future work for SWD, SPI, and other
+non-JTAG ways to debug targets or program flash.
Target Layer:
-- New devices: AVR, FA526
-- Improved support: ARM ADI, ARM11, MIPS
-- Numerous other bug fixes and improvements
+ ARM:
+ - basic semihosting support for ARMv7M.
+ - renamed "armv7m" command prefix as "arm"
+ MIPS:
+ - "ejtag_srst" variant removed. The same functionality is
+ obtained by using "reset_config none".
+ - added PIC32MX software reset support, this means srst is not
+ required to be connected anymore.
+ OTHER:
+ - preliminary AVR32 AP7000 support.
Flash Layer:
-- Improved drivers: mflash
-- New drivers: AT91SAM3, AVR, Davinci NAND
+ New "stellaris recover" command, implements the procedure
+ to recover locked devices (restoring non-volatile
+ state to the factory defaults, including erasing
+ the flash and its protection bits, and possibly
+ re-enabling hardware debugging).
+ PIC32MX now uses algorithm for flash programming, this
+ has increased the performance by approx 96%.
+ New 'pic32mx unlock' cmd to remove readout protection.
+ New STM32 Value Line Support.
+ New 'virtual' flash driver, used to associate other addresses
+ with a flash bank. See pic32mx.cfg for usage.
+ New iMX27 NAND flash controller driver.
+
+Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
+ Support IAR LPC1768 kickstart board (by Olimex)
+ Support Voipac PXA270/PXA270M module.
+ New $PARPORTADDR tcl variable used to change default
+ parallel port address used.
+ Remove lm3s811.cfg; use "stellaris.cfg" instead
-Board, Interface, and Target Configuration Scripts:
-- Many new and improved targets and boards are now available.
-- Better separation of "board" and "target" configuration
-- Moved all TCL files to top-level "tcl" directory in the source tree
-- Installation moved from '$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/'.
+Core Jim/TCL Scripting:
+ New "add_script_search_dir" command, behaviour is the same
+ as the "-s" cmd line option.
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.
+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-<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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