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* ecos.db: New packages which include a hal variant port for the lpc2xxxto, generic serial and watchdog drivers for the lpc2xxx and ports for the Keil MCB2100 and Olimex P2106.
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date Sun, 14 Nov 2004 14:11:15 +0000
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1 * Port to the Keil MCB2100 and Olimex P2106 by Jani Monoses
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2 * Generic support for the lpc2xxx, hal, serial and watchdog by Jani Monoses
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728b82c53914 Support for generic IDE using PIO.
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3 * Support for generic IDE disks using PIO, by Iztok Zupet.
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f73c51496d30 * ecos.db: Added Atmel AT91 SPI bus driver and AT91EB55 devices.
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4 * Support for SPI on the eb55 by Savin Zlobec.
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4cdfabb5f944 * ecos.db: Added atmel jtst board support, based on atmel Diopsis
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5 * Added support for the Atmel JTST board by Andrea Michelotti.
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6 * Added support for the AIM711 contributed by Roland Cassebohm.
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40c53c83bbc4 Update ecos.db and NEWS to reflect lwIP addition.Add lwip_eth and lwip_ppp templates
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7 * Added the lwIP TCP/IP stack.
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8 * Added PPP network support. Contributed by Nick Garnett of eCosCentric.
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9 * Added support for network under vmWare using the LANCE chipset. Contributed
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10 by Iztok Zupet.
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f2453fae08d4 Added support for FAT filesystem. Several packages, see the individual
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11 * Added support for FAT12/16 filesystems. Contributed by
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12 Savin Zlobec of Elatec Engineering.
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89b7f83984cc * Support for Spanning Tree Protocol in the old OpenBSD stack
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13 * Support for Spanning Tree Protocol in the old OpenBSD stack
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4f98ee8c6707 Add support for GPS-4020 (ARM7) platform
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14 * Add support for GPS-4020 (embedded ARM7 GPS receiver/controller)
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fd9beb3b37c0 Added the libipsec package.
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15 * Basic IPSEC and libipsec support.
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e1737b465766 * ecos.db: Replaced the 39VF4XX flash driver with a 39VFXXX driver.
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16 * Flash driver for SST 39VFXXX devices
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2e396c276990 * ecos.db: New package - Synth wall clock device
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17 * Wall clock driver for Synthetic target.
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dbcfe4e0dbd2 New platform - TAMS MOAB - and generic changes to support it
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18 * New port to TAMS MOAB (PowerPC 405GPr) development board
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19 * FLASH layer can now support NAND devices
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20 * RedBoot 'fconfig' data can now be stored in either FLASH or EEPROM
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f30dbfbd254c VNC server package from Chris Garry
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21 * VNC server (remote access graphic system), contributed by
f30dbfbd254c VNC server package from Chris Garry
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22 Chris Garry <cgarry@sweeneydesign.co.uk>
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02b328ea4e09 New platform and variant support for A&M Rattler (MPC8250)
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23 * New port to Analogue & Micro Rattler (Motorola MPC8250)
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24 * Improved support for ethernet PHY devices.
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25 * Improved variant support for Motorola Power-QUICC2 systems.
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26 * Vastly improved networking speeds in RedBoot stack.
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27 * New port for Motorola PrPMC1100 (Intel XScale IXC1100)
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28 * SNTP client supports IPv6 multicast packets from time servers.
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91a0d5882aa2 * DNS client support looking up IPv6 addresses and reverse lookups
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29 * DNS client support looking up IPv6 addresses and reverse lookups
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30 * FTP client is IPv6 aware.
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31 * httpd daemon is IPv6 aware.
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d9b26cfc0657 * TFTP client and TFTP server now work with both IPv4 and IPv6.
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32 * TFTP client and TFTP server now work with both IPv4 and IPv6.
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725ba4e57f0c Add support for A&M Adder-II (by extending Adder platform)
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33 * New port for Analogue & Micro Adder-II (PPC 852T) boards
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34 * New ports for Intel XScale IXP425 boards (IXDP425 and Generic Residential
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35 Gateway).
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36 * Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client contributed by Andrew Lunn.
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37 * Added port for NMI uE250 (ARM Xscale PXA250) platform, contributed
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38 by Mind, NV.
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40 *********** eCos 2.0 release ************
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42 * SNMP code now works with the FreeBSD stack
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c54eb3732b41 Add IDT MIPS IDT79RC32334 reference platform port,
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43 * Port added for IDT MIPS IDT79RC32334 reference platform, including Flash,
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44 ethernet, and serial drivers as well as RedBoot support. Contributed by
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45 Tim Michals working for IDT.
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46 * Port added for Texas Instruments ARM9 OMAP Innovator board. Contributed by
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47 Patrick Doyle of Delphi Communication Systems.
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48 * Add XScale PXA2x0 support, with Microplex Printer control 5.0 (mpc50)
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49 target incorporating flash support.
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50 * Add support for Cogent CSB281 - PowerPC 8245 board.
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51 * Add support for PowerPC 8260 based systems - one from Motorola (VADS)
aae52574f8c5 Add support for PowerPC/8260 based platforms. Contributed by Patrick Doyle <wpd@delcomsys.com>
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52 and another from Delphi Communications. Contributed by Delphi.
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cc4df9225149 Add Adder platform from Analogue & Micro
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53 * Add support for Analogue & Micro Adder (PowerPC 850) boards
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63d0c56d82e8 mn10300/asb/asb2305 tweaks
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54 * Update MN10300 ASB2303 HAL to support RedBoot
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55 * New package for application level profiling (histogram only)
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56 * Support for NPWR Linux Engine (Xscale IOP310) from Team ASA
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0f9e057c8163 Mostly cosmetic cleanups. TS1000 FLASH package renamed. Remove some old cruft in Viper & TS1000 ports.
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57 * Support for Allied Telesyn TS1000 (PowerPC 855T based design)
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542103a53d53 Add new Hitachi H8/300H package contribution from Yoshinori Sato
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58 * Yoshinori Sato has contributed a watchdog driver for the Hitachi H8/300H.
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2f403b92a5ac Add contributed at91 watchdog from Thomas Koeller
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59 * Add AT91 watchdog driver. Contributed by Thomas Koeller of Basler Vision
2f403b92a5ac Add contributed at91 watchdog from Thomas Koeller
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60 Technologies.
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61 * SMP support added for x86.
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62 * Ported new networking stack from FreeBSD to eCos. Includes IPv6 support.
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63 * Added generic power management support, plus platform support for the iPAQ.
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64 * Ported Microwindows windowing graphics system. This port is still alpha.
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65 * Added hooks in common ethernet driver for lwIP lightweight IP stack.
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66 * Added RedBoot only ports to Samsung Calmrisc16 and Calmrisc32 architectures.
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67 Includes board ports to Calm16 Core and Calm32 Core eval boards.
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68 * Added Samsung ARM KS32c5000 SNDS100 eval board port including RedBoot and
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69 ethernet support. Contributed by Grant Edwards of Comtrol.
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70 * eCos+RedBoot port to the Altera ARM9 Excalibur board. Includes FLASH driver.
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71 * eCos+RedBoot port to Hitachi SH3-based HS7729PCI board, with SH 7729 CPU.
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72 Includes FLASH, ethernet, watchdog and wallclock drivers. The ethernet
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73 driver includes generic support for the VIA Rhine chipset.
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74 * eCos+RedBoot port to Hitachi SH3-based Solution Engine SE77x9 board.
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75 Includes FLASH, ethernet, serial and watchdog drivers.
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76 * eCos+RedBoot port to Hitachi SH4-based Solution Engine SE7751 board.
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77 Includes FLASH, ethernet, serial and watchdog drivers.
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78 * Support for the SH2 core, and SH2 on-chip etherc added.
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79 * Port to Matsushita AM33-2 based ASB2305 board added, including serial,
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80 ethernet and FLASH support.
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81 * Ethernet, serial and USB drivers for NEC MIPS uPD985xx chip family added.
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82 * RedBoot-only port to MIPS Malta evaluation board (Mips32 4Kc and Mips64 5Kc
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83 cores) added, including FLASH and ethernet support.
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84 * Port to NEC MIPS VRC4375-based 'Blue Nile' evaluation board. Includes
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85 FLASH, serial and ethernet drivers (the latter being new support for the
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86 i21143 chipset).
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87 * Ethernet driver for Intel i82544 Gigabit ethernet added.
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88 * Support for Samsung ARM KS32C5000 on-core ethernet broken out into "generic"
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89 driver.
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90 * New architectural port to Fujitsu FR-V added. Initial board port to FR-V 400
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91 development board, including RedBoot support and ethernet and FLASH drivers.
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92 Currently pre-alpha quality only.
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93 * Support added to port remote file operations using the remote protocol for
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94 newlib applications run under RedBoot.
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95 * eCos+RedBoot port to Intel XScale IQ80321 port added, including FLASH,
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96 ethernet, and serial drivers.
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97 * ARM Integrator port rewritten. Now includes ARM9 support.
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98 * RedBoot+eCos port to the Agilent ARM9-based AAED2000 evaluation board.
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99 Includes FLASH, ethernet, keyboard and touchscreen drivers.
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100 * eCos relicensed to be under a GPL+exception licence, instead of the RHEPL.
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101 * All eCos documentation now available in DocBook format, licensed under the
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102 OPL.
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103 * CYGPKG_IO_ETH_DRIVERS now puts its headers in install/include/cyg/io/eth
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104 * All platforms are now expected to be using Virtual Vectors. The
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105 option CYGINT_HAL_VIRTUAL_VECTOR_SUPPORT_NOT_GUARANTEED has been
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106 removed so recently built applications will fail to run on
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107 boards that have old-style GDB stubs without VV support.
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108 * Added ELF and wider decompression support to RedBoot.
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109 * Added support for SuperH SH2 CPUs
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110 * Added port for Motorola MCF5272c3 ColdFire evaulation board from
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111 Wade Jensen <Wade_Jensen@inter-tel.com>.
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112 * Added ports to Wuerz Elektronik and Axiom Manufacturing MPC555 based eval
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113 boards. Contributed by Bob Koninckx <bob.koninckx@mech.kuleuven.ac.be>
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114 from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. Includes FLASH, serial and wallclock
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115 drivers.
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116 * Added H8/300 port contributed by Yoshinori Sato <qzb04471@nifty.ne.jp>
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117 Initially for Akizuki H8/3068 board with ethernet and serial driver support,
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118 and H8/300H simulator.
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119 * Added RedBoot support for remote file I/O operations using the GDB remote
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120 protocol.
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121 * Added SPARC_LEON port contributed by Jiri Gaisler <jiri@gaisler.com> -
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122 see <http://www.gaisler.com> for information about the TSIM simulator
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123 and Leon project per se.
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124 * Added port to CerfCube and CerfPDA, contributed by the manufacturer,
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125 Intrinsyc. Includes ethernet drivers.
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126 * Added alpha of JFFS2 journalling flash file system v2 support.
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127 * Add synthetic target synthetic flash driver, contributed by Andrew Lunn.
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128 * CqREEK SH7750 FLASH driver added, contributed by Koichi Nagashima
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129 * EDB7xxx ethernet driver rewritten to be a generic Cirrus Logic CS8900A
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130 package.
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132 * Incorporated ARM Development board aka INTEGRATOR port from Philippe Robin
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133 at ARM. Includes FLASH, ethernet and serial drivers, along with RedBoot
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134 support.
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135 * Added ARM E7T (AEB-2) serial device drivers contributed by
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136 Lars Lindqvist at Combitech <Lars.Lindqvist@combitechsystems.com>
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137 * Flash driver added for the SH EDK7708 platform.
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138 * Added rudimentary ELF loader, including support for dynamic objects under
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139 services/loader.
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140 * DNS lookup support added. Contributed by Andrew Lunn <andrew.lunn@ascom.ch>
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141 * Cogent [Cirrus Logic] EDB7312 platform added.
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142 * Dallas wallclock driver implemented for x86 PC.
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143 * AMD PCNet ethernet driver added.
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144 * Generic SMP support added.
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145 * RedBoot support added to AM33-STB port.
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146 * Add Atmel AT91/EB40 port, including flash and serial drivers.
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147 * Added HAL port to SEGA Dreamcast.
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148 Contributed by Takeshi Yaegashi <t@keshi.org>
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149 * Added port to Bright Star Engineering SA11x0 based Flexanet handheld board,
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150 including flash and ethernet support.
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151 Contributed by Jordi Colomer <jco@ict.es>
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152 * Added support for loading files from disk. Currently supports IDE drives
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153 with Linux EXT2 filesystems.
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154 * Added wallclock driver for DS12887
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155 * AM33 STB flash driver added.
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156 * C library now supports multiple locales with multibyte character set support,
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157 and the possibility of plugging in more. Current locales supported
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158 are now C, C-SJIS, C-EUCJP and C-JIS.
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159 * Major reorganization of x86 HAL. Support for RedBoot and PCI added, based on
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160 Fabrice Gautier's patches. i82559 ethernet driver added (Intel Etherexpress).
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161 Synthetic HAL redesigned and moved to separate hal/synth hierarchy.
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162 * Added ethernet drivers for SMSC lan91cxx
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163 * Added driver for Motorola PowerPC 8xxT "Fast Ethernet Controller".
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164 * Added support for Analogue & Micro "viper" - PowerPC 860T based
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165 board. Currently this is only alpha since full test farm testing
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166 has not yet been started. Includes RedBoot, Flash and FEC ethernet.
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167 * RedBoot and eCos ported to Bright Star Engineering nanoEngine
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168 StrongARM SA1110 board, including Flash, watchdog, serial, ethernet
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169 drivers and PCI support.
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170 * Added support for ARM Evaluator7T (e7t) board.
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171 * Ported to Compaq StrongARM SA1110 PocketPC (iPAQ), including keypad,
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172 touch screen, watchdog, FLASH, PCMCIA and Compact Flash drivers.
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173 Also includes RedBoot, with support for booting ARM Linux.
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174 Derived from an initial port by Richard Panton of 3G Lab.
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175 http://www.3glab.org/
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176 * Added flash verification checksums to RedBoot.
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177 * Added watchdog driver for Intel SA11x0 StrongARM.
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178 * Added generic Intel FlashFile 28Fxxx flash driver.
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179 * Added generic Intel StrataFLASH driver.
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180 * Support flash and ROMRAM startup for V850 HAL and Cosmo CEB board; also
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181 adding support for the NEC V850/SB1 CPU variant. Also support for
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182 thread debugging via ICE and gdbserv.
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183 * Added support for MIPS32/64 MIPS variants and Atlas platform, using both
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184 the MIPS32 4Kc and MIPS64 5Kc processor modules. Includes PCI, serial,
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185 ethernet and flash drivers. This is a RedBoot-only port at this time, not
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186 full eCos.
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187 * Added simple ROM based file system support, contributed by
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188 Richard Panton of 3G Lab.
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189 * Added support for MIPS PMC-Sierra RM7000 variant and Ocelot board, including
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190 PCI, ethernet and FLASH support.
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191 * Added gzip/zlib decompression support to RedBoot.
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192 * Added zlib decompression library.
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193 * GDB stubs no longer reboot the board in response to a 'k' packet. Instead
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194 from within GDB a "maintenance packet r" must be sent, followed by a
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195 "detach". Then you can reconnect to the board.a
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196 * Added generic AMD AM29xxxxx flash driver based on MBX driver, and make
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197 the MBX use it.
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198 * Added RedBoot support to PID target.
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199 * Added Atmel AT29C040 flash driver.
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200 * Added Intel XScale support with the IQ80310 Software Development and
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201 Processor Evaluation Kit. Support includes flash and ethernet drivers,
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202 and RedBoot support.
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203 * Added support for USB slave devices. This includes generic USB slave
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204 support, a device driver for the SA11x0 on-chip USB device, and an
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205 additional support package for developing USB-ethernet and similar
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206 peripherals.
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207 * Added POSIX cancellation points for the sigwait family of functions,
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208 pthread_join, pthread_cond_wait, pthread_cond_timedwait, sleep and
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209 nanosleep
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210 * Virtual vectors initialization can now be configured with a finer
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211 granularity. Diagnostic output should also appear on the same channel
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212 (possibly ethernet) as the application was launched from.
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213 * Added cyg_pci_find_matching() to PCI library API to allow more generalized
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214 matching on device properties.
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215 * ARM EBSA285 now configured to use virtual vectors all the time. Users with
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216 old GDB stub ROM images should upgrade to newer GDB stub ROM images, or
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217 better still to RedBoot.
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218 * Stack usage measurement has been added, with the functions
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219 pthread_measure_stack_usage() in the POSIX thread API and
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220 cyg_thread_measure_stack_usage() in the kernel C API.
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221 * Thread stack checking support added. See CYGFUN_KERNEL_THREADS_STACK_CHECKING
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222 in the kernel CDL for information.
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223 * Add syscall support to RedBoot for compatibility with newlib-based BSPs
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224 * Bridge support added to the PCI library. Use cyg_pci_configure_bus() to
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225 configure all busses.
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226 * Added a port to the Toshiba MIPS TX49 chip, with the REF4955 reference
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227 platform. This includes serial device driver and wallclock device driver
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228 support.
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229 * PowerPC 40x variant support added.
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230 * Added SH4 support. Split SH architecture HAL into variants in the process.
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231 * Added SH4/CQ7750 platform support [still untested]
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232 * Port to Intel SA1100 Multimedia evalulation board added, including serial
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233 device driver, FLASH driver and RedBoot support
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234 * FLASH driver added for PowerPC/MBX
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235 * sigsetjmp() and siglongjmp() added
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236 * A choice of getcwd() implementations have been added
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237 * SH serial driver cleanup. SCIF driver added. SCI and SCIF drivers are
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238 now separate packages. SCIF driver uses full FIFO and can utilize
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239 DMA for transmit operations.
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240 * Move logical ethernet "driver" into io/eth where the interface can be shared
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241 between multiple implementations, e.g. BSD TCP/IP and Red Boot's TCP/IP
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242 stacks.
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243 * RedBoot - the Red Hat Bootstrap ROM monitor has been added, initially
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244 supporting ARM-EDB7xxx, ARM-EBSA285, and ARM-Assabet boards. Provides
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245 serial and ethernet GDB debugging support, flash image management and flash
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246 booting, BOOTP/DHCP and TFTP boot support and a CLI interface.
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247 * Added PCMCIA and Compact Flash support, including drivers for the ARM-Assabet
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248 board.
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249 * Added generic FLASH memory support
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250 * Added flash memory support for ARM-EBSA285 and ARM-EDB7xxx boards
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251 * Added Compact Flash Ethernet driver
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252 * Hitachi SH7707a variant support added.
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253 * Support added for both software and hardware flow control with an initial
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254 version of the latter available only for the ARM PID board at present.
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255 * Loopback serial device driver added
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256 * POSIX termios support added for EL/IX level 1 compatibility
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257 * Improved dynamic memory management support in the memory allocator
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261 memory pools occupying all of remaining memory (as determined by the MLT).
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263 malloc (dlmalloc) has been included.
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264 * Plug-in filesystem support added, with a POSIX 1003.1 compatible API, found
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269 fileio infrastructure.
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273 system, and comments within the code explain specific points. This
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275 infrastructure.
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276 * Support added for POSIX 1003.1 threads, mutexes, semaphores, message queues,
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277 condition variables, clocks, timers and real-time signals in the POSIX
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278 compatibility package (part of the EL/IX compatibility initiative) found at
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279 compat/posix.
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280 * Kernel enhanced with Asynchronous Service Routines (ASRs) which are routines
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281 called back at the point a thread is scheduled.
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282 * Added (configurably) priority ceilings for kernel mutexes
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283 * Support sorted thread queues in kernel, rather than LIFO, controlled by the
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284 CYGIMP_KERNEL_SCHED_SORTED_QUEUES option.
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285 * The Kernel C API functions cyg_semaphore_wait() and cyg_cond_wait() now
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286 return booleans to indicate if the wait failed.
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287 * Added enhanced form of kernel message queue which is more flexible at runtime
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288 than mboxes - available in <cyg/kernel/mqueue.hxx>
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289 * Add a generic interface in <cyg/hal/hal_tables.h> to allow tables of
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290 data, particularly initialization data, to be included in an application
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291 image. This replaces the previous __DEVTAB__ and __NETDEVTAB__ references
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292 in linker scripts.
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293 * Most standard top-level header files now controlled by the "isoinfra"
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294 package
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295 * C library package split into separate packages on functional boundaries:
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296 i18n, setjmp, signals, startup, stdio, stdlib, time
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297 * Most targets now implement a standard form of "virtual vectors" - a
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298 mechanism to allow enhanced co-operation between ROM monitors and running
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299 applications. This allows the application to leave to the ROM things that
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300 the ROM supports rather than duplicating, including debug channels that may
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301 be via serial or ethernet. To take advantage of this, new GDB stub
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302 images/CygMon images should be programmed onto boards, although old images
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303 will continue to work - they will just not be able to use the new facilities.
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304 * DHCP support has been added to the TCP/IP support, in addition to the
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305 existing BOOTP support
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306 * CDL now supports type bool and booldata for interfaces
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307 * CDL now exports extra macros in header files, to indicate package version
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308 numbers
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309 * A port of the University of California at Davis (UCD) SNMP stack has been
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310 added
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311 * Hitachi SH7709A variant support added
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312 * NEC V85x architecture support added
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313 * NEC Cosmo CEB-V850/SA1 evaluation board platform HAL added
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314 * Serial device drivers added for systems based on NEC V850 SA1 (70F3017)
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315 or SB1 (70F3033) processors
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316 * Hitachi SH3 CqREEK (cq7708) platform HAL support added
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317 Contributed by Haruki Kashiwaya
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318 * Watchdog reworked much like wallclock.
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319 Common code and API in io/watchdog, simpler (smaller) low-level drivers in
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320 devs/watchdog/<arch>.
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321 * IO serial driver
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322 The common serial driver has been extended with a configurable option for
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323 a non-blocking read/write mode. It has also been given some new callbacks
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324 which allow low-level drivers to transfer data in blocks instead of as
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325 single characters.
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326 * SH HAL
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327 Now provides ROMRAM startup type, copying code and data to RAM before
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328 executing, improving performance at cost of memory.
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329 * IO serial drivers reworked by separating into distinct platform
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330 packages, making it simpler to implement new drivers.
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331 * WallClock reworked, making it simpler to implement new drivers.
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332 New drivers
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333 o SH3 RTC module
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335 -------- eCos 1.3.1 public net release:
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337 * New architectures and variants
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338 o ARM Thumb
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339 o ARM9
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340 o Hitachi SH3
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341 o Cirrus Logic CL-PS7111, EP72xx
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342 o Intel StrongARM
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343 o Matsushita AM33
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344 o NEC MIPS VR4300
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346 * New platforms
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347 o ARM AEB-1 rev C
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348 o ARM PID support extended: ARM9, Thumb and big-endian
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349 o Cirrus Logic EDB7xxx
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350 o Cogent CMA222 and CMA230 ARM boards. (CMA222 contributed by Mark Salter)
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351 o Hitachi EDK7708
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352 o Intel x86 PC (base port contributed by Patrick O'Grady)
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353 o Intel EBSA285
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354 o Matsushita STB
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355 o Motorola MBX evaluation board
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356 o NEC VRC4373
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358 * New hosts
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359 o Windows 2000 host support (beta)
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360 o Red Hat Linux 6.x (should work on other distributions, but only
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361 Red Hat Linux 6.x has been used for testing).
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363 * Configuration system revised
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364 o Tools based on GPL'd configuration library (only tested on
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365 Windows and Red Hat Linux 6.x)
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366 o Tools available for both Windows (graphical) and Linux (CLI).
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367 o Target side configuration much more flexible now, even though
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368 existing configuration data has not yet been changed to take full
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369 advantage of the new features.
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371 * TCP/IP stack and drivers [distributed in separate package]
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372 o OpenBSD based, supporting UDP, TCP and ICMP.
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373 o Motorola MBX (quicc) driver.
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374 o Cirrus Logic EDB7xxx driver.
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376 * PCI bus library
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377 o Simple API for configuring PCI resources.
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378 o Intel EBSA285 HAL implementation.
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379 o NEC VRC4373 HAL implementation.
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381 * New watchdog drivers
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382 o ARM AEB-1
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383 o Hitachi EDK7708
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384 o Intel EBSA285
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386 * Debugging
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387 o Stack monitoring
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388 The file <cyg/kernel/test/stackmon.h> defines some functions
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389 that can be used to profile stack usage.
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391 * API changes
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392 o KAPI
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393 include/kapi.h (cyg_thread_delete): is now a boolean function to
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394 indicate success. Failure is when the thread needs to run in
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395 order to become killed.
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397 * HAL changes
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398 o i386/linux
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399 The eCos idle loop will not load the host system anymore (except
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400 in special configurations, see linux_misc.c).
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401 o MIPS
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402 Split into arch/variant/platform hierarchy.
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403 o MN10300
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404 Split into arch/variant/platform hierarchy.
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405 o PowerPC
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406 Split into arch/variant/platform hierarchy.
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407 Major revamp of exception handling - _not_ backwards compatible
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408 (see vectors.S for the reasoning behind the change).
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409 o SPARClite
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410 Where supported by the targetted platform, it is now possible to
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411 use Multiple Vector Trapping (MVT).
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412 o ARM
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413 The ARM Multi-ICE JTAG debugging interface is now supported on the
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414 relevant platforms. eCos has also been extended to provide thread
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415 debugging when debugging via Multi-ICE.
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417 * CygMon
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418 o Integration of CygMon ROM monitor into eCos by porting it on top
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419 of the eCos HAL
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421 --------- eCos 1.2.1 public net release:
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423 * Architectures and variants
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424 o ARM7TDMI
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425 o Fujitsu SPARClite
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426 o Intel x86 [incomplete, unsupported]
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427 o Matsushita MN10300
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428 o Motorola PowerPC
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429 o Sharp LH77790 (ARM7DI core)
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430 o Toshiba TX39 (MIPS R3900 derivative)
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432 * Platforms
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433 o ARM PID7T board
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434 o ARM AEB-1 board (rev B)
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435 o Cogent CMA287-23 (MPC823), CMA287-50 (MPC850), CMA286-60 (MPC860)
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436 o Fujitsu MB8683x boards
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437 o Linux/x86 Synthetic Target
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438 o Matsushita standard evaluation board
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439 o Matsushita standard evaluation board simulator
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440 o Motorola FADS board [unsupported] (contributed by Kevin Hester)
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441 o PSIM - PowerPC architectural simulator
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442 o Toshiba JMR3904 evaluation board
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443 o Toshiba JMR3904 evaluation board simulator
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444 o SIS - SPARClite simulator [unsupported]
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446 * Hosts
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447 o Redhat Linux 4.2 and later
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448 o Solaris 2.5.1 and later
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449 o Windows NT 4.0SP3 and later
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450 o Windows 95/98 (Beta)