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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- The following areas of OpenOCD functionality changed in this release:
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- 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.
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- Target Layer:
- - New devices: AVR, FA526
- - Improved support: ARM ADI, ARM11, MIPS
- - Numerous other bug fixes and improvements
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- Flash Layer:
- - Improved drivers: mflash
- - New drivers: AT91SAM3, AVR, Davinci NAND
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- 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/'.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- For more details about what has changed since 0.1.0, see the ChangeLog
- associated with this release.
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- 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).
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