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@@ -5,12 +5,22 @@ other issues not mentioned here.
JTAG Layer:
FT2232H (high speed USB) support doesn't need separate configuration
+ New FT2232H JTAG adapters: Amontec, Olimex, Signalyzer
New reset_config options for SRST gating the JTAG clock (or not)
TAP declaration no longer requires ircapture and mask attributes
- New "post-reset" event handler for TAP-invariant setup code
+ Scan chain setup should be more robust, with better diagnostics
+ New TAP events:
+ "post-reset" for TAP-invariant setup code (TAPs not usable yet)
+ "setup" for use once TAPs are addressable (e.g. with ICEpick)
Overridable Tcl "init_reset" and "jtag_init" procedures
+ Simple "autoprobe" mechanism to help simplify server setup
+
+Boundary Scan:
+ SVF bugfixes ... parsing fixes, better STATE switch conformance
+ XSVF bugfixes ... be more correct, handle Xilinx tool output
Target Layer:
+ Warn on use of obsolete numeric target IDs
New commands for use with Cortex-M3 processors:
"cortex_m3 disassemble" ... Thumb2 disassembly (UAL format)
"cortex_m3 vector_catch" ... traps certain hardware faults
@@ -18,20 +28,28 @@ Target Layer:
If you're willing to help debug it
VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support
Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support
+ you may need to explicitly "reset" after connect-to-Beagle
New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table"
+ ARM
+ bugfixes to single-stepping Thumb code
+ ETM: unavailable registers are not listed
+ ETB, ETM: report actual hardware status
ARM9
name change: "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch"
ARM11
single stepping support for i.MX31
bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..."
- ETM support
- Unavailable registers are not listed
+ GDB support
+ gdb_attach command is gone
Flash Layer:
The lpc2000 driver handles the new NXP LPC1700 (Cortex-M3) chips
- New lpc2900 driver for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based)
+ New drivers:
+ lpc2900, for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based)
+ mx3_nand, for imx31
New "last" flag for NOR "flash erase_sector" and "flash protect"
The "nand erase N" command now erases all of bank N
+ Speed up davinci_nand by about 3x
Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
Amontec JTAGkey2 support
@@ -48,6 +66,8 @@ Documentation:
Notes on target source code changes that may help debugging
Build and Release:
+ Clean builds on (32-bit) Cygwin
+ Clean builds on 64-bit MinGW
For more details about what has changed since the last release,
see the ChangeLog associated with this source archive. For older NEWS,