NEWS

   1 This file includes highlights of the changes made in the
   2 OpenOCD 0.4.0 source archive release.  See the repository
   3 history for details about what changed, including bugfixes
   4 and other issues not mentioned here.
   5
   6 JTAG Layer:
   7         Support KT-Link JTAG adapter.
   8         Support USB-JTAG, Altera USB-Blaster and compatibles.
   9
  10 Boundary Scan:
  11 Target Layer:
  12         General
  13                 - new "reset-assert" event, for systems without SRST
  14         ARM
  15                 - renamed "armv4_5" command prefix as "arm"
  16                 - recognize TrustZone "Secure Monitor" mode
  17                 - "arm regs" command output changed
  18                 - register names use "sp" not "r13"
  19                 - add top-level "mcr" and "mrc" commands, replacing
  20                   various core-specific operations
  21                 - basic semihosting support
  22         ARM11
  23                 - Preliminary ETM and ETB hookup
  24                 - accelerated "flash erase_check"
  25                 - accelerated GDB memory checksum
  26                 - support "arm regs" command
  27                 - can access all core modes and registers
  28                 - watchpoint support
  29         Cortex-A8
  30                 - support "arm regs" command
  31                 - can access all core modes and registers
  32                 - supports "reset-assert" event (used on OMAP3530)
  33                 - watchpoint support
  34         Cortex-M3
  35                 - Exposed DWT registers like cycle counter
  36         ETM, ETB
  37                 - "trigger_percent" command moved ETM --> ETB
  38                 - "etm trigger_debug" command added
  39         Freescale DSP563xx cores (partial support)
  40
  41 Flash Layer:
  42         'flash bank' and 'nand device' take <bank_name> as first argument.
  43         With this, flash/NAND commands allow referencing banks by name:
  44                 - <bank_name>: reference the bank with its defined name
  45                 - <driver_name>[.N]: reference the driver's Nth bank
  46         New 'nand verify' command to check bank against an image file.
  47         The "flash erase_address" command now rejects partial sectors;
  48                 previously it would silently erase extra data.
  49         New at91sam9 NAND controller driver.
  50
  51 Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
  52         ARM9
  53                 - ETM and ETB hookup for iMX2* targets
  54         Add $HOME/.openocd to the search path.
  55
  56 Core Jim/TCL Scripting:
  57         New 'usage' command to provide terse command help.
  58         Improved command 'help' command output (sorted and indented).
  59         Improved command handling:
  60                 - Most boolean settings now accept any of the following:
  61                   on/off, enable/disable, true/false, yes/no, 1/0
  62                 - More error checking and reporting.
  63
  64 Documentation:
  65         New built-in command development documentation and primer.
  66
  67 Build and Release:
  68         Use --enable-doxygen-pdf to build PDF developer documentation.
  69         Consider upgrading to libftdi 0.17 if you use that library; it
  70                 includes bugfixes which improve FT2232H support.
  71
  72 For more details about what has changed since the last release,
  73 see the git repository history.  With gitweb, you can browse that
  74 in various levels of detail.
  75
  76 For older NEWS, see the NEWS files associated with each release
  77 (i.e. NEWS-<version>).
  78
  79 For more information about contributing test reports, bug fixes, or new
  80 features and device support, please read the new Developer Manual (or
  81 the BUGS and PATCHES files in the source archive).