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This file includes highlights of the changes made in the
OpenOCD 0.4.0 source archive release. See the repository
history for details about what changed, including bugfixes
and other issues not mentioned here.
JTAG Layer:
Support KT-Link JTAG adapter.
Boundary Scan:
Target Layer:
General
- new "reset-assert" event, for systems without SRST
ARM
- renamed "armv4_5" command prefix as "arm"
- recognize TrustZone "Secure Monitor" mode
- "arm regs" command output changed
- register names use "sp" not "r13"
- add top-level "mcr" and "mrc" commands, replacing
various core-specific operations
- basic semihosting support
ARM11
- Preliminary ETM and ETB hookup
- accelerated "flash erase_check"
- accelerated GDB memory checksum
- support "arm regs" command
- can access all core modes and registers
- watchpoint support
Cortex-A8
- support "arm regs" command
- can access all core modes and registers
- supports "reset-assert" event (used on OMAP3530)
- watchpoint support
Cortex-M3
- Exposed DWT registers like cycle counter
ETM, ETB
- "trigger_percent" command moved ETM --> ETB
- "etm trigger_debug" command added
Freescale DSP563xx cores (partial support)
Flash Layer:
'flash bank' and 'nand device' take <bank_name> as first argument.
With this, flash/NAND commands allow referencing banks by name:
- <bank_name>: reference the bank with its defined name
- <driver_name>[.N]: reference the driver's Nth bank
New 'nand verify' command to check bank against an image file.
The "flash erase_address" command now rejects partial sectors;
previously it would silently erase extra data.
New at91sam9 NAND controller driver.
Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
ARM9
- ETM and ETB hookup for iMX2* targets
Add $HOME/.openocd to the search path.
Core Jim/TCL Scripting:
New 'usage' command to provide terse command help.
Improved command 'help' command output (sorted and indented).
Improved command handling:
- Most boolean settings now accept any of the following:
on/off, enable/disable, true/false, yes/no, 1/0
- More error checking and reporting.
Documentation:
New built-in command development documentation and primer.
Build and Release:
Use --enable-doxygen-pdf to build PDF developer documentation.
Consider upgrading to libftdi 0.17 if you use that library; it
includes bugfixes which improve FT2232H support.
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).