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| Zephyr Kernel 1.8.0 |
| #################### |
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| We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.8.0. |
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| Major enhancements with this release include: |
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| * Tickless kernel |
| * IP Stack improvements |
| * Bluetooth 5.0 features |
| * Ecosystem: Tracing, debugging support through third-party tools (openocd, |
| Segger Systemview) |
| * Improved build support on Mac and Windows development environments |
| * Xtensa GCC support |
| * Initial implementation of MMU/MPU support |
| * Expanded device support |
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| The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component. |
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| Kernel |
| ****** |
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| * Use k_cycle_get_32 instead of sys_cycle_get_32 for Kernel |
| * Added k_panic() and k_oops() APIs for Kernel |
| * Added k_thread_create() API for Kernel |
| * Added k_queue API for Kernel |
| * Add tickless kernel support |
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| Architectures |
| ************* |
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| * arm: Update core to use struct k_thread |
| * arm: Added ARM MPU support |
| * dts: Added ARM CMSDK support |
| * arm: Added Initial support for NXP MPU |
| * arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF52832 SoC based boards |
| * arm: Fixed nRF52840-QIAA SoC support for device tree |
| * arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF52840 SoC & boards |
| * arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF51822 SoC & boards |
| * dts: Introduced st/mem.h for FLASH & SRAM sizes |
| * dts: Put IRQ priority into the interrupt property |
| * arm: Support for MKL25Z soc |
| * arm: Added FPU support |
| * x86: defined MMU data structures |
| * Support for ARC EM Starter Kit version 2.3 added |
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| Boards |
| ****** |
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| * Added qemu_xtensa board definition |
| * Added a more informative page fault handler x86 board |
| * xtensa: build similar to other Zephyr arches |
| * Define MMU data structures for x86 board |
| * Added support for board disco_l475_iot1 |
| * Added STM32F413 Nucleo board |
| * Added support for the CC3220SF_LAUNCHXL board |
| * Support for new ARM board FRDM-KL25Z |
| * arduino_101 board enable GPIO by default |
| * boards: convert to using newly introduced integer sized types |
| * arm: Added support for Nucleo L432KC board |
| * arm: Added support for STM32L496G Discovery board |
| * arm: Added support for STM32F469I-DISCO board |
| * BBC micro:bit: Added driver & API for the 5x5 LED display |
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| Drivers and Sensors |
| ******************* |
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| * UART interrupt-driver API is better defined |
| * Support for pull-style console API |
| * nRF5 IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver added |
| * KW41Z IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver added |
| * Added MCUX TRNG driver |
| * Added support for the SiFive Freedom E310 pinmux driver |
| * drivers/sensor: Convert formatter strings to use PRI defines |
| * Added lps22hb sensor driver |
| * Added lsm6dsl sensor driver |
| * Added heart rate sensor driver |
| * Added support for max30101 heart rate sensor |
| * Added support for lis2dh accelerometer |
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| Networking |
| ********** |
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| * HTTPS server support added |
| * HTTP Basic-Auth support added |
| * IPv6 fragmentation support added |
| * Add block wise support to CoAP for well-known response |
| * Big refactoring of network buffer handling |
| * Start to collect TCP statistics if enabled in config |
| * IEEE 802.15.4 security support added |
| * DNS resolver sample application added |
| * IPv6 multicast listener (MLDv2) support added |
| * NATS protocol sample application added |
| * HTTP client and server connectivity fixes |
| * Network samples Coverity fixes |
| * Network samples llvm compiler warning fixes |
| * MQTT publisher connectivity fixes |
| * 6lo IPv6 header compression fixes |
| * CoAP connectivity fixes |
| * DHCPv4 connectivity fixes |
| * TCP connectivity fixes |
| * DNS documentation and connectivity fixes |
| * IPv6 connectivity fixes |
| * IPv4 ARP fixes |
| * IEEE 802.15.4 configuration tweaking fixes |
| * Remove ORFD (Overly Reduced Function Device) 802.15.4 support |
| * Network offloading driver fixes |
| * Fix various memory leaks |
| * Properly check TCP and UDP checksum before accepting packet |
| * Start RX and TX network threads in proper order |
| * Network samples documentation fixes and clarifications |
| * RPL mesh routing fixes |
| * Network link (MAC) address fixes |
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| Bluetooth |
| ********* |
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| * Host: Added ATT and SMP packet tracking for flow control enforcement |
| * Host: GATT database changed to a linked list in preparation for dynamic allocation |
| * Bluetooth 5.0: The Controller reports itself as 5.0-capable |
| * Bluetooth 5.0: Introduced Channel Selection Algorithm #2 support |
| * Bluetooth 5.0: Added Multiple PHY support, both 2Mbit/s and long-range coded |
| * Bluetooth 5.0: Integrated Scan Request notifications |
| * Controller: Added Low Duty Cycle Directed Advertising support |
| * Controller: Added Scan duplicate filtering support |
| * Controller: Enforced complete role separation in the controller for smaller builds |
| * Controller: Introduced Advanced Controller configuration with several new Kconfig options |
| * Controller: Changed the radio interrupts to direct ISRs to reduce interrupt latency |
| * Added HCI Controller to Host flow control support in both Host and Controller |
| * BR/EDR: Added HFP (e)SCO audio channel establishment support |
| * BR/EDR: Added support for a functional SDP server |
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| Build and Infrastructure |
| ************************ |
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| * Support building host tools |
| * Added separate DTS target |
| * Added support for MSYS2 |
| * Use -O2 instead of -Os for ARC with SDK 0.9 |
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| Libraries |
| ********* |
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| * Added library for software driven I2C |
| * Created a HTTP library |
| * Added HTTP server library support |
| * Added minimal JSON library |
| * Update TinyCrypt to version 0.2.6 |
| * Added minimal JSON library |
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| HALs |
| **** |
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| * Added Atmel SAM family I2C (TWIHS) driver |
| * Added Atmel SAM serial (UART) driver |
| * Added WDT driver for Atmel SAM SoCs |
| * Added Atmel SAM4S SoC support |
| * Imported Nordic 802.15.4 radio driver |
| * Added Initial support for NXP MPU |
| * Updated QMSI to 1.4 RC4 |
| * Added FPU support |
| * Added basic support for STM32F413 |
| * Introduced STM32F4x DMA driver |
| * pinmux: stm32: Added support for Nucleo L432KC |
| * Added support for STM32L496G Discovery board |
| * Added dts for STM32F407 |
| * Added support for STM32F4DISCOVERY Board |
| * Added support for STM32F469XI |
| * Added support for STM32F469I-DISCO |
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| Documentation |
| ************* |
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| * Board documentation added for new board ports |
| * Added a board porting guide |
| * Added security sections to porting and user guides |
| * Continued migration of wiki.zephyrproject.org material to website and github wiki |
| * Improved CSS formatting and appearance of generated documents |
| * Added breadcrumb navigation header with kernel version number |
| * Updated getting started setup guides for Linux, Windows, and macOS |
| * Updates and additions to follow new and updated kernel features |
| * Broken link and spelling check scans |
| * Removed deprecated kernel documentation (pre 1.6 release) from website (still available in git repo if needed) |
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| Tests and Samples |
| ***************** |
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| * Added test to verify same tick timeout expiry order |
| * Added clock_test for kernel |
| * Added tickless tests |
| * Added a simple CC2520 crypto dev test |
| * Added combined observer & broadcaster app for Bluetooth samples |
| * Added support to wait both IPv4 and IPv6 |
| * Enabled tickless kernel option in some apps |
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| JIRA Related Items |
| ****************** |
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| .. comment List derived from Jira query: ... |
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| * :jira:`ZEP-248` - Add a BOARD/SOC porting guide |
| * :jira:`ZEP-339` - Tickless Kernel |
| * :jira:`ZEP-540` - add APIs for asynchronous transfer callbacks |
| * :jira:`ZEP-628` - Validate RPL Routing node support |
| * :jira:`ZEP-638` - feature to consider: flag missing functionality at build time when possible |
| * :jira:`ZEP-720` - Add MAX30101 heart rate sensor driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-828` - IPv6 - Multicast Join/Leave Support |
| * :jira:`ZEP-843` - Unified assert/unrecoverable error infrastructure |
| * :jira:`ZEP-888` - 802.15.4 - Security support |
| * :jira:`ZEP-932` - Adapt kernel sample & test projects |
| * :jira:`ZEP-948` - Revisit the timeslicing algorithm |
| * :jira:`ZEP-973` - Remove deprecated API related to device PM functions and DEVICE\_ and SYS\_* macros |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1028` - shrink k_block struct size |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1032` - IPSP router role support |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1169` - Sample mbedDTLS DTLS client stability on ethernet driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1171` - Event group kernel APIs |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1280` - Provide Event Queues Object |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1313` - porting and user guides must include a security section |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1326` - Clean up _THREAD_xxx APIs |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1388` - Add support for KW40 SoC |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1391` - Add support for Hexiwear KW40 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1392` - Add FXAS21002 gyroscope sensor driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1435` - Improve Quark SE C1000 ARC Floating Point Performance |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1438` - AIO: AIO Comparator is not stable on D2000 and Arduino101 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1463` - Add Zephyr Support in segger SystemView |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1500` - net/mqtt: Test case for the MQTT high-level API |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1528` - Provide template for multi-core applications |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1529` - Unable to exit menuconfig |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1530` - Hotkeys for the menu at the bottom of menuconfig sometimes doesn't work |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1568` - Replace arm cortex_m scs and scb functionality with direct CMSIS-core calls |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1586` - menuconfig: Backspace is broken |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1599` - printk() support for the '-' indicator in format string (left justifier) |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1607` - JSON encoding/decoding library |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1621` - Stack Monitoring |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1631` - Ability to use k_mem_pool_alloc (or similar API) from ISR |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1684` - Add Atmel SAM family watchdog (WDT) driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1695` - Support ADXL362 sensor |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1698` - BME280 support for SPI communication |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1711` - xtensa build defines Kconfigs with lowercase names |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1718` - support for IPv6 fragmentation |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1719` - TCP does not work with 6lo |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1721` - many TinyCrypt test cases only run on ARM and x86 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1722` - xtensa: TinyCrypt does not build |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1735` - Controller to Host flow control |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1759` - All python scripts needed for build should be moved to python 3 to minimize dependencies |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1761` - K_MEM_POOL_DEFINE build error "invalid register name" when built with llvm/icx from ISSM toolchain |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1769` - Implement Set Event Mask and LE Set Event Mask commands |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1772` - re-introduce controller to host flow control |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1776` - sending LE COC data from RX thread can lead to deadlock |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1785` - Tinytile: Flashing not supported with this board |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1788` - [REG] bt_enable: No HCI driver registered |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1800` - Update external mbed TLS library to latest version (2.4.2) |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1812` - Add tickless kernel support in HPET timer |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1816` - Add tickless kernel support in LOAPIC timer |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1817` - Add tickless kernel support in ARCV2 timer |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1818` - Add tickless kernel support in cortex_m_systick timer |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1821` - Update PM apps to use mili/micro seconds instead of ticks |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1823` - Improved Benchmarks |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1825` - Context Switching KPI |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1836` - Expose current ecb_encrypt() as bt_encrypt() so host can directly access it |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1856` - remove legacy micro/nano kernel APIs |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1857` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (bluetooth_handsfree) |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1866` - Add Atmel SAM family I2C (TWIHS) driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1880` - "samples/grove/temperature": warning raised when generating configure file |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1886` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/net/nbuf) |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1887` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api) |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1893` - openocd: 'make flash' works with Zephyr SDK only and fails for all other toolchains |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1896` - [PTS] L2CAP/LE/CFC/BV-06-C |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1899` - Missing board documentation for xtensa/xt-sim |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1908` - Missing board documentation for arm/nucleo_96b_nitrogen |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1910` - Missing board documentation for arm/96b_carbon |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1927` - AIO: AIO_CMP_POL_FALL is triggered immediately after aio_cmp_configure |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1935` - Packet loss make RPL mesh more vulnerable |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1936` - tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api/testcase.ini#test_spi - Assertion Fail |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1946` - Time to Next Event |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1955` - Nested interrupts crash on Xtensa architecture |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1959` - Add Atmel SAM family serial (UART) driver |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1965` - net-tools HEAD is broken for QEMU/TAP |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1966` - Doesn't seem to be able to both send and receive locally via local address |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1968` - "make mrproper" removes top-level dts/ dir, makes ARM builds fail afterwards |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1980` - Move app_kernel benchmark to unified kernel |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1984` - net_nbuf_append(), net_nbuf_append_bytes() have data integrity problems |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1990` - Basic support for the BBC micro:bit LED display |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1993` - Flowcontrol Required for CDC_ACM |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1995` - samples/subsys/console breaks xtensa build |
| * :jira:`ZEP-1997` - Crash during startup if co-processors are present |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2008` - Port tickless idle test to unified kernel and cleanup |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2009` - Port test_sleep test to unified kernel and cleanup |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2011` - Retrieve RPL node information through CoAP requests |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2012` - Fault in networking stack for cores that can't access unaligned memory |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2013` - dead object monitor code |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2014` - Default samples/subsys/shell/shell fails to build on QEMU RISCv32 / NIOS2 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2019` - Xtensa port does not compile if CONFIG_TICKLESS_IDLE is enabled |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2027` - Bluetooth Peripheral Sample won't pair with certain Android devices |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2029` - xtensa: irq_offload() doesn't work on XRC_D2PM |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2033` - Channel Selection Algorithm #2 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2034` - High Duty Cycle Non-Connectable Advertising |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2037` - Malformed echo response |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2048` - Change UART "baud-rate" property to "current-speed" |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2051` - Move away from C99 types to zephyr defined types |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2052` - arm: unhandled exceptions in thread take down entire system |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2055` - Add README.rst in the root of the project for github |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2057` - crash in tests/net/rpl on qemu_x86 causing intermittent sanitycheck failure |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2061` - samples/net/dns_resolve networking setup/README is confusing |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2064` - RFC: Making net_shell command handlers reusable |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2065` - struct dns_addrinfo has unused fields |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2066` - nitpick: SOCK_STREAM/SOCK_DGRAM values swapped compared to most OSes |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2069` - samples: net: dhcpv4_client: runs failed on frdm k64f board |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2070` - net pkt doesn't full unref after send a data form bluetooth's ipsp |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2076` - samples: net: coaps_server: build failed |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2077` - Fix IID when using CONFIG_NET_L2_BLUETOOTH_ZEP1656 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2080` - No reply from RPL node after 20-30 minutes. |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2092` - [NRF][BT] Makefile:946: recipe for target 'include/generated/generated_dts_board.h' failed |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2114` - tests/kernel/fatal : Fail for QC1000/arc |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2125` - Compilation error when UART1 port is enabled via menuconfig |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2132` - Build samples/bluetooth/hci_uart fail |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2138` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2143` - Compilation Error on Windows 10 with MSYS2 |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2152` - Xtensa crashes on startup for cores with coprocessors |
| * :jira:`ZEP-2178` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen |
