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== '''2010-08-02''' Xenomai 2.5.4 == [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.5.4.tar.bz2 Download] Changes summary: * Various bug fixes. * Improvements: ** so-called MAYDAY support, which should allow Xenomai watchdog to work less brutally (namely, avoid killing the tasks occupying too much CPU, and send them a signal), and be the base for a new version of user-space signals in the 2.6 branch. ** a lot of them for the analogy framework. For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5.4 git shortlog]. == '''2010-05-05''' Xenomai 2.5.3 == [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.5.3.tar.bz2 Download] Changes summary: * bug fixes: ** fix compilation issues with uclibc ** fix a stack overflow due to the stack faulting code on powerpc ** fix of a regression in the RPI code introduced by a clueless RPI * other improvements: ** ARM I-pipe patchs for more recent kernel versions, with support for new platforms, ARM imx51 based Babbage board and OMAP3 based IGEPv2 board, and some fixes in ARM VFP code; ** RTDM, reverted using the "conforming" mode bit for RTDM syscalls to the "current" mode bit, adding an rtdm_is_rt_capable service for driver such as analogy which need the "current" mode behaviour, as well as fixes in analogy to use that new service; deprecated the rt handlers for open and close, dropped them in the in-tree drivers, reworked the close code to be more friendly; ** Debian packaging, upgrade to the level of Debian package version 2.5.2-2. For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5.3 git shortlog]. == '''2010-03-28''' Xenomai 2.5.2 == [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.5.2.tar.bz2 Download] Changes summary: * important fixes: ** silent memory corruption induced by the "u_mode" feature; ** bad return values of posix and native condition variables (also add some unit tests for condition variables, to allow tracking regressions); ** fix error handling in xnintr_detach(). * other improvements: ** a new --with-testdir option allowing to install xenomai testsuite programs in a special directory, to avoid collision with other programs; ** a bunch of improvements from the analogy branch; ** made a libxenomai library factoring the code common between all skins, with a change in the xeno-config script, making it simpler to use (you now pass the script the skin for which you are compiling, and the output ldflags contain the name of all libraries); ** get the select syscall more in-line with the behaviour dictated by the POSIX spec. For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5.2 git shortlog]. == '''2010-02-03''' Xenomai 2.5.1 == [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.5.1.tar.bz2 Download] Changes summary: * a few fixes (you should find more details in the mailing list archives): ** RPI under extreme conditions; ** skins reference counting; ** stack size issues and main thread stack faulting; ** rtdk behaviour with fork and exit; ** arm arith routines with old binutils version; ** arm mm switching; ** include order issues on uclibc/arm; ** compilation with static libraries. * I-pipe patch fixes and new versions, asm wrappers upgrades to cope with new patches: ** x86 stall flag/interrupt flags issue with faults in primary mode; ** arm i-cache disabling in idle routine on arm926ejs; ** prepare support for upcoming 2.6.33 kernel. * drivers update: ** rtcan, including new support for powerpc platforms; ** analogy, including a new s526 driver contributed by Simon Boulay. For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5.1 git shortlog]. == '''2010-01-01''' Xenomai 2.5.0 == [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.5.0.tar.bz2 Download] The most notable change in the Xenomai core since the 2.4.x series, is the introduction of an extensible scheduler framework. This provides a common interface for adding new real-time scheduling classes. Aside of the original FIFO and RR ones, this framework supports two new classes: * a time partitioning policy (TP, typically usable for implementing the arinc653 spec). * the POSIX sporadic server policy (PSS). Performance-wise, 2.5.0 brings three major updates (and a number of smaller optimizations all over the map too): * fast real-time mutexes in user-space. Just like with mainline kernel futexes, mutual exclusion in primary mode can now be obtained without any system call most of the time. The POSIX and native Xenomai APIs use them. * tunable unlocked context switching, as a way to significantly reduce interrupt latency when required. By allowing real-time IRQs to preempt both the Linux kernel and the Xenomai core safely while any of them performs a context switch, the interrupt latency is significantly improved for some architectures, like armv4/armv5, as they must bear the VIVT cache affliction. * a new set of 64/96 bit arithmetics, optimized per-architecture, have been introduced. Because they are involved in various time-critical operations, the performance gain is noticeable on low end platforms. Most APIs have been extended in a way or another. POSIX, native, VxWorks, RTDM got new services or features, to better support developers. The existing RTDM driver set got its share of updates as well, such as the CAN layer. 2.5.0 also introduces a real-time IPC driver, implementing various socket-based protocols, for exchanging data between Xenomai threads and regular Linux tasks, or within the Xenomai domain. The largest piece of work merged in 2.5.0 is without any doubt the Analogy framework. This is a lively DAQ framework based on RTDM, with a short migration path offered for rebasing Comedi drivers over a modern infrastructure. Ultimately, Analogy over RTDM will allow us to run all of our DAQ drivers over a mainline kernel as well. And finally, 2.5.0 brings in a nios2 port. This makes Xenomai 2.5.0 available for seven architectures: * ARM * Blackfin * Nios2 * PowerPC 32/64 * x86 32/64 One more thing, Gilles is the release maintainer for the 2.5.x series, and will be in charge of keeping the maintenance cycle alive for this one. This will allow me to focus on 3.x. For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5.0 git shortlog]. == '''2009-10-28''' Xenomai 2.5-rc4 == Here is 2.5-rc4. Most of the new stuff comes from the Analogy DAQ framework which eventually made its way to 2.5. RTCAN support for SJA1000 based PCI cards has been introduced as well. The rest is bug fixing all over the place. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.5-rc4.tar.bz2 Download] For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5-rc4 git shortlog]. == '''2009-10-28''' Xenomai 2.4.10 == Here is the tenth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.10.tar.bz2 Download] For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.4.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.4.10 git shortlog]. == '''2009-09-01''' Xenomai 2.5-rc3 == Here is -rc3, bug fixes are literally all over the map, with a special mention for closing several powerpc and ARM FPU-related issues. The new "buffer" IPC support from the native API (RT_BUFFER) should now be working properly as well. As usual, I-pipe patches have been upgraded for all supported architectures. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.5-rc3.tar.bz2 Download] For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5-rc3 git shortlog]. == '''2009-09-01''' Xenomai 2.4.9.1 == We had a couple of brown paper bag issues in v2.4.9, particularly in the interrupt pipeline for the ARM port, but also a time conversion bug which basically affects any architecture with high frequency CPUs (x86-ers, this one is for you). So, here is v2.4.9.1 to fix those bugs: [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.9.1.tar.bz2 Download] For detailed commit logs, see [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.4.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.4.9.1 git shortlog]. == '''2009-08-19''' Xenomai 2.4.9 == Here is the ninth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch: [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.9.tar.bz2 Download] Special note to PowerPC (32/64) users: the FPU management code has been sanitized an awful lot in this release compared to 2.4.8 and earlier for this architecture. Really. Several bugs which may badly break the floating-point registers state "in some circumstances" have been fixed. Therefore I would strongly recommend to upgrade your Xenomai baseline to 2.4.9, and ideally, kernel 2.6/powerpc users should also move their I-pipe support to 2.6.30-2.7-00, or at the very least backport _both_ of the following patches, in that order, to their kernel tree: 1. http://git.denx.de/?p=ipipe-2.6.git;a=blobdiff;f=arch/powerpc/kernel/fpu.S;h=503de51bed94cc2fc4d17b4342885d0329ba5c1b;hp=2436df33c6f4433d7e7f54b88caad6ba570cf3f6;hb=4a9cffba3407f1238646847aad06712d8952a310;hpb=4d121ab41bda8a269c20b0a1077af8f3ef400105 2. http://git.denx.de/?p=ipipe-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=0024416dcce817854cbf80eff420b21ef615672c;hp=d0353a6d1b4b4af7f6990dfa27055c799b3756a9 People running a 2.4.25 kernel (the only one officially supported by Xenomai from the legacy 2.4/ppc kernel series) should definitely upgrade to the following I-pipe patch, to close a few important issues, including the FPU ones: [http://download.gna.org/adeos/patches/v2.4/ppc/adeos-ipipe-2.4.25-ppc-DENX-2.2-01.patch adeos-ipipe-2.4.25-ppc-DENX-2.2-01] Panic mode mitigation: This is a PowerPC-related issue only. Other architectures were not affected by those bugs. You have been warned. Not scared enough? Ok. See the [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.4.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.4.9 short log] for v2.4.9. == '''2009-06-18''' Xenomai 2.5-rc2 == After two months since -rc1 — which is way too long, I know — there is no point in delaying 2.5-rc2 any longer, so here it is. Download here: [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.5-rc2.tar.bz2 Xenomai 2.5-rc2] Since -rc1, we mainly focused on solving multiple interrupt pipeline issues for x86, introducing optimizations in core arithmetic helpers, and eventually adding new supported platforms to the powerpc port. And as usual, fixes are all over the map. x86-wise(32/64), if you happen to run any I-pipe release in SMP mode, prior to Linux 2.6.28.9, and/or earlier than 2.2-07, you should definitely upgrade to a more recent version. Really. Regarding powerpc, we now officially support powerpc32/SMP, in addition to powerpc64/SMP we have been supporting for quite some time now. The first powerpc32/SMP platform Xenomai officially supports is Emerson's MVME7100, which is based on a dual core MPC8641D. There are things brewing in the ARM world, particularly an omap3 port, but this is not ready for prime time yet (ETA is -rc3). Stay tuned. Finally, Blackfin users may want to know that we will be tracking Mike Frysinger's tree from now on: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vapier/blackfin.git. On this architecture, the I-pipe bits should be on their way to 2.6.31 mainline already, so Blackfin is actually ahead of everyone else with respect to kernel support. Official support available with -rc2 is still based on 2.6.28.10 though, from the Blackfin project SVN/GIT mirror (see ksrc/arch/blackfin/patches/README for more). Btw, more information regarding which hardware Xenomai supports is available from: *[http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Embedded_Device_Support Embedded Device Support] *[http://www.xenomai.org/index.php/Other_Hardware_Support Other Hardware Support] Oh, last point: 2.5-rc2 has a decent stability record among Xenomai maintainers, but as usual, let me emphasize the obvious: at the end of the day, only _you_ can make sure the upcoming 2.5 will work for you, and unless you feel insanely lucky these days or simply don't care about upgrading, you should not wait for 2.5.0 to perform that check. Here is the [http://git.xenomai.org/?p=xenomai-2.5.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/tags/v2.5-rc2 short log]. == '''2009-05-29''' Xenomai 2.4.8 == Here is the eighth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Suppress switch warning upon signal receipt when the process is being debugged. ** Fix host tick propagation. ** Prevent early timer shots due to rounding imprecision. ** Fix computation of heap overhead. ** Move xnarch_set_irq_affinity out of intr lock. ** Introduce channel information in LTTng markers. *'''posix''' ** Fix access checks in select(). ** Fix errnoneous -EINVAL error return with mmap() of non page-aligned length. *'''native''' ** Fix message pipe streaming mode. ** Make optimized tsc<->ns conversion routines available to user-space. *'''vxworks''' ** Add missing rescheduling in semaphore deletion code. *'''vrtx''' ** Fix sc_[e]tcreate(). ** Rework mutex support. *'''powerpc''' ** Do not restore ALTIVEC/SPE regs for kernel threads. ** Port to Emerson's MVME7100 dual core SBC. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.29.4-powerpc-DENX-2.6-00. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.29-arm-1.13-00. *'''x86''' ** Fix miscompilation of __do_strncpy_from_user(). ** Yet another round of FPU management fixes. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.29.4-x86-2.4-01. *'''blackfin''' * Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.28.10-blackfin.git-1.10-00. *'''can''' ** ixxat-pci: fix problems with device probing. ** ixxat-pci: disambiguate PCI device id. ** mscan: fix build problems with recent kernel versions. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.8.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2009-04-18 Xenomai v2.5-rc1 == Here is the first candidate release for the v2.5.x branch. The following short log only lists the most significant evolutions. Lots of optimizations, cleanups and bug fixes all over the map. *'''nucleus''' ** Introduce extensible scheduler framework based on scheduling classes. ** Introduce temporal partitioning scheduling class (TP). ** Introduce POSIX sporadic server scheduling class (PSS). ** Refactor round-robin scheduling class (RR). ** Allow round-robin scheduling over aperiodic timing. ** Introduce fast synchronization object to support fast real-time mutexes in user-space. ** Introduce support for unlocked context switching. ** Introduce key-less anonymous object registration. ** Remove interrupt shield support (former CONFIG_XENO_OPT_ISHIELD). ** Introduce debug option to detect mutexes held in relaxed sections (CONFIG_XENO_OPT_DEBUG_SYNCH_RELAX). ** Optimize time/tsc conversion (replace divisions with reciprocal multiplications) *'''native''' ** Introduce fast real-time mutexes in user-space. ** Introduce FIFO monitoring (rt_pipe_monitor). ** Extend rt_task_inquire() to return the task name. ** Introduce a new set of services providing timeouts as absolute timespecs (i.e. rt_*_until()). *'''posix''' ** Introduce fast real-time mutexes in user-space. *'''comedi''' ** Introduce RTDM-based Comedi interface support. This is work in progress. *'''vxworks''' ** Introduce taskInfoGet(). ** Various fixes. *'''psos''' ** Various fixes. *'''vrtx''' ** Various fixes. ** Streamline mutex support. *'''testsuite''' ** Introduce unit tests for internals. ** Complete coverage of switchtest. *'''generic''' ** Use new I-pipe's fast ops for IRQ propagation when present. *'''powerpc''' ** Introduce optimized arithmetics for time manipulation. ** Introduce support for the MPC5121-ADS platform. ** Upgrade support to 2.6.29. *'''blackfin''' ** Enable generic stack pool for kernel theads. ** Introduce optimized arithmetics for time manipulation. ** Upgrade support to 2.6.28. *'''arm''' ** Introduce optimized arithmetics for time manipulation. ** Introduce VFP support. ** Introduce support for the MXC family. ** Upgrade support to 2.6.28. *'''x86''' ** Fix and optimize FPU handling. ** Rework NMI support. ** Upgrade support to 2.6.29. *'''ia64''' ** Support discontinued. *'''rtdk''' ** Various fixes and cleanups. ** Introduce assert_context wrappers for early detection of Linux syscalls invoked from primary mode. *'''debian''' ** allow dpkg-cross to cross-compile binary packages. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.5-rc1.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2009-02-26''' Xenomai 2.4.7 == Here is the seventh maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Fix multiple issues in the message pipe support (memory leak, latency peak, oops on disconnect). ** Fix GDB support issue with shadow threads in ready state. ** Fix missed rescheduling after sched unlock. ** Fix auto-cleanup sequence of shared heaps. ** Run start hook for shadow threads as well. *'''native''' ** Fix memory leak (rt_queue_write). ** Fix auto-cleanup sequence of queues and shared heaps. *'''posix''' ** Check for mmap64/ftruncate64 availability (uClibc). *'''powerpc''' ** Fix race in timer request code. ** Fix busy count in timer release code. ** Fix early timer shots on PA-Semi. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.28.5-powerpc-DENX-2.4-04. ** Add support for the mpc5121-ads platform (2.6.24.6 based). *'''arm''' ** Fix race in timer request code. ** Implement FCSE via Adeos 2.6.2{6,7,8}-arm-1.12-00 series. *'''x86''' ** Fix race in timer request code. ** Fix FPU backup clobbering. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.27.19-x86-2.2-06, 2.6.28.7-x86-2.2-06. *'''blackfin''' ** Fix race in timer request code. ** Do not force -mfdpic on user-space libraries. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2008R1.5-RC3-bf5xx-1.8-00, 2.6.28-blackfin.git-1.9-00. *'''testsuite''' ** Add stress mode to switchtest. ** Fix restart issue in klatency (NOTE: local ABI breakage. The klatency binary will not work with klat modules from older releases, and conversely, klatency binaries from older releases won't work with the klat module available with 2.4.7 and on). See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.7.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2008-11-11''' Xenomai 2.4.6.1 == Emergency fix for x86_32/64 uniprocessor configurations based on the 2.6.27 kernel. *'''x86''' ** Update Adeos support to 2.6.27-x86-2.1-02. == '''2008-11-10''' Xenomai 2.4.6 == Here is the sixth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Detect and use fixed ATOMICSWITCH support when available from the I-pipe layer. ** Get highmem working with shared heaps. ** Message pipes: *** fix handling of concurrent read/write sleep states on the same pipe. *** fix O_SYNC support. *** fix context unwinding upon signal receipt while reading. *** enable blocking write upon memory starvation. *'''native''' ** Fix spurious -EBUSY error upon queue and heap deletion calls. *'''posix''' ** Allow 64 bits offsets with mmap and ftruncate. *'''vrtx''' ** Fix TCB pointer indexing. *'''vxworks''' ** Add taskSetMode() extension. *'''rtdk''' ** Fix cleanup code. *'''can''' ** Iron socket deregistration code. ** Fix mpc52xx/mscan build for kernels > 2.6.24 *'''powerpc''' ** Fix vma protection bits to access physical memory via rtdm_iomap_to_user() (e.g. PCI resources). ** Update Adeos support to 2.6.26-powerpc-2.2-07. *'''arm''' ** Provide VFP support. ** Add support for MXC CPU family. ** Provide TSC emulation for fast wrapping hardware timers. ** Update Adeos support to 2.6.26-arm-1.11-02. *'''x86''' ** Update Adeos support to 2.6.26.7-x86-2.0-16, 2.6.27-x86-2.1-01. *'''blackfin''' ** Update Adeos support to 2008R1-bf5xx-1.7-04. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.6.tar.bz2 Archive] available on gna repository. == '''2008-08-19''' Xenomai 2.4.5 == Here is the fifth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** xnpipe_poll: fix race (message pipe poll/select support). ** Fix memory overwrite when reading /proc/xenomai/stat. ** xnsleep_sleep_on: fix early timeouts (ownership preemption). ** request_syscall_restart: send SIGXCPU for interrupted syscalls as well. ** Fix type used for stat counters. *'''native''' ** rt_heap_delete, rt_queue_delete: Fix -EBUSY case. *'''psos''' ** tm_get: Fix ticks to date conversion. ** t_mode: Fix update mask. ** pt_create: Fix 64bit issue. Fix memory overwrite. *'''vxworks''' ** errnoOfTaskGet/Set(): get/set the per-task errno value (as expected). *'''powerpc''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.26. ** Add support for MPC836x. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.26. *'''x86''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.26. *'''can''' ** Fix conflict with 2.6.26 kernels ("can_clock" module parameter). See the ChangeLog for details and see gna repository to [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.5.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2008-06-08''' Xenomai 2.4.4 == Here is the fourth maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Prevent drifts between large calculated versus measured dates. ** Fix potential deadlock on SMP when ptracing shadow threads. ** Thaw timers when a ptraced shadow thread exits. ** Fix race introduced by xnsynch ownership preemption. ** Fix RPI update. ** Fix priority propagation issue with mixed interfaces. ** Fix compilation issues with uClibc. *'''native''' ** Output outstanding number of heap mappings from the registry. ** Fix tiny memory leak for rt_task_self(). ** Ensure rt_task_suspend() returns -EINTR upon signal receipt. ** Allow rt_task_sleep_until() to sleep indefinitely (TM_INFINITE). ** Fix rt_task_send() in the non-blocking case (TM_NONBLOCK). ** Documentation updates. *'''posix''' ** Fix pthread_cond_init(), pthread_mutex_init() for NULL attributes. ** Restart silently upon EINTR error. ** Fix signal handling when directed at shadow threads. ** Fix recursion count of mutex after suspension on a condvar. *'''psos''' ** Fix calendar date to ticks conversion. ** Return ERR_NOBUF when required. ** Fix system call number of tm_evevery service. *'''vxworks''' ** Make sem_give() a conforming syscall. ** Make semaphore support callable from non-VxWorks tasks. ** Rework mutex support. ** Provide taskInfoGet() service. ** Fix byte count in msgQReceive() wrapper. *'''powerpc''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.25. ** Add legacy ppc/ branch support to 2.6.20. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.25. *'''blackfin''' ** Resync on 2008R1 (kernel 2.6.22). Add support for bf54x and bf52x. *'''x86''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.25. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.4.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2008-03-24''' Xenomai 2.4.3 == Here is the third maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Do not terminate the entire process upon shadow deletion. ** Assume a CPU migration may happen before xnshadow_start() is issued for an emerging thread. ** Backport synchronous I/O multiplexing support (e.g. select() for RTDM file descriptors). ** Introduce private stack pool for kernel threads. *'''native''' ** Mark rt_task_delete() as a low stage call as required by the implementation. ** Make sure pthread resources are claimed upon task self-deletion. ** Fix severe issues in rt_cond_wait(). *'''vxworks''' ** Add missing auto-cleanup support for message queues and semaphores. ** Fix error path in taskSpawn(). *'''posix''' ** Fix error path for mq_notify(). ** Add select() service. *'''rtdm''' ** Add support for monitoring multiple file descriptors synchronously. *'''x86''' ** Update Adeos support to 2.6.24-2.0-04. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.24-1.9-01. *'''powerpc''' ** Assume that CPU_FTR_SPE may not exist in outdated kernels. ** Do not scatter main heap memory over 128Kb anymore (allows large system heap within a single contiguous address space). ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.20-1.7-13, 2.6.24-2.1-01. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.3.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2008-02-11''' Xenomai 2.4.2 == Here is the second maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''x86''' ** Fix tick interrupt setup and related accounting when <tt>CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS</tt> is disabled. ** Fix race when releasing the timer. ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20.21/i386, 2.6.23/i386 and 2.6.23/x86_64. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.24/x86 final. *'''powerpc''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20/powerpc and 2.6.23/powerpc. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.24/powerpc over DENX-v2.6.24-stable (all-in-one patch also supporting the legacy ppc32 arch). *'''16550''' ** Set correct bit in IER to enable modem status IRQs. *'''clocktest''' ** Fix soft-lockups due to randomization of measurement thread delays. ** Avoid races when storing time warps. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.2.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2008-01-01''' Xenomai 2.4.1 == Here is the first maintenance release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Close SMP race window in message pipe's read-side. ** Prevent the task startup completion code to hold the nucleus lock. *'''psos''' ** Fix t_mode(). *'''native''' ** Fix auto-cleanup issue of I/O regions in non-pervasive mode. *'''can''' ** Fix device deregistration when refcounting is disabled. ** Fix build issue with shared interrupt support. *'''powerpc''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20/powerpc and 2.6.23/powerpc. *'''x86''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20/i386, 2.6.23/i386 and 2.6.23/x86_64. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.24-rc6 (I-pipe 2.0/x86 series with combined i386+x86_64 support). [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.1.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-12-09''' Xenomai 2.3.5 == Here is the latest release from the v2.3.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Fix broken select() on a message pipe. ** Fix computation of overhead due to heap meta-data. ** Properly recycle empty bucketed pages to the free list. ** Sanitize heap size rounding at call sites. *'''posix''' ** Fix pthread_cond_wait(). *'''native''' ** Fix rt_queue_read() error path causing unexpected message deletion. *'''can''' ** Support CONFIG_PPC_MERGE for resource management. *'''powerpc''' ** Integrated 32/64bit I-pipe support against 2.6.23/powerpc (i.e. CONFIG_PPC_MERGE). ** Backported 32bit I-pipe support against 2.6.23/ppc. ** Add a set of EVB-specific calibration values. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade to I-pipe 2.6.20/1.8 series. *'''i386''' ** Upgrade to I-pipe 2.6.20.21/1.11 series. *'''blackfin''' ** Combined bf5xx support (bf533, bf537, bf561) against 2.6.23. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.5.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-12-08''' Xenomai 2.4.0 == Here is Xenomai v2.4.0. This stable milestone aims at more flexibility, increased portability, and lesser latency. This serves the ultimate goal of making Xenomai the platform of choice for migrating applications from traditional RTOS to Linux. *'''Major nucleus updates''' ** massive refactoring of the timer sub-system. ** introduce timebases at the core of the time-keeping code. ** support for generic clock events (CONFIG_GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS). ** recognize RT-capable group for controlling access to the Xenomai core. ** overhauled LTT support, rebased on the common trace marker infrastructure. ** add synchronous I/O mode to message pipes (O_SYNC). *'''Major architecture updates''' ** x86_64 port ** powerpc: HAL sanitization; support for PA-SEMI's PA6T; integrated 32/64bit I-pipe support against 2.6.23/powerpc (i.e. CONFIG_PPC_MERGE); backported 32bit I-pipe support against 2.6.23/ppc. ** ARM: AT91 support (armv4 and armv5); IXM21 upgrade; support for EABI. ** blackfin: combined bf5xx support (bf533, bf537, bf561) against 2.6.23. ** i386: massive HAL refactoring and sanitization; upgrade to 2.6.23. *'''Major skin-related work''' ** posix: mq code reworked for efficiency; harden more clock-related services; add pthread_kill() syscall. ** RTDM: add timer interface; provide automatic cleanup of open file descriptors on process termination. ** native: allow cross-API calls to blocking services; auto-cleanup support (reclaim orphan resources upon process exit); introduce I/O region descriptors to support user-space mapping of I/O-port and MMIO regions. ** pSOS: expose tm_* calls to user-space; add convenience extensions. ** rtai: Provide support for shared memory services. *'''Driver updates''' ** improved Linux Socket-CAN compatibility (CAN_RAW protocol); CAN filter inversion; add support for bus error interrupts. ** 16550A: add support for MMIO accesses; provide control over break signal; add PnP awareness. *'''Misc''' **rtdk: introduce a collection of utilities aimed at forming a Real-Time Development Kit for userland usage. Starts with a set of non-intrusive (latency-wise) *printf() services. *'''Bug fixes all over the map''' [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.4.0.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-11-26''' Xenomai 2.4-rc7 == Here is the seventh candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. *'''nucleus''' ** Clear wchan when failing to suspend a thread due to preposterous timeout value. ** Report configured timer and clock device. ** Recycle empty bucketed pages to the global free page list. *'''powerpc''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade Adeos support to the 1.8 series. *'''x86''' ** Rebase Adeos/2.6.20 support on the stable series (2.6.20.21). ** Upgrade Adeos/i386 support for 2.6.20.x and 2.6.23. ** Upgrade Adeos/x86_64 support for 2.6.23. *'''posix''' ** Fix mq_timedsend() in case no receiver is present. ** Fix error paths upon failure to init skin. *'''debian''' ** Adapt to x86* merge. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc7.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-11-13''' Xenomai 2.4-rc6 == Here is the sixth candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. *'''nucleus''' ** LTT support overhaul. ** Fix select() breakage with message pipes. ** Return EOF condition to the real-time side when the Linux peer closes the message pipe. *'''i386, x86_64 => x86''' ** Merge i386 and x86_64 arch-dep support as x86. ** Update Adeos/i386 support for 2.6.20, 2.6.22 and 2.6.23. *'''posix''' ** Fix pthread_cond_*wait() handling of signal receipt. *'''native''' ** Fix API for requesting I/O regions; add support for IOMEM space. See API.CHANGES for more. ** Allow rt_task_inquire() to only probe for the existence of a task. *'''psos''' ** Provide tm_getc() service to get the count of elapsed ticks for the pSOS timebase. *'''rtai''' ** Set up default CPU affinity for tasks. ** Fix shared memory allocation for small heap sizes. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc6.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-10-28''' Xenomai 2.4-rc5 == Here is the fifth candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. *'''nucleus''' ** Enforce CPU affinity unconditionally. ** Allow for daisy chains of periodic tick handlers. ** Fix rounding and minimum value of mappable heap size. *'''blackfin''' ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.23. ** Add support for the bf561. *'''powerpc''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20 and 2.6.23. *'''i386''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20, 2.6.22 and 2.6.23. *'''x86_64''' ** Fix the interrupt filter when the shield is in effect. ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.22 and 2.6.23. *'''testsuite''' ** Freeze the current trace path upon receipt of a fault signal. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc5.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-10-16''' Xenomai 2.4-rc4 == Here is the fourth candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. With the v2.3.x maintenance cycle soon coming to an end after nearly a year since it has started, v2.4 is going to be our next stable branch for quite some time, so I would suggest that you make sure it can run your favourite board(s) _now_. *'''nucleus''' ** Fix /proc support for timebases. *'''posix''' ** Fix random hang in per-process cleanup code. *'''native''' ** Fix double free issue upon failure to create a new task. *'''vxworks''' ** Fix implementation of watchdog support in user-space. ** Fix double free issue upon failure to create a new task. *'''vrtx''' ** Fix double free issue upon failure to create a new task. *'''rtdm''' ** Add private data pointer to the rtdm_device structure. *'''can''' ** Support new resource management of arch/powerpc tree properly. ** Fix handling of the "port" module parameter. *'''testsuite''' ** Prevent overflow in timer handler test. ** Close race window in timer setup code. *'''powerpc''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.23. *'''i386''' ** SMI: Detect ICH-4 chipsets. ** Sanitize calibration code. ** Fix timer setup code (mostly for GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS, but not only). ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.23. *'''x86_64''' ** SMI: Detect ICH-4 chipsets. ** Sanitize calibration code. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.23. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc4.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-09-09''' Xenomai 2.4-rc3 == Here is the third candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. Most of the work since -rc2 was aimed at optimizing the interrupt pipeline, and first and foremost at reducing its cache footprints, initially for the powerpc and x86 ports. Other archs will be upgraded next. The powerpc arch also gains a combined 32/64bit support starting with 2.6.22. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Make the watchdog timeout value configurable. ** Remove preprocessor warnings from 2.4 builds. ** Always get references to per-cpu sched struct within migration-free sections. *'''rtdm''' ** Round up timeouts and delays when nanoseconds are to be converted to ticks (periodic timebase only). *'''can''' ** Fix race upon socket list update. ** RT-Socket-CAN SJA1000 driver for the EMS CPC PCI card (http://www.ems-wuensche.de). *'''powerpc''' ** Merge 32/64bit arch support into a single Adeos patch for 2.6.22 (I-pipe 2.0 series, DENX tree: DENX-2007-08-30-1748). ** Upgrade combined Adeos support to 2.6.23-rc5 (DENX tree, git HEAD). ** PA-Semi (powerpc64) updates. ** Update Adeos/powerpc32 support for 2.6.20; forward port to 2.6.21. *'''i386''' ** Release tick device in the non-LAPIC case (kernel >= 2.6.22). ** Upgrade Adeos support for 2.6.22 (I-pipe 1.10 series). We still have a few reported bugs pending and some I-pipe updates for the Blackfin, ARM and x86_64 ports to come too, so we will need -rc4. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc3.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-08-18''' Xenomai 2.4-rc2 == Here is the second candidate release for the v2.4.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Fix shared interrupt support. ** Fix RPI-disabled build. ** IPI annotation in /proc/xenomai/irq. *'''rtdm''' ** Fix up asymmetric close() invocations silently by switching to non-RT mode. ** Run sparse: several pacifications. *'''can''' ** Remove config options XENO_DRIVERS_CAN_SJA1000_*_MAX_DEV. *'''16550A''' ** Fix potential race in rt_16550_close(). *'''native''' ** Add task exectime, context and mode switches as well as a count of page faults to RT_TASK_INFO. *'''posix''' ** Forbid use of non process-shared objects outside of the process to which they belong. ** Only enable process check for performance critical functions if debugging is enabled. *'''powerpc32''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.21, powerpc/ tree. *'''powerpc64''' ** Add support for PASEMI's PA6T dual core platform. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.22-rc5, powerpc/ tree. *'''i386''' ** Update Adeos support for both 2.6.20 and 2.6.22. ** Upgrade Adeos support to 2.6.23-rc2. *'''x86_64''' ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.22. *'''arm''' ** Rework user-space access to TSC emulation. ** Update Adeos support for 2.6.20. In addition, library revision numbers for the posix, rtdm and native skins have been increased. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc2.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-07-29''' Xenomai 2.4-rc1 == Here is the first candidate release for the v2.4.x branch, on the road to 2.4 final. The following short log only lists the most significant evolutions; a slew of optimizations, cleanups and bug fixes all over the place come with this release as well: *'''nucleus''' ** Introduction of timebases, by which software timers that belong to different skins may be clocked separately according to distinct frequencies, or aperiodically.Practically, this means that it is now possible to run all skins concurrently, regardless of their internal timing mode. Adds /proc/xenomai/timebases, /proc/xenomai/timerstat. ** Make all skins runnable over a central core pod. ** Support RT capability group for controlling access to Xenomai services. ** Support aperiodic Linux host tick (clock_event) and tickless kernels (the nucleus host timer is now a per-cpu object). ** Refactor timer modes. ** Sync absolute timers when updating the epoch (POSIX conformance). ** Fix deadlock and task migration issues in RPI support. ** Sanitize deletion path of shadow threads. ** Sanitize SMP locking in interrupt management. ** Flatten the interrupt handling path. ** Support O_SYNC open mode with message pipes, for guaranteed synchronous writes from a secondary mode sender to a primary mode receiver. ** Optimize arch-specific arithmetics. ** Provide for a global CPU affinity mask applicable to all Xenomai threads. Adds /proc/xenomai/affinity. *'''posix''' ** Various fixes and updates. Latency optimizations. *'''native''' ** Add auto-cleanup support (automatic orphan resource/object reclaiming upon task/module exit). ** Allow cross-API calls to blocking services. *'''psos''' ** Emulate timer-related syscalls (tm_*). ** Extend as_send() call to user-space receivers (emits SIGRTxx). ** Extend t_mode() call to support Xenomai modes (i-shield, warn-switch, rpi-state). ** Add auto-cleanup support. ** Allow long names in object creation routines. *'''vrtx''' ** Deep refactoring. *'''uitron''' ** Even more deep refactoring. Add user-space support. *'''rtai''' ** Emulate rt_heap calls. *'''rtdm''' ** Automatic file descriptor cleanup on process termination ** RTDM API revision 6: ***Timer abstraction ***Monotonic time base support ***IOCTL prototype fix for 64-bit platforms ***Enhancements/changes of rtdm_irq_request, rtdm_nrtsig handler, and more (see ksrc/skins/rtdm/API.CHANGES) *'''rtdk''' ** Introduce a collection of utilities aimed at forming a Real-Time Development Kit for userland usage. Starts with a set of non-intrusive (latency-wise) *printf() services. *'''16550''' ** Allow memory-mapped hardware access. *'''can''' ** Better support for bus error processing at user level. ** Allow for inverted CAN filter setup (CAN_INV_FILTER). ** Various fixes and updates. *'''arm''' ** Add support for AT91 platforms. ** Add EABI support. ** Provide for TSC reading from user-space. *'''powerpc''' ** Upgrade support to 2.6.20, powerpc tree/. *'''i386''' ** Upgrade support to 2.6.22. ** Sanitize LAPIC handling. *'''Blackfin''' ** Upgrade support to 2.6.19. *'''x86_64''' ** New architecture support. *'''testsuite''' ** New test measuring clock drift and inter-CPU time consistency. As a sidenote, please note that this branch will be the first one to support the latest Linux kernels (>= 2.6.22). See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.4-rc1.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-09-16''' Xenomai 2.3.4 == Here is the latest release from the stable tree. Several Adeos patches have been updated due to a nasty bug that may lock out hw interrupts unexpectedly when dumping the pipeline trace buffers (CONFIG_IPIPE_TRACE=y) using the /proc interface; update is strongly recommended if you rely on the tracer for debugging. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Make the watchdog timeout value configurable ** Fix build with CONFIG_XENO_OPT_RPIDISABLED=n ** Fix shared interrupt handling. *'''native, vxworks, vrtx''' ** Fix double TCB memory release upon task mapping error. *'''can''' ** Fix race upon socket list update. *'''powerpc''' ** Make sure rthal_thread_switch() is properly paired with Linux's switch_to() (return value fix for ppc64). ** Adeos update (I-pipe 2.6.20-1.6-04, 2.6.21-1.6-04) *'''arm''' ** Adeos update (I-pipe 2.6.20-1.7-06). *'''i386''' ** Adeos update (I-pipe 2.6.20-1.8-08). See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.4.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-07-28''' Xenomai 2.3.3 == Here is the latest maintenance release for the v2.3.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Fix deadlock and migration issues in RPI support. ** Sanitize deletion path of shadow threads. *'''powerpc''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.20, powerpc/ tree. *'''arm''' ** Add EABI support. ** Adeos update (I-pipe 2.6.20-1.7-04). *'''i386''' ** Adeos update (I-pipe 2.6.20-1.8-06) *'''native, psos, vxworks, vrtx, uitron''' ** Generalize use of container_of() to fix 64bit warnings. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.3.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-07-09''' Xenomai 2.3.2 == Here is the latest maintenance release for the v2.3.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Always defer release of TCB memory. ** Sanitize support for machine-dependent arithmetics. ** Fix root priority boosting with XENO_OPT_SCALABLE_SCHED. ** Fix /proc/xenomai/{sched, stat} locking in output loop. ** Fix lethal bug in SIGIO processing (SMP). ** Yet another interrupt locking fix. ** Handle RT capability group. ** Fix CPU affinity tracking (SMP). ** Fix 64bit portability issue. *'''psos''' ** Fix potentially unsafe dereference of task args in t_create() (user-space). ** Conformance fix for ERR_TATRNDEL and ERR_TATSDEL error conditions. *'''native''' ** Reschedule upon alarm deletion. ** Force T_PRIMARY into the mask returned by rt_task_set_mode(). *'''posix''' ** mq: copy the priority of received messages back to user-space. ** clock: access TSC directly from user-space when support is available. *'''rtai''' ** Add support for rt_heap_open() and rt_heap_close(). *'''vrtx''' ** Fix 64bit portability issue. *'''can''' ** Assorted fixes (e.g. PEAK PCI). *'''16550A''' ** Catch spurious baud rate. *'''arm''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.20. ** Various updates for at91. *'''blackfin''' ** Upgrade to bf53x-R0701RC3-1.6-01 (2.6.19). ** Work around toolchain bug while reading TSC from user-space. *'''powerpc''' ** Sync with DENX's CVS for 2.4.25-ppc. *'''i386''' ** Upgrade I-pipe support (2.6.20-1.8 series). See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.2.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-06-29''' Support for 2.6.22/x86 == Our development trunk now contains the necessary support for running Xenomai over 2.6.22/x86. This work boils down to enabling Xenomai to use the generic clock event device abstraction that comes with newest kernels. Other archs / kernel versions still work the older way, until all archs eventually catch up with clockevents upstream. This support won't be backported to 2.3.x, because it has some significant impact on the nucleus. Tested as thoroughly as possible here on low-end and mid-range x86 boxen, including SMP. Please give this hell. [http://download.gna.org/adeos/patches/v2.6/i386/adeos-ipipe-2.6.22-rc6-i386-1.9-00.patch Download] == '''2007-04-03''' Xenomai v2.2.6.1 == An update to the so-called final v2.2.6 release, aimed at fixing a glitch in the kernel prep script. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.2.6.1.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-03-20''' Xenomai v2.3.1 == Here is the first maintenance release for the v2.3.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Use ondemand-mapping disable feature if present (I-pipe). ** Allow creation of anonymous interrupt objects from kernel space. ** Allow sleeping scheduler lock. ** Fully rework priority tracking between schedulers (RPI). ** Provide for non-restartable syscalls upon signal receipt. ** Fix timer indexing in binary heap mode (timeout lossage). ** Fix synchronization issues regarding interrupt objects while reading /proc/xenomai/stat. ** Synchronize message pipe reading and streaming operations. *'''psos''' ** Add timer-related calls to the user-space interface. ** Fix ev_receive(). ** Combine supervisor and user stack sizes in t_create(). *'''native''' ** Fix rt_queue_delete(), rt_queue_unbind(), rt_heap_delete(). ** Fix rt_cond_wait() upon signal receipt (grab mutex anew). *'''posix''' ** Fix pthread_cond_wait() upon signal receipt (grab mutex anew). *'''rtai''' ** Fix rt_task_make_periodic(). *'''rtdm''' ** Support in-place re-initialisation of IPC objects. *'''can''' ** Fix delays in periodic mode. ** Implement either-or filtering of standard vs. extended frames. ** Stop device before unregistering it. *'''arm''' ** Add support for Atmel AT91-based platforms. ** Update support for IMX21 platforms. ** Upgrade 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 support to I-pipe 1.5 series. ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.19 (I-pipe 1.6 series). ** Add support for GCC 4.1. *'''powerpc''' ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.19. *'''i386''' ** Use regular IPI support code to broadcast the timer IRQ. ** Upgrade to kernel 2.6.20. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.1.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-03-20''' Xenomai v2.2.6 == This is the final maintenance release for the v2.2.x branch. Upgrade to 2.3.x is recommended for new developments. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.2.6.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2007-03-01''' Xenomai ported to x86_64 == Xenomai has been fully ported to the x86_64 architecture. This development is currently available from our development trunk, and will be part of the upcoming 2.4 release. == '''2006-12-26''' Xenomai v2.3 == Here is Xenomai v2.3. Five months work, 660 commits since v2.2 which brought the following: * '''RTDM-based CAN''' implementation. * A lot of '''PowerPC''' work (major I-pipe upgrade to kernel 2.6.18). * A lot of '''ARM''' work (I-pipe tracer, board support for the Samsung S3C24xx series). * A lot of '''Blackfin''' work (I-pipe tracer, major I-pipe upgrade to kernel 2.6.18 for the BF53x boards). * A lot of '''x86''' work (major I-pipe upgrades to kernels 2.6.19 and 2.4.34). * Direct syscall interface to the '''pSOS skin''' for running real-time applications in regular user-space context. * '''Nucleus updates''' in various areas (aperiodic timers management, runtime accounting, software watchdog, message pipes, shared interrupt support, debug infrastructure). * Assorted bug fixes all over the map. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.3.0.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2006-12-17''' Xenomai v2.3-rc3 == Here is the third candidate release for the v2.3.x branch. This is intended to be last release candidate before final, so make sure to have a look to the platform/architecture/feature you are interested in. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Decouple lock debugging from runtime stats activation. ** Enhance granularity of debug options. Generalize the use of debug assertions. ** Add memory barriers to shared IRQ support code manipulating reference counts. ** Reinstate i/o permissions when transitioning from secondary to primary mode (x86). ** Prevent non-mapped threads for running xnshadow_unmap. *'''vxworks, vrtx, rtai''' ** Add missing checks for the XNBREAK condition. *'''vxworks''' ** Fix arg passing at (user-space) task creation. *'''vrtx''' ** Free heap control block memory when released. *'''psos''' ** Implement direct syscall interface. *'''posix''' ** Fix random fault in user-space at thread creation. ** Fix return value of sem_timed_wait. ** Generalize the use of debug assertions. *'''native''' ** Add rt_mutex_lock/rt_mutex_unlock wrappers. ** Make rt_queue_inquire return the amount of pool memory used. *'''drivers/can''' ** core: Various updates. Add TX loopback support to local sockets. Add empty filter support through setsockopt. ** sja1000: Add support for IXXAT PCI cards. *'''rtdm''' ** Minor updates. See the ChangeLog for details. [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.3-rc3.tar.bz2 Download] == '''2006-11-19''' Xenomai v2.3-rc2 == Here is the second candidate release for the v2.3.x branch. Short log follows: *'''hal''' ** ppc, arm: Make sure to return the last "current" value from Xenomai context switch routines. ** x86: Handle issues raised by hidden uses of the FPU from regular Linux drivers. *'''nucleus''' ** Account for all extents when reporting the total heap size. ** Serialize export/unexport requests properly in case of varying source domains. ** Fix interrupt shield support. ** Fix random softlockup on SMP due to a missing rescheduling call after a task exit event has been processed. *'''scripts''' ** Add help strings extraction tool to provide on-line documentation of 2.4 kernel options. ** Switch to FDPIC library format for Blackfin instead of FLAT. *'''drivers''' ** rtcan: sja1000 fixes. *'''vrtx''' ** Fix init code regarding workspace allocation. ** Fix exec mode bits for sc_tsuspend() and sc_tresume(). ** Use delayed memory release service to free TCBs. *'''vxworks''' ** Set auto-delete flag for user-space tasks. *'''psos+''' ** Preliminary user-space support merged. This version may be download on [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.3-rc2.tar.bz2 GNA workspace]. == '''2006-11-05''' Xenomai v2.3-rc1 == Here is the first candidate release for the '''v2.3.x branch''', which should lead us to 2.3 final, after some iterations. A '''RTDM-compliant CAN driver''' stack is likely the most significant addition to this release, along with tons of local improvements and bugfixes all over the map. Short(and non-exhaustive) log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Introduce the aperiodic timer wheel as an alternative to binary heaps for efficiently handling a significant number of outstanding timers. ** Don't send migration or deletion signals to dormant threads. ** Check for wait abort in <tt>xnsynch_sleep_on()</tt>. Fully refactor the resource stealing feature. ** Make sure <tt>xnsynch_flush()</tt> does not alter ownership. ** Allow sharing the timer IRQ (basically for ARM). ** Iron mode transition using the <tt>TASK_NOWAKEUP</tt> support whenever available from the I-pipe. ** Optimize syscall propagation using the new <tt>PF_EVNOTIFY</tt> per-task filter. ** Streamline nucleus SMP lock implementation. ** Introduce generic support for runtime statistics (<tt>xnstat</tt>). ** Refactor locking code in interrupt support. Improve shared interrupt code. Use generic support for runtime accounting. ** Rework the watchdog support. *'''uvm''' ** Feature removed. *'''testsuite''' ** Add IRQ benchmark program. ** Improve tests output. *'''scripts''' ** Fix modular build for 2.4. *'''hal''' ** x86: Prevent the 2.4 speaker support from perturbating Xenomai's TSC emulation code. ** ppc: Port over 2.6.18. ** arm: Upgrade Adeos support. *'''native''' ** Fix <tt>rt_queue_read()</tt> timeout. ** Fix <tt>rt_queue_send()</tt> upon null broadcast (wrong reference count). *'''rtdm''' ** Enhance non-RT locking during <tt>/proc</tt> access. ** Add <tt>rtdm_iomap_to_user()</tt> service. *'''posix''' ** Fix mutex attribute handling from user-space. ** Properly handle cancellation requests in <tt>pthread_cond_wait()</tt>. ** Add the <tt>--enable-posix-auto-mlockall</tt> option to the main configure script. ** Allow <tt>sched_yield()</tt> to pick secondary mode threads when <tt>SCHED_OTHER</tt> is in effect. ** Make the timer management better conform to the POSIX spec. ** Make <tt>pthread_join()</tt> callable from module init/cleanup routines. *'''drivers''' ** Refactor RTDM types for timeout and dates. ** Add RT-Socket-CAN, a RTDM compliant driver for CAN devices. As a sidenote, please note that this branch will be the first one to support the latest Linux kernels (>= 2.6.18). This version may be download on [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/testing/xenomai-2.3-rc1.tar.bz2 GNA workspace]. == '''2006-11-05''' Fifth maintenance release for the v2.2.x branch == Here is the fifth maintenance release for the v2.2.x branch. Short log follows: *'''nucleus''' ** Fix period validity check when setting up the timer for periodic timing mode. *'''hal''' ** ppc: Define special wrappers to <tt>get/put_user</tt> macros which bypass the <tt>might_sleep()</tt> checks. Upgrade Adeos support. ** x86: Upgrade Adeos support. ** arm: Upgrade Adeos support. *'''native''' ** Fix <tt>rt_queue_send()</tt> upon null broadcast (wrong reference count). *'''posix''' ** Make sure to read interrupt-related macros from the core headers when including posix/pthread.h from user-space. See the ChangeLog for more details. This version may be downloaded on the [http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.2.5.tar.bz2 GNA workspace area] == '''2006-10-15''' Fourth maintenance release for the v2.2.x branch == Here is the fourth maintenance release for the '''v2.2.x branch'''. Short log follows: *[nucleus] ** Raise XNBREAK as required when resuming a forcibly suspended shadow thread upon Linux signal receipt. ** Rework the watchdog implementation, so that it does not depend on the Linux tick to be relayed through the nucleus (e.g. <tt>CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC</tt>). Export the watchdog status to <tt>/proc/xenomai/timer</tt>. ** Fix <tt>__xn_copy_from/to_user()</tt> so that none of their arguments could be shadowed by the internal variable used to hold the return value. This issue affects _all_ architectures. ** x86: partially revert commit #1595 to fix FPU management regression issues that surfaced in 2.2.3. Fix CONFIG_PCI_MSI issue by upgrading to Adeos 2.6.17-1.5-00. * blackfin: Sync with Blackfin's CVS head as of 2006-10-08. *[hal] ** powerpc: Fix computation of periodic tick value to prevent 32bit arithmetic overflow. Add Adeos support for Linux 2.6.18. ** blackfin: Upgrade generic Adeos support to the latest release. ** arm: Fix syscall propagation issue with previous Adeos 1.5-00 release. *[uvm] ** Iron context switch emulation to prevent spurious wakeups upon Linux signal receipts. *[posix] ** Add missing wrapper to <tt>__real_pthread_getschedparam()</tt>. *[rtdm] ** Fix return value from copy_to/from_user(). *[psos] ** Fix size information passed to internal <tt>msgQLib</tt> routines. ** Reschedule after task mode change (t_mode). As a sidenote, you will notice that the latest Adeos patches for i386, powerpc and Blackfin are bigger than they used to; this is due to the integration of the I-pipe tracer feature into the standard Adeos support, that used to live in a separate patch up to now. This feature is currently forcibly disabled for the Blackfin architecture though, since it is not fully functional yet, but this should improve with the next releases. See the ChangeLog for details. http://download.gna.org/xenomai/stable/xenomai-2.2.4.tar.bz2 == '''2006-09-24''' Third maintenance release for the v2.2.x branch == Here is the third maintenance release for the '''v2.2.x branch'''. Short log follows: * [nucleus] ** Use per-task event filter implemented by recent Adeos patches, to reduce the overhead induced by event pipelining. ** Support partial buffer reading from the message pipe device endpoint. ** Fix spurious wakeup triggered by the periodic handler for threads blocked on a resource. ** x86: Make sure to always restore the FPU context of the root thread consistently with the TS bit state. * [hal] Toggle <tt>IRQ_DISABLED</tt> appropriately when enabling/disabling an interrupt channel. * [posix] Make pthread_join() usable from module init/cleanup routines. * [native] Optimize data streaming mode. * [rtai] * Improve compliance of <tt>rtf_get()</tt>. * Fix memory leak in <tt>rtf_destroy()</tt>. See the ChangeLog for details and download this new version here .

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