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authorAnas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>2016-12-02 23:07:29 -0500
committerAnas Nashif <nashif@linux.intel.com>2016-12-03 13:31:34 +0000
commitc3d9ce8e27ae20fdc0a663845ffdd2b483a88b40 (patch)
treecf833f8eb4da9ce7f796b02fc1d383a3e557f7f6
parentaf4e5d44f2a5a739df592eba8a3845e8340828e9 (diff)
release-notes: minor updates
Change-Id: Ic93535da51462cffbe6b19f79034f82a0344fe27 Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <anas.nashif@intel.com>
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@@ -2,20 +2,21 @@ Zephyr Kernel 1.6.0 Release Notes
#################################
We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.6.0. This
-release introduces a Unified Kernel replacing the separate nano- and
-micro-kernels, simplifying the overall Zephyr architecture and programming
+release introduces a the unified Kernel replacing the separate nano- and
+micro-kernels and simplifying the overall Zephyr architecture and programming
interfaces.
-In this release we added support for the ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ family and expanded
-board support for Cortex-M.
+Support for the ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ family was added and board support for
+Cortex-M was expanded.
Additionally, this release adds many improvements for documentation, build
infrastructure, and testing.
Major enhancements included with the release:
* Introduced the Unified Kernel; the nano and micro kernel were removed.
-* The legacy API is still supported but deprecated. All legacy tests were moved
- to tests/legacy.
-* Added Unified Kernel documentation.
+* The legacy API is still supported but deprecated.
+* Legacy tests and samples were moved to tests/legacy and samples/legacy.
+* Unified kernel documentation was added and legacy nanokernel/microkernel
+ documentation was removed.
* Added support for several ARM Cortex-M boards
* Added support for USB mass storage and access to the filesystem.
* Added native Bluetooth Controller support. Currently nRF51 & nRF52 are supported.
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ A detailed list of changes since v1.5.0 by component follows:
Kernel
******
-* Introduced Unified kernel.
+* Introduced the unified kernel.
* Removed deprecated Tasks IRQs.
* Removed deprecated dynamic interrupt API.
* Added DLIST to operate in all elements of a doubly-linked list.
@@ -106,7 +107,6 @@ Build Infrastructure
* Makefile: Changed outdir into board-specific directory to avoid build collisions.
* Makefile: Changed to use HOST_OS environment variable.
* Makefile: Added support for third party build systems.
-* printk: Added support for modifiers.
* Sanity: Added support to filter using environment variables.
* Sanity: Added support for multiple toolchains.
* Sanity: Added ISSM and ARM GCC embedded toolchains to the supported toolchains.
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ Libraries
* libc: Added support for 'z' length specifier.
* libc: Removed stddef.h which is provided by the compiler.
* libc: printf: Improved code for printing.
+* printk: Added support for modifiers.
* Added CoAP implementation for Zephyr.
* File system: Added API to grow or shrink a file.
* File system: Added API to get volume statistics.
@@ -361,3 +362,9 @@ JIRA Related Items
* [ZEP-1345] - cpu context save and restore could corrupt stack
* [ZEP-1349] - ARC sleep needs to pass interrupt priority threshold when interrupts are enabled
* [ZEP-1353] - FDRM k64f Console output broken on normal flash mode
+
+Known Issues
+************
+
+* [ZEP-1405] - function l2cap_br_conn_req in /subsys/bluetooth/host/l2cap_br.c
+ references uninitialized pointer