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Nicolas Pitre ed59dfc80a basic ARM semihosting support
Semihosting enables code running on an ARM target to use the
I/O facilities on the host computer. The target application must
be linked against a library that forwards operation requests by
using the SVC instruction that is trapped at the Supervisor Call
vector by the debugger.  The "hosted" library version provided
with CodeSourcery's Sourcery G++ Lite for ARM EABI is one example.

This is currently available for ARM9 processors, but any ARM
variant should be able to support this with little additional work.

Tested using binaries compiled with Sourcery G++ Lite 2009q1-161
and ARM RVCT 3.0.

[dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net: doc tweaks, NEWS]

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
2009-12-03 18:42:01 -08:00

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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
Cortex-A8
- support "arm regs" command
- can access all core modes and registers
- supports "reset-assert" event (used on OMAP3530)
Cortex-M3
- Exposed DWT registers like cycle counter
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.
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.
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).