NEWS: more info

There were a few more changes worth mentioning, including support
for more JTAG adapters, boundary scan improvements, another NAND
driver, and the Win64 stuff.

Signed-off-by: David Brownell <dbrownell@users.sourceforge.net>
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JTAG Layer: JTAG Layer:
FT2232H (high speed USB) support doesn't need separate configuration FT2232H (high speed USB) support doesn't need separate configuration
New FT2232H JTAG adapters: Amontec, Olimex, Signalyzer
New reset_config options for SRST gating the JTAG clock (or not) New reset_config options for SRST gating the JTAG clock (or not)
TAP declaration no longer requires ircapture and mask attributes TAP declaration no longer requires ircapture and mask attributes
New "post-reset" event handler for TAP-invariant setup code Scan chain setup should be more robust, with better diagnostics
New TAP events:
"post-reset" for TAP-invariant setup code (TAPs not usable yet)
"setup" for use once TAPs are addressable (e.g. with ICEpick)
Overridable Tcl "init_reset" and "jtag_init" procedures Overridable Tcl "init_reset" and "jtag_init" procedures
Simple "autoprobe" mechanism to help simplify server setup
Boundary Scan:
SVF bugfixes ... parsing fixes, better STATE switch conformance
XSVF bugfixes ... be more correct, handle Xilinx tool output
Target Layer: Target Layer:
Warn on use of obsolete numeric target IDs
New commands for use with Cortex-M3 processors: New commands for use with Cortex-M3 processors:
"cortex_m3 disassemble" ... Thumb2 disassembly (UAL format) "cortex_m3 disassemble" ... Thumb2 disassembly (UAL format)
"cortex_m3 vector_catch" ... traps certain hardware faults "cortex_m3 vector_catch" ... traps certain hardware faults
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If you're willing to help debug it If you're willing to help debug it
VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support VERY EARLY Cortex-A8 and ARMv7A support
Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support Updated BeagleBoard.org hardware support
you may need to explicitly "reset" after connect-to-Beagle
New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table" New commands for use with XScale processors: "xscale vector_table"
ARM
bugfixes to single-stepping Thumb code
ETM: unavailable registers are not listed
ETB, ETM: report actual hardware status
ARM9 ARM9
name change: "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch" name change: "arm9 vector_catch" not "arm9tdmi vector_catch"
ARM11 ARM11
single stepping support for i.MX31 single stepping support for i.MX31
bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..." bugfix for missing "arm11" prefix on "arm11 memwrite ..."
ETM support GDB support
Unavailable registers are not listed gdb_attach command is gone
Flash Layer: Flash Layer:
The lpc2000 driver handles the new NXP LPC1700 (Cortex-M3) chips The lpc2000 driver handles the new NXP LPC1700 (Cortex-M3) chips
New lpc2900 driver for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based) New drivers:
lpc2900, for NXP LPC2900 chips (ARM968 based)
mx3_nand, for imx31
New "last" flag for NOR "flash erase_sector" and "flash protect" New "last" flag for NOR "flash erase_sector" and "flash protect"
The "nand erase N" command now erases all of bank N The "nand erase N" command now erases all of bank N
Speed up davinci_nand by about 3x
Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts: Board, Target, and Interface Configuration Scripts:
Amontec JTAGkey2 support Amontec JTAGkey2 support
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Notes on target source code changes that may help debugging Notes on target source code changes that may help debugging
Build and Release: Build and Release:
Clean builds on (32-bit) Cygwin
Clean builds on 64-bit MinGW
For more details about what has changed since the last release, For more details about what has changed since the last release,
see the ChangeLog associated with this source archive. For older NEWS, see the ChangeLog associated with this source archive. For older NEWS,