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.. _zephyr_4.0:

Zephyr 4.0.0 (Working Draft)
############################

We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr version 4.0.0.

Major enhancements with this release include:

An overview of the changes required or recommended when migrating your application from Zephyr
v3.7.0 to Zephyr v4.0.0 can be found in the separate :ref:`migration guide<migration_4.0>`.

The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.

Security Vulnerability Related
******************************
The following CVEs are addressed by this release:

More detailed information can be found in:
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html

API Changes
***********

* Removed deprecated arch-level CMSIS header files
``include/zephyr/arch/arm/cortex_a_r/cmsis.h`` and
``include/zephyr/arch/arm/cortex_m/cmsis.h``. ``cmsis_core.h`` needs to be
included now.

* Removed deprecated ``ceiling_fraction`` macro. :c:macro:`DIV_ROUND_UP` needs
to be used now.

* Deprecated ``EARLY``, ``APPLICATION`` and ``SMP`` init levels can no longer be
used for devices.

Removed APIs in this release
============================

Deprecated in this release
==========================

* Deprecated the :c:func:`net_buf_put` and :c:func:`net_buf_get` API functions in favor of
:c:func:`k_fifo_put` and :c:func:`k_fifo_get`.

Architectures
*************

* ARC

* ARM

* ARM64

* RISC-V

* Xtensa

Kernel
******

Bluetooth
*********

* Audio

* Host

* Added API :c:func:`bt_gatt_get_uatt_mtu` to get current Unenhanced ATT MTU of a given
connection (experimental).

* HCI Drivers

Boards & SoC Support
********************

* Added support for these SoC series:

* Made these changes in other SoC series:

* NXP S32Z270: Added support for the new silicon cut version 2.0. Note that the previous
versions (1.0 and 1.1) are no longer supported.

* Added support for these boards:

* Made these board changes:

* :ref:`native_posix<native_posix>` has been deprecated in favour of
:ref:`native_sim<native_sim>`.

* Added support for the following shields:

Build system and Infrastructure
*******************************

Drivers and Sensors
*******************

* ADC

* Battery

* CAN

* Charger

* Clock control

* Counter

* DAC

* Disk

* Display

* Ethernet

* LiteX: Renamed the ``compatible`` from ``litex,eth0`` to :dtcompatible:`litex,liteeth`.

* Flash

* GNSS

* GPIO

* Hardware info

* I2C

* I2S

* I3C

* Input

* LED

* lp5569: added ``charge-pump-mode`` property to configure the charge pump of the lp5569.

* lp5569: added ``enable-gpios`` property to describe the EN/PWM GPIO of the lp5569.

* LED Strip

* LoRa

* Mailbox

* MDIO

* MFD

* Modem

* MIPI-DBI

* MSPI

* Pin control

* PWM

* Regulators

* Reset

* RTC

* RTIO

* SDHC

* Sensors

* Serial

* LiteX: Renamed the ``compatible`` from ``litex,uart0`` to :dtcompatible:`litex,uart`.

* SPI

* USB

* Video

* Watchdog

* Wi-Fi

Networking
**********

* ARP:

* CoAP:

* Connection manager:

* DHCPv4:

* DHCPv6:

* DNS/mDNS/LLMNR:

* gPTP/PTP:

* HTTP:

* IPSP:

* IPv4:

* IPv6:

* LwM2M:
* Location object: optional resources altitude, radius, and speed can now be
used optionally as per the location object's specification. Users of these
resources will now need to provide a read buffer.

* Misc:

* MQTT:

* Network Interface:

* OpenThread

* PPP

* Shell:

* Sockets:

* Syslog:

* TCP:

* Websocket:

* Wi-Fi:

* zperf:

USB
***

Devicetree
**********

Kconfig
*******

Libraries / Subsystems
**********************

* Debug

* Demand Paging

* Formatted output

* Management

* Logging

* Modem modules

* Power management

* Crypto

* CMSIS-NN

* FPGA

* Random

* SD

* State Machine Framework

* Storage

* LittleFS: The module has been updated with changes committed upstream
from version 2.8.1, the last module update, up to and including
the released version 2.9.3.

* Task Watchdog

* POSIX API

* LoRa/LoRaWAN

* ZBus

HALs
****

* Nordic

* STM32

* ADI

* Espressif

MCUboot
*******

OSDP
****

Trusted Firmware-M
******************

LVGL
****

Tests and Samples
*****************

Issue Related Items
*******************

Known Issues
============
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