doc: starting draft for 1.8 release notes

Draft of 1.8 release notes with heading and jira items from
draft doc. Added 1.8 release notes to index.

Signed-off-by: David B. Kinder <[email protected]>

Author: dbkinder

doc/release-notes-1.8.rst

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+.. _zephyr_1.8:
+
+Zephyr Kernel 1.8.0
+####################
+
+We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.8.0.
+
+This release ... (overview paragraph of major changes goes here)...
+
+Major enhancements with this release include:
+
+* Tickless kernel
+* IP Stack improvements
+* Bluetooth 5.0 features
+* Ecosystem: Tracing, debugging support through third-party tools
+* Improved build support on Mac and Windows development environments
+* Improved debug support
+* Third-Party compilers support
+* Xtensa GCC support
+* Initial implementation of MMU/MPU support
+* Expanded device support
+
+The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.
+
+Kernel
+******
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Architectures
+*************
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Boards
+******
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Drivers and Sensors
+*******************
+
+* UART interrupt-driver API is better defined
+* Support for pull-style console API
+
+Networking
+**********
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Bluetooth
+*********
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Build and Infrastructure
+************************
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Libraries
+*********
+
+* Interesting change
+
+HALs
+****
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Documentation
+*************
+
+* Board documentation added for new board ports
+* Continued migration of wiki.zephyrproject.org material to website and github wiki
+* Improved CSS formatting and appearance of generated documents
+* Added breadcrumb navigation header with kernel version number
+* Updated getting started setup guides for Linux, Windows, and macOS
+* Updates and additions to follow new and updated kernel features
+* Broken link and spelling check scans
+* Removed deprecated kernel documentation (pre 1.6 release) from website (still available in git repo if needed)
+
+Tests and Samples
+*****************
+
+* Interesting change
+
+Deprecations
+************
+
+* Interesting change
+
+JIRA Related Items
+******************
+
+.. comment  List derived from Jira query: ...
+
+* :jira:`ZEP-248` - Add a BOARD/SOC porting guide
+* :jira:`ZEP-339` - Tickless Kernel
+* :jira:`ZEP-540` - add APIs for asynchronous transfer callbacks
+* :jira:`ZEP-628` - Validate RPL Routing node support
+* :jira:`ZEP-638` - feature to consider: flag missing functionality at build time when possible
+* :jira:`ZEP-720` - Add MAX30101 heart rate sensor driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-828` - IPv6 - Multicast Join/Leave Support
+* :jira:`ZEP-843` - Unified assert/unrecoverable error infrastructure
+* :jira:`ZEP-888` - 802.15.4 - Security support
+* :jira:`ZEP-932` - Adapt kernel sample & test projects
+* :jira:`ZEP-948` - Revisit the timeslicing algorithm
+* :jira:`ZEP-973` - Remove deprecated API related to device PM, DEVICE\_ and * SYS\_* macros
+* :jira:`ZEP-1028` - shrink k_block struct size
+* :jira:`ZEP-1032` - IPSP router role support
+* :jira:`ZEP-1169` - Sample mbedDTLS DTLS client stability on ethernet driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-1171` - Event group kernel APIs
+* :jira:`ZEP-1280` - Provide Event Queues Object
+* :jira:`ZEP-1313` - porting and user guides must include a security section
+* :jira:`ZEP-1326` - Clean up _THREAD_xxx APIs
+* :jira:`ZEP-1388` - Add support for KW40 SoC
+* :jira:`ZEP-1391` - Add support for Hexiwear KW40
+* :jira:`ZEP-1392` - Add FXAS21002 gyroscope sensor driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-1435` - Improve Quark SE C1000 ARC Floating Point Performance
+* :jira:`ZEP-1438` - AIO: AIO Comparator is not stable on D2000 and Arduino101
+* :jira:`ZEP-1463` - Add Zephyr Support in segger SystemView
+* :jira:`ZEP-1500` - net/mqtt: Test case for the MQTT high-level API
+* :jira:`ZEP-1528` - Provide template for multi-core applications
+* :jira:`ZEP-1529` - Unable to exit menuconfig
+* :jira:`ZEP-1530` - Hotkeys for the menu at the bottom of menuconfig sometimes doesn't work
+* :jira:`ZEP-1568` - Replace arm cortex_m scs and scb functionality with direct CMSIS-core calls
+* :jira:`ZEP-1586` - menuconfig: Backspace is broken
+* :jira:`ZEP-1599` - printk() support for the '-' indicator  in format string (left justifier)
+* :jira:`ZEP-1607` - Json encoding/decoding library
+* :jira:`ZEP-1621` - Stack Monitoring
+* :jira:`ZEP-1631` - Ability to use k_mem_pool_alloc (or similar API) from ISR
+* :jira:`ZEP-1684` - Add Atmel SAM family watchdog (WDT) driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-1695` - Support ADXL362 sensor
+* :jira:`ZEP-1698` - BME280 support for SPI communication
+* :jira:`ZEP-1711` - xtensa build defines Kconfigs with lowercase names
+* :jira:`ZEP-1718` - support for IPv6 fragmentation
+* :jira:`ZEP-1719` - TCP does not work with 6lo
+* :jira:`ZEP-1721` - many tinycrypt test cases only run on ARM and x86
+* :jira:`ZEP-1722` - xtensa: tinycrypt does not build
+* :jira:`ZEP-1735` - Controller to Host flow control
+* :jira:`ZEP-1759` - All python scripts needed for build should be moved to python 3 to minimize dependencies
+* :jira:`ZEP-1761` - K_MEM_POOL_DEFINE build error "invalid register name" when built with llvm/icx from ISSM toolchain
+* :jira:`ZEP-1769` - Implement  Set Event Mask and LE Set Event Mask commands
+* :jira:`ZEP-1772` - re-introduce controller to host flow control
+* :jira:`ZEP-1776` - sending LE COC data from RX thread can lead to deadlock
+* :jira:`ZEP-1785` - Tinytile: Flashing not supported with this board
+* :jira:`ZEP-1788` - [REG] bt_enable: No HCI driver registered
+* :jira:`ZEP-1800` - Update external mbed TLS library to latest version (2.4.2)
+* :jira:`ZEP-1812` - Add tickless kernel support in HPET timer
+* :jira:`ZEP-1816` - Add tickless kernel support in LOAPIC timer
+* :jira:`ZEP-1817` - Add tickless kernel support in ARCV2 timer
+* :jira:`ZEP-1818` - Add tickless kernel support in cortex_m_systick timer
+* :jira:`ZEP-1821` - Update PM apps to use mili/micro seconds instead of ticks
+* :jira:`ZEP-1823` - Improved Benchmarks
+* :jira:`ZEP-1825` - Context Switching KPI
+* :jira:`ZEP-1836` - Expose current ecb_encrypt() as bt_encrypt() so host can directly access it
+* :jira:`ZEP-1856` - remove legacy micro/nano kernel APIs
+* :jira:`ZEP-1857` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (bluetooth_handsfree)
+* :jira:`ZEP-1866` - Add Atmel SAM family I2C (TWIHS) driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-1880` - "samples/grove/temperature": warning raised when generating configure file
+* :jira:`ZEP-1886` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/net/nbuf)
+* :jira:`ZEP-1887` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api)
+* :jira:`ZEP-1893` - openocd: 'make flash' works with Zephyr SDK only and fails for all other toolchains
+* :jira:`ZEP-1896` - [PTS] L2CAP/LE/CFC/BV-06-C
+* :jira:`ZEP-1899` - Missing board documentation for xtensa/xt-sim
+* :jira:`ZEP-1908` - Missing board documentation for arm/nucleo_96b_nitrogen
+* :jira:`ZEP-1910` - Missing board documentation for arm/96b_carbon
+* :jira:`ZEP-1927` - AIO: AIO_CMP_POL_FALL is triggered immediately after aio_cmp_configure
+* :jira:`ZEP-1935` - Packet loss make RPL mesh more vulnerable
+* :jira:`ZEP-1936` - tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api/testcase.ini#test_spi - Assertion Fail
+* :jira:`ZEP-1946` - Time to Next Event
+* :jira:`ZEP-1955` - Nested interrupts crash on Xtensa architecture
+* :jira:`ZEP-1959` - Add Atmel SAM family serial (UART) driver
+* :jira:`ZEP-1965` - net-tools HEAD is broken for QEMU/TAP
+* :jira:`ZEP-1966` - Doesn't seem to be able to both send and receive locally via local address
+* :jira:`ZEP-1968` - "make mrproper" removes top-level dts/ dir, makes ARM builds fail afterwards
+* :jira:`ZEP-1980` - Move app_kernel benchmark to unified kernel
+* :jira:`ZEP-1984` - net_nbuf_append(), net_nbuf_append_bytes() have data integrity problems
+* :jira:`ZEP-1990` - Basic support for the BBC micro:bit LED display
+* :jira:`ZEP-1993` - Flowcontrol Required for CDC_ACM
+* :jira:`ZEP-1995` - samples/subsys/console breaks xtensa build
+* :jira:`ZEP-1997` - Crash during startup if co-processors are present
+* :jira:`ZEP-2008` - Port tickless idle test to unified kernel and cleanup
+* :jira:`ZEP-2009` - Port test_sleep test to unified kernel and cleanup
+* :jira:`ZEP-2011` - Retrieve RPL node information through CoAP requests
+* :jira:`ZEP-2012` - Fault in networking stack for cores that can't access unaligned memory
+* :jira:`ZEP-2013` - dead object monitor code
+* :jira:`ZEP-2014` - Defaul samples/subsys/shell/shell fails to build on QEMU RISCv32 / NIOS2
+* :jira:`ZEP-2019` - Xtensa port does not compile if CONFIG_TICKLESS_IDLE is enabled
+* :jira:`ZEP-2027` - Bluetooth Peripheral Sample won't pair with certain Android devices
+* :jira:`ZEP-2029` - xtensa: irq_offload() doesn't work on XRC_D2PM
+* :jira:`ZEP-2033` - Channel Selection Algorithm #2
+* :jira:`ZEP-2034` - High Duty Cycle Non-Connectable Advertising
+* :jira:`ZEP-2037` - Malformed echo response
+* :jira:`ZEP-2048` - Change UART "baud-rate" property to "current-speed"
+* :jira:`ZEP-2051` - Move away from C99 types to zephyr defined types
+* :jira:`ZEP-2052` - arm: unhandled exceptions in thread take down entire system
+* :jira:`ZEP-2055` - Add README.rst in the root of the project for github
+* :jira:`ZEP-2057` - crash in tests/net/rpl on qemu_x86 causing intermittent sanitycheck failure
+* :jira:`ZEP-2061` - samples/net/dns_resolve networking setup/README is confusing
+* :jira:`ZEP-2064` - RFC: Making net_shell command handlers reusable
+* :jira:`ZEP-2065` - struct dns_addrinfo has unused fields
+* :jira:`ZEP-2066` - nitpick: SOCK_STREAM/SOCK_DGRAM values swapped compared to most OSes
+* :jira:`ZEP-2069` - samples: net: dhcpv4_client: runs failed on frdm k64f board
+* :jira:`ZEP-2070` - net pkt doesn't full unref after send a data form bluetooth's ipsp
+* :jira:`ZEP-2076` - samples: net: coaps_server: build failed
+* :jira:`ZEP-2077` - Fix IID when using CONFIG_NET_L2_BLUETOOTH_ZEP1656
+* :jira:`ZEP-2080` - No reply from RPL node after 20-30 minutes.
+* :jira:`ZEP-2092` - [NRF][BT] Makefile:946: recipe for target 'include/generated/generated_dts_board.h' failed
+* :jira:`ZEP-2114` - tests/kernel/fatal : Fail for QC1000/arc
+* :jira:`ZEP-2125` - Compilation error when UART1 port is enabled via menuconfig
+* :jira:`ZEP-2132` - Build samples/bluetooth/hci_uart fail
+* :jira:`ZEP-2138` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen
+* :jira:`ZEP-2143` - Compilation Error on Windows 10 with MSYS2
+* :jira:`ZEP-2152` - Xtensa crashes on startup for cores with coprocessors
+* :jira:`ZEP-2178` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen
+
+
+Known Issues
+************
+
+* :jira:`ZEP-0000` - Title
+  - Workaround if available, or "No workaround, will address in a future release."

doc/release-notes.rst

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 .. toctree::
    :maxdepth: 1
 
+   release-notes-1.8
    release-notes-1.7
    release-notes-1.6
    release-notes-1.5