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release-notes: Update and cleanup
Change-Id: Iffd4c117f5ac7696652f6458009821fb351205f8 Signed-off-by: Anas Nashif <[email protected]>
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Zephyr Kernel 1.6.0 Release Notes
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We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.6.0. This release introduces
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a Unified Kernel replacing the separate nano- and micro-kernels, simplifying the overall Zephyr
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architecture and programming interfaces. This release also enables USB mass storage, increases
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board support for ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ family and includes numerous major features and bug fixes
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described below. It also adds many improvements for documentation, build infrastructure, and
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testing. The next three-month cadence release is planned for the end of February.
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We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.6.0. This
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release introduces a Unified Kernel replacing the separate nano- and
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micro-kernels, simplifying the overall Zephyr architecture and programming
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interfaces.
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In this release we added support for the ARM Cortex-M0/M0+ family and expanded
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board support for Cortex-M.
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Additionally, this release adds many improvements for documentation, build
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infrastructure, and testing.
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Major enhancements included with the release:
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* Introduced the Unified Kernel; the nano and micro kernel were removed.
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* The legacy API is still supported but deprecated. All legacy tests were moved to tests/legacy.
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* The legacy API is still supported but deprecated. All legacy tests were moved
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to tests/legacy.
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* Added Unified Kernel documentation.
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* Added support for several ARM Cortex-M boards
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* Added support for USB mass storage access to the internal filesystem.
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* Added support for USB mass storage and access to the filesystem.
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* Added native Bluetooth Controller support. Currently nRF51 & nRF52 are supported.
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A detailed list of changes since v1.5.0 by component follows:
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* Removed deprecated Tasks IRQs.
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* Removed deprecated dynamic interrupt API.
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* Added DLIST to operate in all elements of a doubly-linked list.
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* SLIST: Added sys_slist_get() to fetch and remove the head, also Added append_list and merge_slist.
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* SLIST: Added sys_slist_get() to fetch and remove the head, also Added
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append_list and merge_slist.
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* Added nano_work_pending to check if it is pending execution.
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* Unified: Added support for k_malloc and k_free.
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* Renamed kernel objects event to alert and memory map to memory slab.
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* Ethernet: Added KSDK shim driver.
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* Flash: Added KSDK shim driver
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* I2C: Changed config parameters to SoC specific.
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* QMSI: Implemented suspend and resume functions in WDT, I2C, SPI and AONPT.
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* QMSI: Implemented suspend and resume functions QMSI shim drivers
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* Added HP206C sensor.
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* Changed config_info pointers to const.
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* Added support for SoCWatch driver.
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* Minor fixes to uIP networking stack (This will be deprecated in 1.7)
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* QMSI: Updated to version 1.3.
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* QMSI: Updated to version 1.3.1.
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* HAL: Imported CC3200 SDK.
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* Imported Nordic MDK nRF51 files.
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* Imported Kinetis SDK Ethernet phy driver.

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