From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bart Veer To: ecos-announce@sourceware.cygnus.com Subject: eCos 1.2.1 release now available Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:56:00 -0000 Message-id: <199905171553.QAA14969@sheesh.cygnus.co.uk> X-SW-Source: 1999/msg00002.html The eCos team is pleased to announce that the second public release of the Embedded Cygnus Operating System is now available. Since the original eCos 1.1 release a wide range of new features and additional ports have been added. eCos 1.2.1 incorporates the following enhancements: New architectures: * Advanced RISC Machines ARM7 * Fujitsu SPARClite MB8683x series of processors * PowerPC MPC860 support has been extended to include the MPC850 and MPC823 variants. * Work has started on a further two architectures, the VR4300 and the SH-3. See the Cygnus web pages for details of our early access program. Several new evaluation board ports: * ARM PID7T * ARM AEB-1 (beta) * Cogent CMA287-50 - PowerPC MPC850 * Cogent CMA287-23 - PowerPC MPC823 * Motorola FADS860 (unsupported contributed port) * Fujitsu MB8683x series evaluation boards New tools features: * Synthetic target support under Linux x86 - run eCos apps natively under Linux * Config Tool - built-in support for eCos testcase execution * Config Tool - memory layout editor, simplifies the task of mapping eCos to the target's memory map * Enhanced GDB download protocol - halving the download time over serial connections New or extended runtime features: * New eCos device driver architecture - including revised serial drivers for all supported boards * Standardized kernel device driver API * ISO C library now includes support for signals and date/time functions * CygMon ROM monitor support for the SPARClite evaluation boards, including ethernet based download and debug * Expanded testsuite In addition to these features the release includes a wealth of minor refinements, bug fixes, and documentation enhancements. Contributions: This release incorporates two major contributions from the net community. The board port to the Motorola FADS860 board has been contributed by Kevin Hester, and the Linux synthetic target support has been contributed by Chris Provenzano. A number of other contributions have already been accepted and incorporated, and various bugs reported by the net have been fixed. Anonymous CVS access: Cygnus Solutions strongly believes in the benefits of open development and, to encourage this, it is now possible to obtain the most recent versions of eCos using anonymous CVS access. This facility provides immediate access to the latest eCos features and rapid deployment of any necessary bug fixes. Visit the home of eCos on the Cygnus sourceware site http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ecos/ for full downloads, on-line documentation, mailing lists, FAQ, AnonCVS, and further information. Further product related information such as brochures, press releases, etc., can be found on the eCos product web site http://www.cygnus.com/ecos/ The eCos Team Cygnus Solutions http://sourceware.cygnus.com/ecos/