diff --git a/release-2013.08.txt b/release-2013.08.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 11e50f2062..0000000000 --- a/release-2013.08.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,103 +0,0 @@ -RIOT-2013.08 - Release Notes -============================ -RIOT is a real-time multi-threading operating system that supports a range of -devices that are typically found in the Internet of Things: from 16-bit -microcontrollers to light-weight 32-bit processors. - -RIOT is based on the following design principles: energy-efficiency, real-time -capabilities, small memory footprint, modularity, and uniform API access, -independent of the underlying hardware (this API offers partial POSIX -compliance). - -RIOT leverages a robust micro-kernel architecture based on the FeuerWare kernel -originally developed in 2008 targeting Wireless Sensor Networks, and further -developed in µkleos. As such, RIOT is the direct heir of FeuerWare and µkleos. - -To lower the hurdles for new developers, all coding in RIOT can be done in -standard C (or C++) with standard tools like gcc and gdb, which also -facilitates application development and adaptation of existing Linux libraries. -Last but not least: the native port allows to run RIOT as-is on Linux and -MacOS. Multiple instances of RIOT running on a single machine can also be -interconnected via a simple virtual Ethernet bridge, which facilitates -networked application development. - -Features -======== -Kernel ------- -- Microkernel with a powerful messaging system -- Multi-Threading with low overhead -- an energy-efficient, real-time capable scheduler -- small memory footprint - -Userspace ---------- -- 6LoWPAN according to RFC 4944, RFC 6282, and RFC 6775 -- TCP and UDP -- RPL according to RFC 6550 and RFC 6719 -- High resolution and long-term timers -- POSIX IO and BSD socket API -- Bloom filter -- SHA256 - -Hardware Support ----------------- -- various ARM and MSP430 MCUs - * ARM7 NXP LPC2387 - * TI MSP430F1612 - * TI CC430F6137 - * ARM7 Freescale MC13224v (preliminary) - * ARM Cortex-M4 STM32f407vgt6 (preliminary) - * ARM Cortex-M3 STM32f103rey6 (preliminary) -- radio drivers - * TI CC1100 and CC1101 - * TI CC2420 - * Atmel AT86RF231 -- sensor drivers - * Sensirion SHT11 - * Linear Technology LT4150 - -Known Issues -============ -#21: Deal with stdin in bordermultiplex.c - Not all supported platforms provide a stdin in the current release. - However, the implementation of the 6LoWPAN border router won't work - without stdin. -#45: bit field order in the fcf may be wrong - The CC2420 FIFO expects the IEEE802.15.4 FCF field in reversed bit order. - This might break the implementation for other, upcoming radio - transceivers. -#83: Wrong byte order in sixlowpan - The 6LoWPAN stack might still contain some variables using the wrong byte - order. -#132: segfault in vtimer update shortterm - The vtimer is known to be buggy on all platforms and causes segmentation - faults on the native port. - -For more issues please check the RIOT issue tracker: -https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues - -More information -================ -http://www.riot-os.org - -Mailing lists -------------- -* RIOT OS kernel developers list - * devel@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) -* RIOT OS users list - * users@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/users) -* RIOT commits - * commits@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/commits) -* Github notifications - * notifications@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/notifications) - -License -======= -* All sources and binaries that have been developed at Freie Universität Berlin are - licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as published by the - Free Software Foundation. -* Some external sources, especially files developed by SICS are published under - a separate license. - -All code files contain licensing information. diff --git a/release-2014.01.txt b/release-2014.01.txt deleted file mode 100644 index c77e6fd903..0000000000 --- a/release-2014.01.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,165 +0,0 @@ -RIOT-2014.01 - Release Notes -============================ -RIOT is a real-time multi-threading operating system that supports a range of -devices that are typically found in the Internet of Things: from 16-bit -microcontrollers to light-weight 32-bit processors. - -RIOT is based on the following design principles: energy-efficiency, real-time -capabilities, small memory footprint, modularity, and uniform API access, -independent of the underlying hardware (this API offers partial POSIX -compliance). - -New features -============ -Core ----- -+ msg_receive() with timeout -+ LPM support for MSP430 based platforms -+ introduced a version string - -Supported platforms -------------------- -Additional support for the following boards: -+ TelosB -+ mbed LPC1768 - -Sensor drivers ---------------- -+ drivers for the LM75A Digital temperature sensor and thermal watchdog -+ SRF02 and SRF08 ultrasonic range finders - -Native port ------------ -+ implemented UART via I/O redirection or TCP and UNIX socket - -System libraries ----------------- -+ Mersenne twister pseudorandom number generator -+ crypto libraries - + 3des - + aes - + rc5 - + skipjack - + twofish -+ BSD-like package system for easy integration of external libraries - -Network stack -------------- -+ port of CCN lite -+ POSIX socket wrapper -+ integration of libcoap -+ integration of OpenWSN - -Further Changes -=============== -* boards and projects repositories have been integrated and are now part of - the RIOT repository itself -* full refactoring of the network stack and introducing a substructure - according to the modules' functionalities -* cleaned up Makefile system and simplified binary directory -* more documentation -* various bug fixes and cleanups - -Fixed Issues from the last release -================================== -#83: Wrong byte order in sixlowpan - To our best knowledge all occurrences of wrong byte order within the 6LoWPAN - network stack are fixed now. -#132: segfault in vtimer update shortterm - The vtimer has been carefully evaluated and all known issues concerning this - module are fixed. - -Known Issues -============ -#21: Deal with stdin in bordermultiplex.c - Not all supported platforms provide a stdin in the current release. - However, the implementation of the 6LoWPAN border router won't work - without stdin. -#45: bit field order in the fcf may be wrong - The CC2420 FIFO expects the IEEE802.15.4 FCF field in reversed bit order. - This might break the implementation for other, upcoming radio - transceivers. -#82: Setting STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED thread to STATUS_PENDING though it is not - handled yet - In some rare cases the status of a thread might falsely change to - STATUS_PENDING instead of STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED. -#426: Interrupt handling on MSP430 is buggy - UART and timer handling is currently unstable on MSP430 based platforms -#455: sha256 is broken on MSP430 - For unknown reasons sha256 calculates wrong results on MSP430 based platforms. -#495: native not float safe - When the FPU is used when an asynchronous context switch occurs, either the - stack gets corrupted or a floating point exception occurs. -#498: native is segfaulting at startup - In some cases (about 5-10%) a RIOT native process crashes with a SEGFAULT - at startup. -#499: native is segfaulting on heavy network usage - Sending more than 100 packets per second causes a SEGFAULT in RIOT native. -#505: native on FreeBSD is broken - Due to different parameter handling in FreeBSD, native is currently not - working there. - -For all issues and open pull requests please check the RIOT issue tracker: -https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues - -Release 2013.08 -=============== -Kernel ------- -- Microkernel with a powerful messaging system -- Multi-Threading with low overhead -- an energy-efficient, real-time capable scheduler -- small memory footprint - -Userspace ---------- -- 6LoWPAN according to RFC 4944, RFC 6282, and RFC 6775 -- TCP and UDP -- RPL according to RFC 6550 and RFC 6719 -- High resolution and long-term timers -- POSIX IO and BSD socket API -- Bloom filter -- SHA256 - -Hardware Support ----------------- -- various ARM and MSP430 MCUs - * ARM7 NXP LPC2387 - * TI MSP430F1612 - * TI CC430F6137 - * ARM7 Freescale MC13224v (preliminary) - * ARM Cortex-M4 STM32f407vgt6 (preliminary) - * ARM Cortex-M3 STM32f103rey6 (preliminary) -- radio drivers - * TI CC1100 and CC1101 - * TI CC2420 - * Atmel AT86RF231 -- sensor drivers - * Sensirion SHT11 - * Linear Technology LT4150 - - -More information -================ -http://www.riot-os.org - -Mailing lists -------------- -* RIOT OS kernel developers list - * devel@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) -* RIOT OS users list - * users@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/users) -* RIOT commits - * commits@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/commits) -* Github notifications - * notifications@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/notifications) - -License -======= -* All sources and binaries that have been developed at Freie Universität Berlin are - licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as published by the - Free Software Foundation. -* Some external sources, especially files developed by SICS are published under - a separate license. - -All code files contain licensing information. diff --git a/release-notes.txt b/release-notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1702b50231 --- /dev/null +++ b/release-notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,415 @@ +RIOT-2014.05 - Release Notes +============================ +RIOT is a real-time multi-threading operating system that supports a range of +devices that are typically found in the Internet of Things: from 16-bit +microcontrollers to light-weight 32-bit processors. + +RIOT is based on the following design principles: energy-efficiency, real-time +capabilities, small memory footprint, modularity, and uniform API access, +independent of the underlying hardware (this API offers partial POSIX +compliance). + +New features +============ +Core +---- ++ introduced explicit core/cpu interface through a set of header files ++ added reboot and panic functions ++ added a node name to the sysconfig struct ++ added the ability to send a message to the current thread's message queue + +Supported platforms +------------------- +Additional support for the following boards: ++ Arduino Due ++ UDOO board ++ X86 via qemu ++ Zolertia Z1 + +Network stack +------------- ++ added net_if as abstraction layer between transceiver module and L3 protocol ++ added support for auto initializing of the 6LoWPAN network stack ++ added support for RFC5444 via oonf_api (from OLSR.org) ++ added a Wireshark dissector for nativenet packets ++ introduced low-level radio driver interface ++ added a default transceiver for all boards ++ common IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver API definition ++ added standard way to query CCA (Clear Channel Assessment) status ++ enabled nonces in interests for CCN-lite (Content Centric Networking) ++ added a route shell command + +System libraries +---------------- ++ added quad-precision math library (quad_math) + +Automated Testing +----------------- ++ added Travis CI based build tests ++ added support for a Jenkins CI server ++ added a unittest framework (based on embunit) ++ added unittests for most core functions + +POSIX compliance +---------------- ++ pthread support including + + dynamic memory pool and cleanup handlers + + mutexes + + condition variable implementation + + reader/writer lock + + pthread_barrier_* functions + +Native +------ ++ added a valgrind and cachegrind targets ++ added profiling support + +Changes +======= +Core +---- +* initialize hwtimer automatically +* optimized thread status field usage +* moved oneway_malloc to sys +* prefixed API functions correctly + +Network stack +------------- +* major refactoring and decoupling +* refactor use of vtimer +* fixed forwarding +* added IoT-LAB M3 Open Node support and dropped TelosB support temporarily for OpenWSN +* moved ETX beaconing to a module on its own +* various byte order and other bug fixes + +Drivers +------- +* added low-level driver interface for unified CPU peripheral abstraction for + GPIO, ADC, PWM, Timer and UART +* handle race conditions preventing timers to be set correctly on MSP430 MCUs +* several CC2420 fixes + +System libraries +---------------- +* auto_init is used by default +* changed function prototype for shell handlers + +Other +----- +* cleaned up Makefile system and simplified binary directory +* improved documentation for core and sys +* build system uses PKG dependency +* build system sets include paths automatically +* black and white lists for applications and tests +* add stacksize checker for DEBUG macro +* styling corrections +* fixed license boiler plates +* set lpc2k_pgm return value correctly +* various bug fixes and cleanups + +Fixed Issues from the last release +================================== +#45: bit field order in the fcf may be wrong + The CC2420 FIFO expects the IEEE802.15.4 FCF field in reversed bit order. + With this release the byte order is now handled by the net_if module and + all device specific handling is done by the driver. +#82: Setting STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED thread to STATUS_PENDING though it is not + handled yet + In some rare cases the status of a thread might falsely change to + STATUS_PENDING instead of STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED. +#455: sha256 is broken on MSP430 + Fixed. +#498: native is segfaulting at startup + Fixed by several PRs (#501, #583, and #588). +#505: native on FreeBSD is broken + Fixed by PR #1022. + +Known Issues +============ +network related issues +---------------------- +#21: Deal with stdin in bordermultiplex.c + Not all supported platforms provide a stdin in the current release. + However, the implementation of the 6LoWPAN border router won't work + without stdin. +#861: neighbor discovery for 6LoWPAN not working + Duplicate address detection according to RFC 6775 is also missing. + +native related issues +--------------------- +#495: native not float safe + When the FPU is used when an asynchronous context switch occurs, either the + stack gets corrupted or a floating point exception occurs. +#499: native is segfaulting on heavy network usage + Sending more than 100 packets per second causes a SEGFAULT in RIOT native. +#534: native debugging on osx fails + Using valgrind or gdb with a nativenet target in OSX leads to "the network" + being stuck (gdb) or the whole process being stuck (valgrind). +#715: test_hwtimer_wait fails on native + The problem appears to be lost signals and depends on the CPU speed. +#787: reboot not working with open file descriptors on native + If for example a tap device is in use, the reboot command fails. +#862: sometimes the tap bridge does not work in native + Sometimes (rather suddenly) packages are not received by a TAP and won't be + received even if I reconfigure the bridge. +#1127: Random build fails on OSX + Building for native on OSX often fails - Workaround: build using -B flag, + e.g.: make -B clean all + +other platform related issues +----------------------------- +#426: Interrupt handling on MSP430 is buggy + UART and timer handling is currently unstable on MSP430 based platforms +#1232: x86 doesn't build on OS X with clang + Current version of the x86 port doesn't build for OS X with clang. + +For all issues and open pull requests please check the RIOT issue tracker: +https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues + +More information +================ +http://www.riot-os.org + +Mailing lists +------------- +* RIOT OS kernel developers list + * devel@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) +* RIOT OS users list + * users@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/users) +* RIOT commits + * commits@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/commits) +* Github notifications + * notifications@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/notifications) + +License +======= +* All sources and binaries that have been developed at Freie Universität Berlin + and most of the other code are licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public + License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. +* Some external sources, especially files developed by SICS are published under + a separate license. + +All code files contain licensing information. + + +RIOT-2014.01 - Release Notes +============================ +RIOT is a real-time multi-threading operating system that supports a range of +devices that are typically found in the Internet of Things: from 16-bit +microcontrollers to light-weight 32-bit processors. + +RIOT is based on the following design principles: energy-efficiency, real-time +capabilities, small memory footprint, modularity, and uniform API access, +independent of the underlying hardware (this API offers partial POSIX +compliance). + +New features +============ +Core +---- ++ msg_receive() with timeout ++ LPM support for MSP430 based platforms ++ introduced a version string + +Supported platforms +------------------- +Additional support for the following boards: ++ TelosB ++ mbed LPC1768 + +Sensor drivers +--------------- ++ drivers for the LM75A Digital temperature sensor and thermal watchdog ++ SRF02 and SRF08 ultrasonic range finders + +Native port +----------- ++ implemented UART via I/O redirection or TCP and UNIX socket + +System libraries +---------------- ++ Mersenne twister pseudorandom number generator ++ crypto libraries + + 3des + + aes + + rc5 + + skipjack + + twofish ++ BSD-like package system for easy integration of external libraries + +Network stack +------------- ++ port of CCN lite ++ POSIX socket wrapper ++ integration of libcoap ++ integration of OpenWSN + +Further Changes +=============== +* boards and projects repositories have been integrated and are now part of + the RIOT repository itself +* full refactoring of the network stack and introducing a substructure + according to the modules' functionalities +* cleaned up Makefile system and simplified binary directory +* more documentation +* various bug fixes and cleanups + +Fixed Issues from the last release +================================== +#45: bit field order in the fcf may be wrong + The CC2420 FIFO expects the IEEE802.15.4 FCF field in reversed bit order. + With this release the byte order is now handled by the net_if module and + all device specific handling is done by the driver. +#82: Setting STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED thread to STATUS_PENDING though it is not + handled yet + Pull Request #569 fixed this bug by checking for STATUS_REPLY_BLOCKED in + msg_receive(). +#455: sha256 is broken on MSP430 + The problem was caused + +Known Issues +============ +#21: Deal with stdin in bordermultiplex.c + Not all supported platforms provide a stdin in the current release. + However, the implementation of the 6LoWPAN border router won't work + without stdin. +#426: Interrupt handling on MSP430 is buggy + UART and timer handling is still unstable on MSP430 based platforms. +#495: native not float safe + When the FPU is used when an asynchronous context switch occurs, either the + stack gets corrupted or a floating point exception occurs. +#498: native is segfaulting at startup + In some cases (about 5-10%) a RIOT native process crashes with a SEGFAULT + at startup. +#499: native is segfaulting on heavy network usage + Sending more than 100 packets per second causes a SEGFAULT in RIOT native. +#505: native on FreeBSD is broken + Due to different parameter handling in FreeBSD, native is currently not + working there. + +For all issues and open pull requests please check the RIOT issue tracker: +https://github.com/RIOT-OS/RIOT/issues + +Release 2013.08 +=============== +Kernel +------ +- Microkernel with a powerful messaging system +- Multi-Threading with low overhead +- an energy-efficient, real-time capable scheduler +- small memory footprint + +Userspace +--------- +- 6LoWPAN according to RFC 4944, RFC 6282, and RFC 6775 +- TCP and UDP +- RPL according to RFC 6550 and RFC 6719 +- High resolution and long-term timers +- POSIX IO and BSD socket API +- Bloom filter +- SHA256 + +Hardware Support +---------------- +- various ARM and MSP430 MCUs + * ARM7 NXP LPC2387 + * TI MSP430F1612 + * TI CC430F6137 + * ARM7 Freescale MC13224v (preliminary) + * ARM Cortex-M4 STM32f407vgt6 (preliminary) + * ARM Cortex-M3 STM32f103rey6 (preliminary) +- radio drivers + * TI CC1100 and CC1101 + * TI CC2420 + * Atmel AT86RF231 +- sensor drivers + * Sensirion SHT11 + * Linear Technology LT4150 + + +More information +================ +http://www.riot-os.org + +Mailing lists +------------- +* RIOT OS kernel developers list + * devel@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) +* RIOT OS users list + * users@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/users) +* RIOT commits + * commits@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/commits) +* Github notifications + * notifications@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/notifications) + +License +======= +* All sources and binaries that have been developed at Freie Universität Berlin are + licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as published by the + Free Software Foundation. +* Some external sources, especially files developed by SICS are published under + a separate license. + +All code files contain licensing information. + +Release 2013.08 +=============== +Kernel +------ +- Microkernel with a powerful messaging system +- Multi-Threading with low overhead +- an energy-efficient, real-time capable scheduler +- small memory footprint + +Userspace +--------- +- 6LoWPAN according to RFC 4944, RFC 6282, and RFC 6775 +- TCP and UDP +- RPL according to RFC 6550 and RFC 6719 +- High resolution and long-term timers +- POSIX IO and BSD socket API +- Bloom filter +- SHA256 + +Hardware Support +---------------- +- various ARM and MSP430 MCUs + * ARM7 NXP LPC2387 + * TI MSP430F1612 + * TI CC430F6137 + * ARM7 Freescale MC13224v (preliminary) + * ARM Cortex-M4 STM32f407vgt6 (preliminary) + * ARM Cortex-M3 STM32f103rey6 (preliminary) +- radio drivers + * TI CC1100 and CC1101 + * TI CC2420 + * Atmel AT86RF231 +- sensor drivers + * Sensirion SHT11 + * Linear Technology LT4150 + + +More information +================ +http://www.riot-os.org + +Mailing lists +------------- +* RIOT OS kernel developers list + * devel@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel) +* RIOT OS users list + * users@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/users) +* RIOT commits + * commits@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/commits) +* Github notifications + * notifications@riot-os.org (http://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/notifications) + +License +======= +* All sources and binaries that have been developed at Freie Universität Berlin are + licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as published by the + Free Software Foundation. +* Some external sources, especially files developed by SICS are published under + a separate license. + +All code files contain licensing information.