# $Id: NEWS 308 2012-11-05 16:41:14Z joerg_wunsch $ Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.13 ================================== . Rearrange the entire error handling to use exceptions, rather than a mix between error code returns, and prematurely exiting the program from deep inside, without any attempt to cleanup the JTAG ICE connection status. This is a lot cleaner now, with a much reduced chance to leave the ICE in an unworkable state when exiting the program. . New devices: ATxmega128B1, ATxmega128B3, ATxmega64B1, ATxmega64B3, ATmega16M1, ATmega64M1, ATmega64C1, ATxmega128A3, ATxmega32A4 . Deprecate target programming (downloading) from the ELF file. It must be explicitly enabled now by the --enable-target-programming configure option. If not enabled, AVaRICE no longer depends on libbfd and its prerequisites. Use AVRDUDE for device programming. . Added IO register definitions (for GDB's "info io_registers" command) for the following devices: ATmega323, ATmega64, AT90CAN128, ATmega164p, ATmega324p, ATmega644, ATmega325, ATmega3250, ATmega645, ATmega6450, ATmega329, ATmega3290, ATmega649, ATmega6490, ATmega640, ATmega1280, ATmega1281, ATmega2560, ATmega2561, ATmega48, ATmega88, ATmega168, ATtiny13, ATtiny2313, AT90PWM2, AT90PWM3, AT90PWM2B, AT90PWM3B, ATmega32M1, ATmega32C1, ATtiny24, ATtiny44, ATtiny84, ATtiny25, ATtiny45, ATtiny85, ATtiny261, ATtiny461, ATtiny861, AT90CAN32, AT90CAN64, AT90PWM216, AT90PWM316, AT90USB1287, AT90USB162, AT90USB646, AT90USB647, ATmega1284P, ATmega165, ATmega165P, ATmega168P, ATmega16HVA, ATmega3250P, ATmega325P, ATmega328P, ATmega3290P, ATmega329P, ATmega32HVB, ATmega32U4, ATmega406, ATmega48P, ATmega644P, ATmega88P, ATtiny167, ATtiny43U, ATtiny48, ATtiny88, ATmega128RFA1 ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.12 ================================== . Many Xmega fixes for firmware versions 7 and above (as shipping by AVR Studio 5); code breakpoints and accessing the various Xmega memories appear to almost work now. Many thanks to Detlev Kraft for his in-depth analysis of the AVR Studio 5 communiction with the ICE. . Cache the PC returned by BREAK events, to speedup the communication. . New devices: ATxmega256A3, ATxmega16D4, ATtiny4313 . Moved source code repository from CVS to SVN. . Implement PDI debugging (JTAGICEmkII / Xmega). ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.11 ================================== . Fixed an annoying error that prevented it from compiling on recent versions of GCC. . Fixed *all* warnings, making the code -Wall -Wextra safe, so they can be enabled by default now. GCC 3.x users might want to run configure with --disable-warnings though, as some of the warnings are suppressed by GCC 4.x pragmas. ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.10 ================================== Important bug fixes: -------------------- . Add a check for the requirement to link against libz in order to successfully work with libbfd. That appears to be necessary for GNU binutils >= 2.19. ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.9 ================================= New CPU support added: ---------------------- . ATmega128RFA1 ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.8 ================================= New CPU support added: ---------------------- . ATtiny84 and ATtiny85 (debugWIRE devices) . ATmega32C1, ATmega32M1 . AT90PWM316, AT90USB162, AT90USB646, AT90USB647, ATmega1284P, ATmega165, ATmega165P, ATmega168P, ATmega16HVA, ATmega3250P, ATmega325P, ATmega328P, ATmega3290P, ATmega329P, ATmega32HVB, ATmega32U4, ATmega406, ATmega48P, ATmega644P, ATmega88P, ATtiny167, ATtiny43U, ATtiny48, ATtiny88, ATXmega128A1 New features added: ------------------- . External reset through nSRST (option -R/--reset-srst) . Handle ICE events (intelligently) beyond just BREAK events . Option -k/--known-devices to print all known devices . Default bitrate decreased to 250 kHz to comply with most AVRs shipping with a CPU frequency of 1 MHz Summary of important bug fixes: ------------------------------- . Fix a bug with single-stepping on the JTAG ICE mkII or AVR Dragon. The bug could eventually result in a "Cannot read program counter" message. . Fix a sign-extension bug in the length calculation of received JTAG ICE mkII packets that could result in a C++ allocation error. . [ 1869060 ] jtag daisy chain bits limitations . [ 1833342 ] useless warning message about jtag bitrate using dragon . [ 1831392 ] --jtag option does not default to usb using dragon . [ patch 1750202 ] set parameter command failed . [ 1865183 ] bfd.h not used for checking of libbfd . [ 1880464 ] AVR-Dragon needs libusb-dev . [ 1833340 ] cannot read program counter/Watchdog has expired ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.7 ================================= New CPU support added: ---------------------- . AT90PWM2B/AT90PWM3B (same as AT90PWM2/3 but different signature) . ATmega325/3250/645/6450 New features added: ------------------- . Software breakpoints are now also supported when using JTAG. Summary of important bug fixes: ------------------------------- . Complete overhaul of the USB communication, making it much more robust, and less resource-consuming. . DebugWire bug fix submittted by Shaun Jackman. ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.6 ================================= New CPU support added: ---------------------- . ATmega164P/324P (removed non-existing ATmega164/324) New features added: ------------------- . Support of the AVR Dragon (both, JTAG and debugWire) Summary of important bug fixes: ------------------------------- . Don't fork the USB daemon with the libusb handle open; instead, re-open the connection in the child. Fixes issues with MacOS X and Cygwin. ===================================================================== Summary of changes in AVaRICE 2.5 ================================= New CPU support added: ---------------------- . AT90USB1287 . ATmega2560/2561 . debugWIRE AVRs (ATmega48/88/168, ATtiny13, ATtiny2313, AT90PWM2/3, ATtiny24/44, ATtiny25/45, ATtiny261/461/861) New features added: ------------------- . JTAG daisy chainging . basic debugWIRE support (still limited to four breakpoints; known to occasionally cause trouble over USB, works better over RS-232) Summary of important bug fixes: ------------------------------- . fix ucAllowFullPageBitstream for ATmega640/1280/1281, AT90CAN128 . fix device descriptors, in particular EEPROM access on recent AVRs ===================================================================== [Versions up to AVaRICE 2.4 did not have a NEWS file entry.]