X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=NEWS;h=fdd62174a5ffeb69f5275d12be168a4262b6c052;hb=3f5f3a92889e2f297ee6b94362e587a2994f896b;hp=f278991b0d5f7f1ff1172b76d78a5a875e84f388;hpb=168e5fbe5a776d33750c0df9b12cee06d55d8c1c;p=libsigrokdecode.git diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index f278991..fdd6217 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,3 +1,137 @@ +0.5.2 (2018-09-12) +------------------ + +Note: This release does NOT change the libsigrokdecode public C API in +incompatible ways. This means existing frontends should not require any +changes. However, individual PDs and their output changed, which may +require some adaptations on the user's side in some cases. + + * New supported protocol decoders: + - mcs48 Intel MCS-48 external memory access protocol + - st7735 Sitronix ST7735 TFT controller protocol + - atsha204a Microchip ATSHA204A CryptoAuthentication device + - cfp 100 Gigabit C form-factor pluggable (CFP) protocol + - jtag_ejtag MIPS EJTAG protocol + - swim STM8 Single Wire Interface Module (SWIM) protocol + - cec HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) protocol + - miller Miller encoding protocol + - ook On-off keying protocol + - ook_oregon Oregon Scientific weather sensor protocol + - ook_vis OOK visualisation in various formats + * Various minor performance improvements in the backend. + * Fix an issue causing decoder termination to take a long time. + * Fix multiple self.put() memory leaks (bug #329). + * Fix multiple memory leaks reported by scan-build. + * Show a backtrace when the decode aborts due to an error (bug #1158). + * Perform the log level check for non-default handlers as well (bug #698). + * Fix multiple compiler warnings. + * Compiler: Add -Wshadow -Wformat=2 -Wno-format-nonliteral -Wfloat-equal. + * Build system: Add Python 3.7 support. + * Fix a 'make install' issue that happens with Python >= 3.7. + * Add two missing Python GIL release operations. + * libsigrokdecode API changes: + - Add the srd_log_callback_get() API call. + - Add the SRD_ERR_TERM_REQ error code. + * dcf77: + - Annotate invalid dow and month fields, do not abort execution (bug #1173). + - Annotate unexpected bit numbers and values, do not abort execution. + * spiflash: + - Add basic Adesto AT45DBxx support (WRITE1/2, STATUS). + - Add Adesto AT45DB161E metadata. + * jtag: + - Fix shifting of registers (bug #1066). + * jtag_stm32: + - Fix handling of boundary scan TAP and incorrect state transitions. + * eeprom24xx: + - Add ON Semi CAT24C256 and CAT24M01 support. + * counter: + - Emit wider annotations to improve readability in UIs (bug #1210). + - Add support for user specified initial counter values (bug #1229). + - Add an option to ignore a certain number of edges. + - Let the user decide how to handle the initial dead_cycles state. + * mdio: + - Accept MDIO READ without previous ADDRESS command (bug #1258). + * edid: + - Add support for extension blocks. + - Various annotation improvements. + * spi: + - Fix an issue causing an AttributeError during certain decodes. + * usb_power_delivery: + - Emit more details in annotations (power, PDO type, RDO info). + - Add PPS support. + - Add better USB Power Delivery 3.0 support. + +0.5.1 (2018-04-12) +------------------ + +Note: This release does NOT change the libsigrokdecode public C API in +incompatible ways. This means existing frontends should not require any +changes. However, individual PDs and their output changed, which may +require some adaptations on the user's side in some cases. + + * New supported protocol decoders: + - ac97 Audio and modem control for PC systems + - ds243x Maxim DS243x series 1-Wire EEPROM protocol + - maple_bus Maple bus peripheral protocol for SEGA Dreamcast + - morse Demodulated morse code protocol + - graycode Accumulate rotary encoder increments, timing statistics + - counter Count number of edges + - sda2506 Serial nonvolatile 1-Kbit EEPROM + - rc_encode PT2262/HX2262/SC5262 remote control encoder protocol + * Updated build requirements: + - libglib >= 2.34 + * New API calls: + - srd_searchpaths_get(): Retrieve PD search paths. + - srd_session_terminate_reset(): Terminate currently executing decoders + in a session, reset internal state. Allows re-using a session. + * can: + - Introduce clock synchronization (bug #990). + - Fix incorrect stuff bit handling (bug #1085). + * i2c: + - Don't drop the first sample of input data. + - Make input samplerate optional (bug #1076). + * i2s: + - Binary output: Make 32-bit WAV files, set file size to 4GB. + - Fix unportable use of struct.pack(). + - Make samplerate meta data optional. + * stepper_motor: + - Make samplerate meta data optional. + * pwm: + - Fixup sample numbers for binary output. + * onewire_network: + - Fixup start samplenumber for annotations. + * lpc: + - Improve robustness when decoding unexpected input data. + * ir_nec: + - Make timing margin relative. + - Optionally accept input signals that include the carrier. + * usb_request: + - Handle CONTROL transfer protocol stalls. + * usb_power_delivery: + - Enforce numerical order of RDO/PDO flag annotations, enforce check + order for start-of-packet sequences (bug #1090). + * parallel: + - Cope with sparse input maps, assume zero for unconnected pins (bug #1088). + - Unbreak and improve "word" de-multiplexing. + - Implement consistent number formatting. + - Expand 'wordsize' description (bits vs cycles). + * spi: + - Cope when a sample rate of 0 was configured (bug #1118). + * Acquire/release the Python GIL where needed to avoid threading issues. + This allows frontends to call libsigrokdecode API functions from different + threads without running into issues. + * Convert all protocol decoders to PD API version 3. + * Support for the old PD API version 2 has been removed. + * Unbreak the execution of Decoder.wait() with empty condition. + * self.wait(): Accept more forms of "unconditional wait" (None, no args). + * Fix a compiler warning on Mac OS X. + * configure.ac: Add missing PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG and AC_C_BIGENDIAN. + * Add a reset() method to all PDs which resets internal variable state. + * Clarify and improve channel mapping debug output. + * Print decoder and system search paths in debug output. + * Drop overly verbose log messages about (un)loading PDs. + * HACKING: Prefer git pull requests over mailing list patches. + 0.5.0 (2017-06-12) ------------------ @@ -175,7 +309,7 @@ means it is NOT backwards-compatible and frontends will need updates. * jitter: - Avoid Unicode string literals (bug #569). * jtag: - - Fix/enable OUT_PYTHON output. + - Fix/enable OUTPUT_PYTHON output. - Add more annotations, fix a SHIFT-IR/-DR issue. * jtag_stm32: - Fix incorrect handling of registers. @@ -197,7 +331,7 @@ means it is NOT backwards-compatible and frontends will need updates. * pwm: - Avoid Unicode string literals (bug #569). * spi: - - OUT_PYTHON docs: Fix order of MISO/MOSI data items. + - OUTPUT_PYTHON docs: Fix order of MISO/MOSI data items. - Tell stacked decoders about missing CS# signal. - Add binary output facilities for MISO/MOSI (bug #424). - Don't decode data lines if CS# isn't asserted (bug #559).