Kernel

• Change the location of hook invoking in rt_event_send, which can better reflect the event value to the system view.
• Fix the rt_realloc() issue in memheap;
• Fix the vstart_addr issue in the dynamic library.
• Ensure that signal is more standardized and remove si_errno members from siginfo_t;
• Add rt_thread_mdelay() API for millisecond delay in thread.

Components

• Fix the DFS mkfs issue of FatFs (which is a merge issue introduced in RT-Thread V3.0 upgrade).
• Fix dfs_net poll issue, if there is already received data, the upper layer can not wake up and deal with data.
• Fix the socket issue in dfs_net if lwip_socket failed(Bluebear233);
• If the dfs_net/socket feature is used within lwIP 1.x version, a compiler error will be returned.
• Fix the DFS df() information issue;
• Fix the audio device write issue while the interrupt is not properly recovered.
• Fix the one-shot timeout issue in the hardware timer driver framework.
• In ENC28J60 driver, the "link change interrupt" is enable in initialization.
• Fix the data issue in put data into ringbuffer.
• Add UDP information display in netstat command;
• Fix the USB HS issue when sending 1 bytes of data will cause two times of transmission.
• Change the registration mechanism of USB Class Driver and Class Driver can be registered in package.
• Add USB Device driver framework for HS USB.
• Enhance the compatibility of time() function for different compilers;
• Add more configuration items for DHCPD in menuconfig.

BSP

• Temporarily remove the Andes AE210P transplant because of the mistakenly use SVC for context switching.
• Add SD/MMC drive in Allwinner ARM9 BSP;
• Add SPI and SPI Flash drivers to Allwinner ARM9 BSP.
• Add GD32's gd32303e-eval development board support;
• gd32450z-eval supports GNU GCC compilation;
• Rewriting the hifive1 board level support package for the risc-v architecture;
• About i.MX RT1052, we have completed various development board support: ATK, Fire, seeed studio;
• On i.MX RT1052, add the cache-ops functions;
• On i.MX RT1052, add I2S driver and WM8960 codec driver support;
• Improve ETH driver support (including support for Fire development board) on i.MX RT1052.
• Add Hardware Timer driver support on i.MX RT1052.
• On i.MX RT1052, add GPIO driver;
• On i.MX RT1052, add RTC driver;
• On i.MX RT1052, improve SD/MMC driver;
• On i.MX RT1052, add SPI driver and SPI Flash driver (connect to SFUD component);
• Add USB Device driver on i.MX RT1052.
• Add README files and KConfig files in LPC408x BSP;
• Add README documents in LPC5460x-LPCXpresso BSP;
• Add the display controller driver (Sundm75) in Godson 1C BSP.
• Add CAN driver in Loongson 1C BSP(Sundm75);
• In GPIO driver of Loongson 1C BSP, add (external) interrupt feature (Zhuangwei);
• Use SPI automatic initialization in Loongson 1C BSP.
• Add I2C driver in Loongson1C BSP(Sundm75);
• Add resistive touch screen driver in Loongson 1C BSP(Sundm75);
• In Loongson 1C BSP, the components initiliazation and main function is enable(Zhuangwei).
• Add self bootup in Loongson1C BSP (Zhuangwei);
• Add README files and KConfig files to Loongson 1C BSP(Zhuangwei).
• Fix the rx descriptor issue in init_rx_desc function in NUC472 BSP (Bluebear233);
• Add AC97 Audio driver in QEMU-VExpress-A9 BSP;
• Add README description file in QEMU-VExpress-A9;
• Add I2C driver in stm32f4xx-HAL BSP, and README description file;
• Add cache-ops in stm32f7-disco BSP, and README description file;
• Add README description file in stm32f10x/stm32f10x-HAL;
• Add README specification files and KConfig configuration files in stm32f40x BSP;
• Add KConfig configuration file in stm32f20x BSP;
• Add README description file to stm32f411-nucleo BSP and enable GNU GCC tool chain support;
• Add GPIO driver and README description file in stm32f429-apollo BSP;
• Add KConfig configuration files in stm32f429-armfly BSP;
• Add README description file in stm32l476-nucleo BSP;
• Because V2M-MPS2 does not support in 32-bit machine simulation operation, temporarily remove this BSP.
• Add README description file and some firmware file, such as u-boot.bin, wifi firmware etc, in X1000 BSP;

Tools

• Add detection feature for the version of GNU GCC tool chain and libc function feature.
• Add the function of VSCode editor assistance, and support scons --target=vsc -s under BSP folder to generate configuration files for VSCode.
• Add the detection of verson of IAR;
• Add the ProjectInfo (Env) function to get information about target: all source files should be compiled, all header files, all macro definitions, the search paths for header file etc.

RT-Thread v3.0.3 has been released. The change log since v3.0.2:

Kernel

• Add scheduler protection when do cleanup for a detached thread;
• Fix the object_find issue when enable module feature;
• Improve POSIX signal support and add rt_signal_wait function and POSIX sigwait interface;
• When enable finsh shell, rtthread.h header file includes the API file of finsh. Therefore, the application code can use command export feature without finsh.h file;
• Improve the comments of rtdbg.h file. In RT-Thread, just use following code to add debug log feature:

    #define DBG_ENABLE

    #define DBG_SECTION_NAME    "[ MOD]"
    #define DBG_LEVEL           DBG_INFO
    #define DBG_COLOR
    #include <rtdbg.h>

When close the DBG_ENABLE definition, the debug log will be closed. Otherwise, the dbg_log(level, fmt, ...) can be used to print debug information.

DBG_SECTION_NAME - The prefix information for each log line; DBG_LEVEL - The debug log level; DBG_COLOR - Whether use color log in console.

Components

• Fix the flag issue of fopen in GNU GCC;
• Fix the pthread_detach issue when used for a detached pthread;
• Fix the _TIMESPEC_DEFINED issue in IAR 8;
• Add libc_stdio_get_console() interface for returns the fd of console;
• Move UI engine component as a standalone package;
• Add a unify TF/SD card driver on SPI device bus;
• Add soft-RTC device, therefore device can synchronize with network time and maintains the time with OS tick later;
• Change the open/fcntl/ioctl API to POSIX standard interface;
• Fix ramfs issue when update with RTT 3.0.x;
• Fix the elm fatfs umount issue; (liu2guang)
• ignore the O_CREAT flag when open a device file;
• Improve VCOM class driver in USB stack; (ChunfengMu, Aubr.Cool)

BSP

• Fix the potential issue when enable Cortex-M hardware FPU;
• Add v2m-mps2 bsp, which is used in Keil MDK5 for Cortex-M4/M7/M23/M33 simulation;
• Add sdcard driver for stm32f10x-HAL;(liu2guang)
• Improve GNU GCC support for stm32f10x-HAL;(Xeon Xu)
• simulator bsp can be used in Windows/Visual C++ and update SDL to v2.0.7;
• Add gk7102 bsp by gokemicro;(gokemicro)
• Add allwinner F1C100s ARM9 bsp;(uestczyh222)
• Fix some issues in peripherals drive library of NXP LPC54608/i.MX RT; (Valeriy Van)

Tools

• scons building script will automatically add _REENT_SMALL macro when enable newlib nano;
• Modify building script for Python 3.x and scons 3.0

RT-Thread v3.0.2 has been released!

Platform:

• Make sure the Object_Class to a fixed value
• Add rt_device_create/destroy API
• Add memory trace for small memory management algorithm for memory leak and overwritten.
• Add a first version of asynchronous I/O API
• Add cputime for high resolution counter
• Add pipe device functions in DeviceDrivers
• USB Host available in stm32f4 with mass storage class
• Add 'df' command in msh
• Update UI engine and add an example
• Split clock_time from pthreads and add a new clock id: CLOCK_CPUTIME_ID
• Enable IPv6 in lwIP 2.0.2 version
• Add memlog in logtrace
• Fix closesocket issue in dfs_net
• Fix IPv6 issue in NFS
• Update JFFS2 file system with new DFS API
• Fix the issue of stat "/.." of lwext4 (parai)
• Fix the fs type search issue in mkfs
• Fix the select issue in dfs_net

Tools:

• scons: add '--useconfig' command to use an exist config file
• scons: force to use g++ for link when enable RT_USING_CPLUSPLUS in GNU GCC configuration
• Enable package feature in Linux/MacOS host

BSP:

• Add NUC472 bsp (bluebear)
• Update SD/MMC driver for qemu-vexpress-A9
• Add keyboard/mouse driver for qemu-vexpress-a9
• Add ADC/I2C/Flash/PWM/RTC/smbus/SPI driver for apollo2 (Haleyl)
• Add I2C/LCD/Touch driver for i.MXRT1052-EVK
• Update SD/MMC driver for mini2440 (kuangdazzidd)
• Update simulator to adapt VC++ compiler
• Add USB host driver in stm32f4xx-HAL (uestczyh222)
• Update EMAC driver for IPv6 in stm32f40x/stm32f107
• Add stm32h743-nucleo bsp (polariss)

RT-Thread v3.0.1 has been released!

Platform:

• Add mmap()/munmap() API for POSIX compatibility.
• Fix the filesystem_operation_table issue.
• Enhance USB stack for USB slave (HID/ECM/RNDIS/WINUSB or composite device);
• Enhance USB stack for USB host (HID/MSC etc);
• Fix memory leak issue when close a pipe.
• Fix the romfs open issue;
• Add SoftAP device in Wi-Fi framework;
• Re-order the lwIP/ETH initialization;
• Add IPv6 options in Kconfig;
• Fix the module_id issue in _rt_thread_init;

Tools:

• Add menuconfig for Linux/Mac platform: use scons --memuconfig to enable it;
• Add LIBS feature for IAR project;

BSP:

• Enhance LPC54608 BSP for kinds of compiler;
• Add GPIO/I2C/SPI driver for Loongson 1C;
• Add csd cmd in sdcard driver of mini2440;
• Add SDIO/EMAC driver for qemu-vexpress-a9 bsp;
• Enable VC++ to compile simulator bsp;
• Add stm32f4xx-HAL bsp for kinds of STM32F4 series <User can use menuconfig to select chip>;
• Fix the PHY reset in stm32f429-apollo bsp;
• Add Audio/MMC/SLCD/Touch/USB slave/RTC/SPI/SFC Flash driver in Ingenic X1000 bsp;

RT-Thread 3.0 has been released.

Platform:

• Add more POSIX features, for example poll/select, signal, termios etc.
• Add waitqueue for poll feature.
• Use fops for file operation. There are two ways to visit device object: rt_device_* API, the file API(open/read/write/close etc).
• Change the type of cmd from uint8_t to int in control interface.
• Add more C++ object for RT-Thread Kernel Object.
• Add wlan driver framework for wlan device operation.
• Integrate SFUD into RT-Thread to unify the operations of spi flash.
• Update lwIP to v2.0.2 version.

Tools:

• Enable packages, with ENV tool.
• menuconfig & Kconfig.
• Add scons --dist for make a distribution for specified BSP.

BSP:

• more MCU porting.

IoT:

• put more IoT components as packages, for example, MQTT, CoAP, HTTP, TLS etc.

This release is the final release for RT-Thread v2.1.0 branch. This release has been delayed many time. After committed fh8620 and x1000 bsp, we are proud to announce this branch release of the official version.

The change log since last stable version:

Kernel:

• Move the init component to the kernel.
• Fix the device open flag issue.
• Add assertion hook.
• Better application module support.
• Does not lock scheduler when invoking soft-timer timeout function.

Board Support Package:

• fh8620, which is provided by Shanghai Fullhan Microelectronics Co., Ltd. It's a IP camera chip with ARM1176, 300MHz, 16KB I-Cache and 16kB D-Cache.
• x1000 bsp. The CPU is a XBurst CPU 1.0GHz, MIPS-based, from Ingenic Semiconductor Co.,Ltd.
• imx6sx bsp, only the Cortex-A9 core porting in the NXP i.MX6 solox. BTW, another full Kinetis series porting was created in rt-thread_fsl, which is maintained by NXP employee.
• lpc5410x bsp, only the Cortex-M4 core porting.
• ls1cdev bsp for Loogson1C board.
• dm365 bsp.
• nRF51822/nRF52832 bsp.
• stm32f7-disco bsp, the first ARM Cortex-M7 porting in RT-Thread.
• stm32f411-nucleo bsp.
• Add IAR compiler support in beaglebone bsp.

Components:

• Add more socket fd operators in DFS with a virtual lwIP file system ops.
• Add CAN/Hardware Timer device drivers.
• Fix the SDIO issue to support sdio wifi device.
• Add eMMC support in SD/MMC device drivers;
• Fix the NAT configured enter reset issue in lwIP NAT.
• RTGUI come back, but as a UI engine for blend point/line/rect and bitmap etc.
• Add nanopb porting, a small code-size Protocol Buffers implementation;
• Add paho-mqtt porting, the Eclipse Paho MQTT C/C++ client for Embedded platforms;
• Update freetype to 2.5.4 version.
• Enhance msh for file operations.
• Split the exported commands of finsh shell to a standalone section: ".rodata.name"

This is a bug fix version:

• lwIP issue;
• DFS fd issue;

The bug fix version.

This is the second release for RT-Thread v2.1.0 series, which is a beta version. As the planning in the road map, this release mainly includes following:

• Add more feature on DFS_lwIP for POSIX feature;
• Add more BSP, for example stm32f7-disco.

This is a bug fix release based on RT-Thread v2.0.0.