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• Fix some building issues

  • Fix build with LLVM on Powerpc64(le)
  • cmake: enable UNICORN_HAS_ARMEB when ARM is on
  • Better support MingW building
  • Better support FreeBSD host
    • Better support VS2008/VS2010

• Fix some issues in the core

  • Fix wrong sync after UC_ERR_[READ, WRITE, FETCH]_[UNMAPPED, PROT]
  • Support querying architecture mode besides arm
  • Fix pausing within Thumb2 ITE blocks

• Arm:

  • Support Arm BE8 mode

• X86:

  • Fix FPIP & FTST instructions

• Bindings:

  • Java: remove deprecated javah and build with javac
  • Python: handle exceptions raised in hook functions
  • Rust binding

• Fix Java binding compilation
• Enable building for ARM little-endian only (ignore big-endian)

• Add uc_context_free() API
• Fix context saving/retoring API (core & Python binding)

• Add cmake option to build Unicorn as a static library
• Fix error handling of mmap()
• uc_emu_start() can be reentrant
• Fix naming conflicts when built with systemd
• Fix setjmp/longjmp on native Windows
• Fix enabled hooks even after deleting them
• X86:
  • Fix 64bit fstenv
  • Fix IP value of 16bit mode
• ARM:
  • Fix APSR handling
• Python: Remove UC_ERR_TIMEOUT

This version fixes some issues and improves over v1.0.2-rc3.

• No longer require Python to build
• Fix recursive UC_HOOK_MEM callbacks for cross pages access
• Remove UC_ERR_TIMEOUT, so timeout on uc_emu_start() is not considered error
• Added UC_QUERY_TIMEOUT to query exit reason
• Fix UAF when deleting hook while in hook callback
• Ensure that hooks are unaffected by a request to stop emulation.
• Fix block hooks being called twice after an early exit from execution.
• Fix binding install on python2 (MacOS)
• X86:
  • Support read/write STn registers
  • Support read/write X64 base regs
• ARM64:
  • Support some new registers

Bugfixes since RC2

lots of bug fixes & improvement since v1.0.1

Stable release with some important bugfixes & new features for several architectures.

• Properly handle build with selected-architectures.
• Fix compilation issues on PPC & S390x.
• Fix a memory leak on uc_mem_protect().
• ARM:
  • Support big-endian mode.
  • Correct instruction size of Thumb/Thumb2 code.
  • Support read/write APSR register.
• ARM64:
  • Support read/write NEON registers.
  • Support read/write NZCV registers.
• Mips: Support read/write Mips64 registers.
• X86: Support read/write MSR.
• Haskell binding: update to the latest API.
• Python: allow not having PATH setup.

Unicorn Engine v1.0.

Important changes since v1.0-RC3:

• Fix build script for BSD host.
• Fix building Unicorn on Arm/PPC/Sparc/S390 hosts.
• X86:
  • Fix 16bit address computation.
  • Fix initial state of segment registers.