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diff --git a/doc/relnotes/status.texi b/doc/relnotes/status.texi new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dbc41b0333 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/relnotes/status.texi @@ -0,0 +1,190 @@ +@c +@c COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2002. +@c On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). +@c All rights reserved. +@c +@c $Id$ +@c + +@ifinfo +@node Development Environment Status, Development Environment Status RTEMS Executive Status, Installation Procedure Installing RTEMS, Top +@end ifinfo +@chapter Development Environment Status +@ifinfo +@menu +* Development Environment Status RTEMS Executive Status:: +* Development Environment Status Development Environment Status:: +* Development Environment Status Known Problems:: +@end menu +@end ifinfo + +This chapter will describe the current status of +release version @value{VERSION} of the RTEMS Development Environment. + +@ifinfo +@node Development Environment Status RTEMS Executive Status, Development Environment Status Development Environment Status, Development Environment Status, Development Environment Status +@end ifinfo +@section RTEMS Executive Status + +Release @value{VERSION} of the RTEMS Executive contains support +for both the classic RTEMS API based on the RTEID specification as well +as support for POSIX threads and real-time extensions. + +The classic RTEMS API has the following managers based upon the RTEID +specification: + +@itemize @bullet +@item Task +@item Initialization +@item Clock +@item Timer +@item Interrupt +@item Fatal Error +@item Message +@item Semaphore +@item Event +@item Signal +@item Region +@item Partition +@item Dual Ported Memory +@item I/O +@item Multiprocessing +@item Rate Monotonic +@item User Extensions +@end itemize + +RTEMS also has support for the following managers based upon the POSIX threads +and real-time extensions: + +@itemize @bullet +@item Thread +@item Clock +@item Key +@item Condition Variable +@item Mutex +@item Signal +@item Scheduler +@end itemize + +This release of the C implementation supports the +following processors and target boards: + +@itemize @bullet +@item Motorola M68k family +@itemize - +@item DY-4 DMV152, SVME153 +@item Motorola IDP +@item Motorola MVME135, MVME136 +@item Motorola MVME147, MVME147S +@item Motorola MVME162 +@item EFI 68000 and 68332 +@item Generic 68302 +@item Generic 68360 and 68360 in companion mode with 68040 +@end itemize + +@item Intel i386 family +@itemize - +@item Force CPU386 +@item Intel i386ex eval board +@item PC-AT i386 and above (go32) +@end itemize + +@item Intel i960 family +@itemize - +@item Cyclone CVME960, CVME961 +@end itemize + +@item PowerPC +@itemize - +@item Papyrus (proprietary controller) +@end itemize + +@item SPARC +@itemize - +@item ERC32 (space-hardened V7) +@end itemize + +@item MIPS +@itemize - +@item P4000 with R4600 or R4650 +@end itemize + +@item AMD 29K +@itemize - +@item Portsw +@end itemize + +@item UNIX +@itemize - +@item Hewlett Packard HPUX (PA-RISC) +@item Sun Solaris 2.x (SPARC) +@item Linux (i386) +@end itemize + +@end itemize + +Support for the Cygnus NEWLIB Standard C Library is +provided with this release which may be used on any of the RTEMS +supported targets. The BSPs only provide support for console +I/O only using this library. Support for the reentrancy +capabilities of newlib is provided in the RTEMS distribution. + +@ifinfo +@node Development Environment Status Development Environment Status, Development Environment Status Known Problems, Development Environment Status RTEMS Executive Status, Development Environment Status +@end ifinfo +@section Development Environment Status + +This section details the versions of the tools used +to develop and maintain RTEMS @value{VERSION}: + +@itemize @bullet +@item Cross Tools +@itemize - +@item gcc - 2.7.2.2 with rtems patch +@item binutils - 2.7 with rtems patch +@item zip - 1.2.4 +@item make - 3.74 +@end itemize +@end itemize + + +@ifinfo +@node Development Environment Status Known Problems, Executive Problems, Development Environment Status Development Environment Status, Development Environment Status +@end ifinfo +@section Known Problems +@ifinfo +@menu +* Executive Problems:: +* Development Environment Problems:: +* RTEMS Problem Reporting:: +@end menu +@end ifinfo + +Problems which are known to exist at the time of +release are described in the following sections. These are +provided as warnings to the user and where possible, workarounds +are provided until the problem is corrected. + +@ifinfo +@node Executive Problems, Development Environment Problems, Development Environment Status Known Problems, Development Environment Status Known Problems +@end ifinfo +@subsection Executive Problems + +There are no known bugs in the executive itself. + +@ifinfo +@node Development Environment Problems, RTEMS Problem Reporting, Executive Problems, Development Environment Status Known Problems +@end ifinfo +@subsection Development Environment Problems + +There are no known major problems with the +development environment. + +@ifinfo +@node RTEMS Problem Reporting, RTEMS PROBLEM REPORT, Development Environment Problems, Development Environment Status Known Problems +@end ifinfo +@subsection RTEMS Problem Reporting + +The RTEMS Project uses the GNATS Problem Reporting and Tracking System. +Instructions for reporting a problem are located at +@uref{http://www.rtems.com/bugs.html}. |