1 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.19.0:
3 * complex math functions
4 * locale support extended to maintain wide char values of native strings
5 * eXtensible Data Record (XDR) support for Cygwin
6 * wide char functions updated to Unicode 5.2
7 * additional locale charsets
8 * POSIX standard adherence improvements
9 * tic6x platform support contributed
10 * cr16 platform support contributed
13 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.18.0:
15 * wide-char enhancements
16 * long double math routines added for platforms where LDBL == DBL
17 * long long math routines added
19 * UTF-16 modifications for Cygwin
20 * major locale charset overhaul including added charsets
21 * added moxie platform
23 * added xc16x platform
27 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.17.0:
29 * new C99 wide-char function additions
30 * lm32 platform support contributed
31 * movement of regex functions from sys/linux directory into
32 shared libc/posix directory
33 * string function optimizations
34 * redesign of formatted I/O to reduce dependencies when using
35 sprintf/sscanf family of functions
36 * numerous warning cleanups
37 * documentation fixes to support pdf, info, ps formats and
38 eclipse libhover hover docs
41 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.16.0:
43 * mep-elf support contributed
44 * x86_64 support added
45 * reentrant I/O clean-up
46 * various new C functions added from C99, POSIX, SUSV, etc..
47 * switch to use top-level libtool
48 * spu floating-point environment and stdio enhancement
52 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.15.0:
54 * new platforms added (bfin, spu, fido)
55 * merge of csl branch changes (e.g. m68k)
56 * additional C99 support (printf modifiers, strtod, isnan/isinf)
57 * new configuration option to turn off dynamic allocation for atexit
58 * reentrancy added for read / write functions
59 * Cygwin fixes (e.g. POSIX read file flush behavior)
60 * switch to autoconf 2.5.9
61 * use of aclocal/automake 1.9.6
62 * various bug fixes and doc cleanups
64 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.14.0:
66 * new platforms added (cris, mt, m32c)
67 * more locking protection macros added
68 * various C99/POSIX/SUSV3 compliance issue improvements
70 * header file improvements (e.g. adding RTEMS stdint.h/inttypes.h)
72 * changes made to allow use of gcc4 to build newlib
73 * general bug fixes and cleanups
75 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.13.0:
77 * optimized iconv support
78 * new configuration option to disable syscalls in newlib (e.g. sys/arm)
79 * new configuration options controlling long long, long double support
80 * ability of configuration options to override platform defaults
81 * improved locking protection for file I/O functions
82 * new reentrant functions
83 * various fixes to allow building under FC3 and Debian Linux
85 * new platforms (e.g. crx)
86 * new iprintf and iscanf family functions
88 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.12.0:
90 * general iconv support added
91 * major cleanup with linux header files regarding warnings
92 * thread-safety and reentrancy fixes
93 * additional wide character C99 functions
94 * addition of %lc, %ls, %S, and %C printf format specifiers
97 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.11.0:
99 * enhanced EL/IX support for i[3456]86-pc-linux
100 * new --enable-newlib-elix-level configuration option
101 * positional arg I/O support for printf family (--enable-newlib-io-pos-args)
102 * support for the Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat
103 * support for Motorola Altivec and SPE added by Red Hat
104 * new small reentrancy structure support
105 * dynamic reentrancy structure support
107 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.10.0:
109 * libtool support for i[3456]86-pc-linux native builds
110 * addition of libm/machine/i386 directory, for i386 fast math routines
112 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.9.0:
114 * i[3456]86-pc-linux support
116 * Long Double I/O support via the WANT_IO_LONG_DBL flag
118 * addition of reentrant environment functions
120 * addition of xscale and AVR platforms
122 * severe reduction in the number of warnings issued
124 * consolidation of many RTEMS features into shared headers
126 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.2:
128 * RTEMS features and fixes from Joel Sherrill.
130 * More work on reentrant routines.
132 * Floating point math library check, --enable-newlib-hw-fp.
134 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.1:
136 * Added check for --enable-newlib-mb configure option which defines the
137 MB_CAPABLE macro. Multibyte support for JIS, SJIS, and EUC-JP implemented.
139 * Reduced code size for libm modules.
141 * Replaced the BSD malloc with Doug Lea's malloc.
143 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.0:
145 * Added simulated signal handling functions _raise_r, _signal_r, raise, and
146 signal except for sparc-sun-sunos*, i[3456]86-*-sco*, and a29k-*-* systems,
147 which already provide access to signal. The signal functionality provided
148 does not interact with hardware generated signals.
150 * Added reentrant function rand_r from POSIX.1c.
152 * Removed _asctime, _next, _scanpoint, and _signgam fields from struct
153 _reent. These are no longer necessary since there are now functions
154 that explictly support multiple threads (asctime_r, ctime_r, gamma_r,
155 gmtime_r, lgamma_r, localtime_r, rand_r, & strtok_r).
158 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.7.0:
160 * Cross compiler target libraries are now built in a subdir of the top level
173 where m68020 and m68881 are multilib subdirectories
175 * m68k targets support --disable options to avoid building unwanted versions
178 --disable-softfloat - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -msoft-float
179 --disable-m68881 - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68881
180 --disable-m68000 - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68000
181 --disable-m68020 - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68020
183 These options have *no* effect on the default libraries, so if the default
184 is -m68020, --disable-m68020 is nilpotent.
186 * Reentrancy support in libm removed.
188 * strtok, strtol, strtoul, assert, div, ldiv, qsort, vfprintf
189 replaced with NetBSD versions.
191 * Support for systems with 32 bit "doubles" added.
195 * dtoa.c updated from master dtoa.c soruces (netlib.att.com)
199 *** Major changes in newlib version 1.6.1:
201 * Added reentrant functions (asctime_r, ctime_r, gmtime_r, localtime_r,
202 and strtok_r) from POSIX.1c.
204 * Removed _asctime_r and _strtok_r functions.