The GNU ARM Eclipse Plug-ins v0.5.x Change Log
Entries in this file are in direct chronological order.
2009
2009-08-22
- C/C++ linker options added
- –Xlinker –print-gc-sections
- –Xlinker –print-map
- –Xlinker –cref
- C/C++ compiler options added
- -fno-inline-functions
- C++ compiler options added
- -Wabi
- -Weffc++
- C/C++ compiler optimization default to -Os instead of -O3
- browse type ‘file’ removed from Map Filename, since it is not properly rendered
2009-08-21
- patches from Freddie Chopin applied
- C/C++ linker –gc-sections added
- C/C++ linker -nostartfiles enabled for C, disabled for C++
- C/C++ linker -nostdlibs disabled
- C++ compiler -no-rtti option added
- C/C++ compiler signed char as option, default is unsigned (compiler default)
- experimental toolchain presence support not completed, temporarily disabled until properly implemented
2009-04-18
- ‘-nostdlib’ enabled by default for linkers
- ‘CodeSourcery G++ Lite’ for Windows toolchain presence tested (by attempting to execute ‘arm-none-eabi-gcc’) [experimental]
- ‘CodeSourcery G++ Lite’ for Linux toolchain presence tested (by attempting to execute ‘arm-none-eabi-gcc’) [experimental]
- ‘GNUARM’ (and derivatives) toolchain presence tested (by attempting to execute ‘arm-elf-gcc’) [experimental]
- PATH automatic discovery for Windows versions of ‘CodeSourcery G++ Lite’ and ‘GNUARM 4.1.1’, by using Windows Registry information. No need to have them in the system PATH.
2009-04-07
- C Linker empty makefile bug fixed (spaces in secondaryOutputs/targetTool)
- about.* files moved here from the feature project; the ARM icon is now visible in the Help -> About window.
- update site URL renamed from
http://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updatetohttp://gnuarmeclipse.sourceforge.net/updates
2009-04-03
- org.eclipse.cdt.core.templateAssociations (schema in org.eclipse.cdt.core) points to all toolchain bases, as specified in schema examples and used in org.eclipse.cdt.managebuilder.gnu.ui. (not yet functional)
2009-04-07
- Discovery Options implemented for all toolchains.
2009-04-13
- patches from Freddie Chopin applied
- linker –gc-sections added
- linker -nostartfiles enabled for C, disabled for C++
- linker -nostdlibs disabled
- C++ compiler -no-rtti option added
- C/C++ compiler signed char as option, default is unsigned (compiler default)
- recompiled with Eclipse 3.5 & CDT 6.0
2010
2010-01-15
- ported on Eclipse 3.5 SR1 (Galileo), with CDT 6.0
2010-01-26
- license changed from GPL to EPL
2010-01-15
- no functional changes, only a clean repack of the update site and of the published archive.
2010-04-20
- the confusion between Host OS and Guest OS when selecting the CodeSourcery G++ Lite toolchain was finally sorted out. The basic toolchain when targeting for embedded systems is ARM EABI. The arm-none-eabi toolchain is intended to generate programs for running on ARM ported Linux, not embedded systems.
2010-06-09
- GNU/Linux CodeSourcery toolchain fixed (changed from arm-none-linux-gnueabi-* to arm-none-eabi-*)
2010-06-28
- properties on a source file triggered an error when selecting Tool Settings. This was due to a bug in ARMManagedCommandLineGenerator, where the parent of Tool may be ResourceConfiguration instead of ToolChain (bug #3024374 added a better support, by climbing the hierarchy).
2010-07-06
- development ported on macOS, Eclipse 3.5.2
- CodeSourcery added to macOS
- macOS missing GNUARM configuration reference fixed
- (#3024374) individual properties processed; ITool.getParent() should climb up the hierarchy via getSuperClass(); this is also a better fix for #3021757.
- (#3024483) New Yagarto Toolchain uses EABI; Yagarto toolchain split from common Windows GCC configurations
2010-07-07
- Yagarto discovery code was referring to CodeSourcery; fixed
- (#3014562) support for devkitPro ARM toolchain added (arm-eabi-g++)
2010-07-13
- (#3028902) assembler listing support added to source files as Wa,-adhlns=”$@.lst”
2010-07-15
- the Wiki page How to build and this page (Change log) were created from project text files.
2010-07-29
version 0.5.3.201007292300 released
- the Java code is compiled with 1.5 restrictions, otherwise it does not work on most platforms (#3036456)
- the update site was regenerated from scratch, without build.properties and it seems the categories are now displayed (#2833594)
- the files ChangeLog.txt, HowToBuild.txt were removed from the repository
- the file README.txt was simplified
2010-07-31
version 0.5.3.201007311800 released
- the download area was reorganised, files are now published in subfolders like gnuarmeclipse/0.5.3
- the old files were moved to Previous Releases
- the gnuarm-update.sh script was updated to publish both to the update site and to the download area
- the missing category in the update site seems to be a bug in the Eclipse p2 code; the workaround is to remove the fature and reassign it before the build
- this release shows the category as CDT GNU Cross Development Tools
2010-08-10
- (#2744055) code to identify options change added; interface update code still to be found.
- the license code in the feature project was fixed (the first line contained a space after the final ‘\’, terminating it prematurely)
2010-10-06
- version 0.5.3.201010061939 released
- (#3077091) new -mcpu= values: cortex-a5, cortex-a9, cortex-m1, cortex-m0, iwmmxt2, marvell-f
2010-10-14
- verson 0.5.3.201010141144 released
- (#3087264) new -mcpu= values: cortex-m4
2011
2011-11-26
- version 0.5.4.201111262136 released
- mainly ported to Eclipse 3.7 (CDT 8.0), no functional changes
2011-12-03
- version 0.5.4.201112030833 released
- clean regenerate the update site, to avoid the need to uncheck “Group by Category”
2012
2012-01-24
- (3475135) support for macOS Yagarto was added
- the scripts/publish-updates.sh was added, no need to commit binaries to SVN
2012-01-26
- version 0.5.4.201201250003 released
- (3480038) Plug-in install on Eclipse Indigo 3.7.1 fixed (the plug-in itself was ok, the problem was in the publish procedure, updated recently).
2012-02-17
- (3479739) support for Summon Toolchain added (patch 3487283 applied)
- (3479737) support for floating point added as
- -mfloat-abi=name and
- -mfpu=name
- support for endiannes added as
- -mlittle-endian and
- -mbig-endian
- (3148636) label for -fdata sections renamed as “Data Sections”
2012-02-21
- the Windows path for Summon toolchain was changed from arm-toolchain to summon-arm-toolchain
2012-02-25
- version 0.5.4.201202210114 released
2013
2013-09-16
- start work on 0.5.5
- New cpus: arm720, arm710t, arm720t, arm740t, strongarm1110, arm1156t2f-s, cortex-a7, cortex-a15, cortex-a53, cortex-m0plus, marvell-pj4, fa526, fa626, fa606te, fa626te, fmp626, fa726te
- accept spaces in project names (but still need CDT patch)
2013-09-17
- Toolchains added:
- Tools for Embedded (arm-none-eabi-)
- Sourcery Lite Linux (arm-none-linux-gnueabi-)
- Linaro AArch64 Bare (aarch64-none-elf-)
- Linaro AArch64 Linux (aarch64-linux-gnu-)
- Linaro GNUEABIHF Linux (arm-linux-gnueabihf-)
- xml name convention changed, to use parenthesis
- new FPU types: ‘fp-armv8’, ‘neon-fp-armv8’, and ‘crypto-neon-fp-armv8’.
- FPU Type enabled even for default Float ABI
- startfiles always enabled
- toolchain default debug format instead of dwarf
- elf32-littlearm, elf32-bigarm, elf32-little, elf32-big, tekhex removed from CreateFlash output type;
- flash binary outputType automatically computed
2013-09-18
- compiler -ffunction-sections, -fdata-sections and linker -Xlinker –gc-sections, defaults true
- C/C++ Hello ARM World templates added locally
2013-09-19
- AArch64 target configuration using separate structure
2013-09-24
- second edition (SE) started, git created
2013-09-27
- missing -pg added to most configs
- first functional SE (1.1.0), based on 0.5.5, with all commands configurable, including make and rm (using config macros)
2013-09-28
- version 0.5.5.201309281715 released
- new version ids renamed to ilg.gnuarmeclipse.managedbuild.cross* (SE)
- ARM configuration with arm/thumb, unalignedaccess added, selection IDs end in .enable/.disable instead of .yes/.no (SE)
2013-09-30
- wizard to select toolchain functional, except discovery (SE)
2013-10-05
- cross_toolchain_flags added as macro and used for discovery (SE)
2013-10-07
- separate Optimization entry (SE)
2013-10-09
- shared libs functionality restored (SE)
2013-10-11
- toolchain family renamed architecture; toolchain tab added and functional (SE)
2013-10-12
- change dependencies to Kepler CDT 8.2.0 (SE)
2013-10-13
- Toolchain Settings tab displayed only for this plug-in (SE)
- internal ids containing .base. corrected (SE)
2013-10-15
- CXA_ATEXEIT twice, fixed (SE)
- createflash.choice ID fixed (SE)
- maven tycho functional (SE)
2013-10-16
- publish script added (SE)
- version 0.5.5.201310111213 released (end of life)
- version 1.1.0.201310161930 released (experimental)
Note: al further changes refer, unless explicitly mentioned, to SE.
2013-10-17
- SourceForge site updated
- documentation updated
2013-10-19
- version 1.1.1.201310191701 released
- linker script file changed to multiple files; no more browse and spaces escaped in code
- new ‘Custom’ toolchain added as arm-none-eabi-
- a new Cortex-M3 template added
