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TI-RTOS 2.01.00.03 Release Notes

This release note is divided into the following sections:

Introduction, Documentation, Products Included, What's New, Upgrade & Compatibility Information, Host Support, Dependencies, Target and Compiler Support, Validation Info, Known Issues, Examples, Version Information, Technical Support.

Introduction

This is the GA release of TI-RTOS . This version of TI-RTOS requires CCS 6.0, IAR 5.60.1 (MSP430) or 6.70.2 (ARM). For CC3200 users, IAR 7.20.1 is required.

The TI-RTOS delivers components that enable engineers to develop applications on Texas Instruments micro-controller devices. The product is comprised of multiple software components and examples of how to use these components together.

The TI-RTOS gives developers a one-stop RTOS solution for developing applications for TI embedded microcontrollers. It provides an OS kernel, communications support, drivers, and more. It is tightly integrated with TIs Code Composer Studio development environment. In addition, examples are provided to demonstrate the use of each functional area and each supported device and as a starting point for your own projects.

This release note covers all the TI-RTOS products: 


Documentation

The following documentation is available:

Release notes from previous releases are also available in the release notes archive directory.

Products Included

The following is a list of all the products bundled into the TI-RTOS installation (with exceptions as noted). 
* XDCtools is installed at the same level at TI-RTOS. If the xdctools_3_30_04_52 version is already present at that location, that version is used.
** refer to <TIRTOS_Install_dir>\products\<*Ware>\TI-RTOS.README for more details

What's New

2.01.00.03

Please refer to the Getting Started Guide and/or User Guide for more detail about the following new features.
Defects Fixed since 2.00.02.26

ID Headline
SDOCM00112133 TI-RTOS installer needs to handle case in which XDCTools does not include JRE
SDOCM00108224 Project template description has a misspelled word


Upgrade and Compatibility Information 

When migrating an application that uses TI-RTOS 2.00.01.23 to TI-RTOS 2.01.00.03, the following steps must be taken:
    1. Libraries: The  CC3200 driverlib libraries (e.g. "${COM_TI_RTSC_TIRTOSSIMPLELINK_INSTALL_DIR}/products/cc3200-sdk_0.51a/driverlib/ccs/exe/driverlib.a") must be changed to point to the new CC3200 driverlib libraries (e.g. "${COM_TI_RTSC_TIRTOSSIMPLELINK_INSTALL_DIR}/products/CC3200_driverlib_1.0.2/driverlib/ccs/Release/driverlib.a").
    2. Include Paths: The MWare include paths (e.g. "${COM_TI_RTSC_TIRTOSSIMPLELINK_INSTALL_DIR}/products/cc3200-sdk_0.51a") must be changed to point to the new MWare include paths (e.g. "${COM_TI_RTSC_TIRTOSSIMPLELINK_INSTALL_DIR}/products/CC3200_driverlib_1.0.2").


Host Support


Dependencies

This release requires the following other software components and tools versions to successfully function: 


Target and Compiler Support

The following table contains the targets available for each product. It also contains the compiler toolchains that were used to build the TI-RTOS binaries.

Product Supported Targets Compiler Toolchains Compiler Versions
TI-RTOS for C2000 ti.targets.arm.elf.M3 
ti.targets.C28_float
ti.targets.C28_large
Texas Instruments 5.1.5  (M3)
6.2.5 (C28)
TI-RTOS for C6000 ti.targets.elf.C66
ti.targets.elf.C66_big_endian
ti.targets.elf.C674
Texas Instruments 7.4.7
TI-RTOS for MSP430 ti.targets.msp430.elf.MSP430X
iar.targets.msp430.MSP430X_small
Texas Instruments 4.3.1
IAR for MSP430 5.60.1
TI-RTOS for Sitara ti.targets.arm.elf.A8Fnv
gnu.targets.arm.A8F
gnu.targets.arm.A9F
Texas Instruments 5.1.5
GCC (in CCS 6) gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3
TI-RTOS for TivaC ti.targets.arm.elf.M4F
iar.targets.arm.M4F
gnu.targets.arm.M4F
Texas Instruments 5.1.5
GCC (in CCS 6) gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3
IAR for ARM 6.70.1
TI-RTOS for SimpleLink™ Wireless MCUs ti.targets.arm.elf.M4
iar.targets.arm.M4
gnu.targets.arm.M4
Texas Instruments 5.1.5
GCC (in CCS 6) gcc-arm-none-eabi-4_7-2013q3
IAR for ARM 6.70.1

Validation Information

This release was validated using the following components:

Known Issues

There are several know issues with this release.

The following use cases are discussed in more detail (and work-arounds) on the following wiki site: https://processors.wiki.ti.com/index.php/TI-RTOS_Support 
ID Headline
Bug 431821 add explicit (Void) to parameter for implmentation of SysCallback_abort() and ready() (IAR warning)
SDOCM00112186 Making a debug build for the drivers is not obvious
SDOCM00111765 USBMSCHFatFs service priority is fixed as a default of 15.
SDOCM00108264 UIA hello and stairstep examples do not build for some MSP430 devices
SDOCM00108100 Remove #ifdef MSP430F5529 and MSP430FR5969 from ENV.h
SDOCM00108042 TI-RTOS driver APIs need a calling context table
SDOCM00107416 TI-RTOS Kernel GNU examples (EK-TM4C1294XL) on Linux are missing the tm4c1294ncpdt.lds linker file
SDOCM00107367 TI-RTOS projects imported to IAR Workbench use the default linker files
SDOCM00107366 Grlibdemo on MSP430FR5969LP not working for IAR
SDOCM00107337 BIOS and UIA examples will not link with default MSP430FR5969 linker file.
SDOCM00107336 GPIO's ROV module does work on the TM4C1294 because of a missing entry in the gel file.
SDOCM00107319 makedef's XDCTOOLS_JAVA_HOME default is bad in supplied examples for stand-alone installer
SDOCM00107296 UARTMon IAR warning in MSP430FR5969
SDOCM00107295 UART write callback function called twice for a single byte sent
SDOCM00107276 ROV for GPIO exception if opened before Board_initGeneral() is called
SDOCM00107260 ROV view for GPIO doesn't work for MSP430
SDOCM00106479 I2C_transfer() fails to unblock with a bad I2C address on Tiva C devices
SDOCM00106264 UART driver doesn't handle RX FIFO overruns.
SDOCM00106124 Editor has problems identifying used code sections in CCS.
SDOCM00105778 MSP430 UART logging to System Analyzer does not work
SDOCM00105762 TI Resource Explorer can't distinguish between boards of the same device or same boards with different toolchains
SDOCM00105761 CC3000 Wi-Fi examples not working with GCC
SDOCM00105006 Build warnings for IAR when doing a top-level build
SDOCM00104686 UART in Stellaris launchpad not working above 9600 baud when used with windows apps that use rxtxSerial.dll driver
SDOCM00104253 MSP430 Launchpad ez-FET UART emulation issue at buadrate > 28.8kbps
SDOCM00103637 MSP430 UART[USCIA] LibType_Instrumented is not recommended at baudrates > 9600
SDOCM00102563 WiFi driver should not create Hwi instance
SDOCM00101155 Intermittent spin lock in USB library's USBHCDPipeRead() for LM4F232
SDOCM00100865 TI-RTOS drivers should have top-level enable and disable APIs
SDOCM00100864 Multithreaded CC3000 Host Driver does not work properly
SDOCM00100494 SPI driver was not tested in Slave Open Drain mode
SDOCM00099858 Stellaris launchpad doesn't detect a USB disconnect event
SDOCM00099460 ping flood causes Concerto board to stop receiving interrupts
SDOCM00098063 UART driver needs to support DMA
SDOCM00097626 Giving Priorities to Hwis from TI-RTOS Drivers
SDOCM00094053 TI-RTOS sub-products (e.g. UIA, IPC) are not linked into CCS Help
SDOCM00093967 TI-RTOS Windows install will fail if installed in multiple or single directory that contains more than 38 characters in path
SDOCM00093268 Add parity and error checking for UART driver
SDOCM00088931 I2C Needs a Timeout feature
SDOCM00088081 SD Card driver lacks CRC support


Examples

There are driver examples for CC3200_LP, TMDXDOCKH52C1, TMDXDOCK28M36, EKS-LM4F232, EK_TM4C123GXL, DK_TM4C123G, DK_TM4C129X, EK-TM4C1294XL,  EK_LM4F120XL, MSP_EXP430F5529LP, MSP_EXP430F5529, and MSP-EXP430FR5969LP boards. There are kernel and instrumentation examples for all supported devices.Please refer to the Getting Started Guide for more details.

Version Information

All releases have 4 digits (M.mm.pp.bb). This includes GA and pre-releases (engineering, EA, beta, etc.). Pre-releases are denoted with a suffix (e.g. 1.01.00.15_eng or 1.01.00.21-beta).

This product's version follows a version format, M.mm.pp.bb, where M is a single digit Major number, mm is 2 digit minor number, pp is a 2 digit patch number, and b is an unrestricted set of digits used as an incrementing build counter.

To support multiple side-by-side installations of the product, the product version is encoded inEK-TM4C1294XL the top level directory, ex. tirtos_1_00_01_11.

Subsequent releases of patch upgrades will be identified by the patch number, ex. TI-RTOS 1.00.00.68 with directory tirtos_1_00_01_70. Typically, these patches only include critical bug fixes.

Please note that version numbers and compatibility keys are NOT the same. For an explanation of compatibility keys, please refer to the 'Upgrade and Compatibility Information' section.


Technical Support

For technical support, please refer to the Texas Instruments E2E BIOS Support Forum http://e2e.ti.com/support/embedded/tirtos/default.aspx or other forums in http://e2e.ti.com/ as needed.


Last updated: August 01, 2014