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Introduction, Documentation, What's New, Upgrade & Compatibility Information, Host Support, Dependencies, Device Support, Validation Info, Known Issues, Version Information, Technical Support.
RTSC / XDC (eXpanDed C) is a standard for reusable software components, optimized for real-time embedded systems. RTSC components have hardware-neutral formal interfaces, are configurable offline to optimize memory and performance, and support custom automation in the development environment via a scripting language.
XDCtools 3.10.02 is a Patch Release. It includes the following sets of packages:
The product documentation for this release is available in two formats:
Both formats are delivered with the product in the docs subdirectory. The most up-to-date docs can also be viewed on-line at:
Release notes from previous product releases are available in the relnotes_archive directory.
The following significant changes have been made in the 3.10.02 release:
Starting with release 3.10 this product is known as "XDCtools", replacing its previous name "XDC". For now we'll continue to refer to pre-3.10 product releases as "XDC" but will use "XDCtools" for new releases.
The name of the default product install location has also changed from "xdc_version" to to "xdctools_version".
Note: The change in the name of the default installation directory may require customers to change makefiles or other build artifacts when migrating to this release.
By default, XDCtools will now install under "C:\Program Files\Texas Instruments" on Windows, instead of its previous "C:\". Note that on Windows XDCtools now supports space characters in the install location and in repository names.
Note: If you are using XDCtools from Makefiles or other build systems, the space character in the path to XDCtools may impact your own build files. Workarounds are to quote the path to XDCtools in your makefiles, or to install XDCtools in a non-default location.
XDCtools now integrates with Code Composer Studio v4 (CCSv4) IDE and is bundled with the CCSv4 Early Adopter product. Users can build and run applications that use RTSC content in an integrated graphical environment.
The integration features include:
The product documentation has been rewritten to make it easier to find what you need, more accurate, more complete, and more up to date.
In addition to the documents delivered in the product, we'll update and add to the documents on a public web site, so you can always access the most useful information available. Check for announcements at http://rtsc.eclipse.org.
The new gnu.targets.arm.* RTSC target modules
can be used with any GCC-based compiler for Arm.
Three such targets are available: gnu.targets.arm.GCArmv5T,
GCArmv6 and GCArmv7A. These
targets
support Arm instruction set devices, using little-endian byte ordering,
and using GLIBC. The targets are binary compatible with the gnu.targets.MVArm9 and gnu.targets.codesourcery.GCArmv5T targets. The new targets are configured by setting the name of the gcc executable in
their LONGNAME config parameter, typically in config.bld.
The new host.platforms.arm platform package supports any
Arm-based board that does not need a platform memory map. Many Linux-based
applications don't care about memory map, since Linux takes care of that for
user space. This RTSC platform package supports most such applications, even
on custom hardware, without the need for a custom RTSC platform package.
The host.platforms.arm platform need only be configured to
name the (Arm-based) device present on the board, which can then supply the
device's on-chip memory map and other similar information. The device is
named using the platform's config params deviceName and
catalogName, typically in the user's
config.bld file.
The xdc.tools.cdoc and xdc.tools.cdoc.sg
documentation tools feature a new presentation format along with
complete and accurate API information for all spec'd RTSC objects. The
tools remain command-line compatible with previous releases.
The xdc.bld.ITarget interface now supports features for
declaring and testing binary compatibility between different targets.
This allows the
targets for device families with compatible instruction sets, such as
Arm and TI C6000 devices, to mix target content built for different
instruction sets. The new features are the findSuffix() method and the compatibleSuffixes config param, and are of interest to anyone who writes a target or a getLibs() function.
The following defects were resolved in this release:
SDSCM00027729 Need RTSC platform for DM360 / DM365 / DM36x
SDSCM00027851 xdc.tools.path.sg aborts
SDSCM00027678 Occasionally, unable to create a module instance in XGCONF GUI
SDSCM00027646 duplicate code in xdc.tools.path and xdc.tools.repoman
SDSCM00027521 On Windows ,In CDOC E_assertFailed link does not open in xdc.runtime.assert
SDSCM00027502
On LINUX OS, EULA is not getting displayed while installing XDC
3.10.01.45 in standard mode
SDSCM00027484
xgconf Input tab doesn't display user created module instances when
placed in the Program.global namespace
SDSCM00027434 Incorrect memory map when using ti.platforms.evmDRA416
SDSCM00027395 configuro doesn't issue error on frozen DA830 ROM parameters
SDSCM00027394 package releases using zip may miss some files
SDSCM00027152 XGCONF generates incorrect configuration script
SDSCM00026998 XGCONF: Need a way to make instance handle as global one
SDSCM00026961 CCS 3.3 Component Manager will not select XDCtools
SDSCM00026930 Error Module CDOC has broken link
SDSCM00026703 ROV - Crashes when opened while target is running
SDSCM00026702
ROV - "No program loaded" and missing progress
barSDSCM00025788 cdoc for ICmd tools should provide
"man page" view
SDSCM00025571 command line tools are inconsistently/incoherently documented
SDSCM00024872 Documentation of array turns into pointer
SDSCM00024653 import statement in one unit doesn't allow importing another unit from the same package
SDSCM00024228 CDOC for module-wide functions declared in interfaces has an extra parameter
SDSCM00023252 cdoc: links don't work in summaries
SDSCM00022789 cdoc sometimes eats spaces between words
SDSCM00021758 cdoc structure field format look terrible
SDSCM00021755 links can't be copied from cdoc pages into emails
SDSCM00018481 cdoc fails on interfaces with toString methods
SDSCM00015400 TI targets should have '-mo' (or equivalent), xdc.runtime should build with -mo
Warning:Starting with XDC 2.95, XDC packages with target content are incompatible with target content from previous releases. Compatibility of meta only content is not affected. Packages with target content would require a recompile. Starting with XDC 3.00 release both backward and forward compatibility is maintained for all content.
The packages comprising the XDC release are uniquely identified by a compatibility key defined in the package.xdc file of a package. Please note that the package compatibility keys are independent of XDC product release numbers.
Package compatibility keys are intended to:
Package compatibility keys are composed of 4 comma-delimited numbers - M, S, R, P - where:
This release supports the following hosts:
This release requires the following other software components and tools versions to successfully function:
This release supports the following device families:
This release was built and validated against using the following components:
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 in the top level directory, e.g. xdctools_3_00.
Subsequent releases of patch upgrades will be identified by the patch number, ex. XDCtools 3.00.03 with directory xdctools_3_00_03. 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.
For technical support, contact rtsc_champs@list.ti.com
Last updated: September 08, 2008 Build Ver: 3.10.02.49 Rev: j49