This release note is divided into the following sections:
Introduction, Documentation, What's New, Upgrading And Compatibility Information, Host Support, Dependencies, Device Support, Validation Information, Known Issues, Benchmarks, Versioning, Technical Support And Product Updates,
DSP/BIOS 6.00 is a major new release of DSP/BIOS with significant changes from BIOS 5.x.
Please read the Getting Started Guide for help installing and setting up your environment to use DSP/BIOS 6.00.
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Release notes from previous releases are also available in the release notes archive directory (Note* This will be empty for this first release).
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DSP/BIOS 6.00 contains compatibility APIs and configuration support to make migration of BIOS 5.x code easier. Check the 'legacy' example provided by the genx utility for example that uses BIOS 5.x legacy API and .tcf code. Documentation summarizing use of legacy APIs is provided in the documentation.
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Device | Platform | Runtime Model | |
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64x | 6416 | dsk6416 | Little Endian |
DM642 | evmDM642 | Little Endian | |
64x+ | DM6446 | evmDM6446 | Little Endian |
6455 | evm6455 | Little Endian | |
67x+ | 6727 | padk6727 | Little Endian |
ARM | DM6446 | evmDM6446 | Little Endian |
PC | Windows | win32 | Visual Studio 8.0 |
This release was built using the following components:
This release was validated using the following components:
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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, ex. bios_6_00.
Subsequent releases of patch upgrades will be identified by the patch number, ex. BIOS 6.00.01 with directory bios_6_00_01. 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.
back to topLast updated: Aug 13, 2007