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Added stuff on macLib default macro values.
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Andrew Johnson
2005-10-13 14:21:36 +00:00
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@@ -59,16 +59,20 @@ if the dbBkpt facility is used.</p>
<p>I/O redirection from vxWorks startup scripts now works.</p>
<h4>RTEMS</h4>
<p>Added support for setting NFS server/mount information from PPCBUG argument strings.</p>
<p>rtems_shutdown_executive is now called on IOC exit. On many BSPs this will return control to the bootstrap PROM.</p>
<p>Set POSIX TZ environment variable from NVRAM, or failing that, from EPICS_TIMEZONE.</p>
<p>Added support for setting NFS server/mount information from PPCBUG argument
strings.</p>
<p>rtems_shutdown_executive is now called on IOC exit. On many BSPs this will
return control to the bootstrap PROM.</p>
<p>Set POSIX TZ environment variable from NVRAM, or failing that, from
EPICS_TIMEZONE.</p>
<p>Cleaned up support for obtaining network configuration from NVRAM.</p>
<p>Added support for some additional boards.</p>
<p>Set iocsh prompt from host name.</p>
<p>Initialize in-memory filesystem from tar image following executable in
bootstrap flash memory. This allows for fully standalone IOCs -- no TFTP/NFS
server required.</p>
<p>Set IOC_NAME and IOC_STARTUP_SCRIPT environment variables from bootstrap parameters.</p>
<p>Set IOC_NAME and IOC_STARTUP_SCRIPT environment variables from bootstrap
parameters.</p>
<h4>OS X</h4>
@@ -87,12 +91,18 @@ be used in special circumstances, to detect the presence of unintentional
duplicates where it is known that they should not exist.</p>
<h4>select record</h4>
<p>This record now sets and posts monitors on its SELN field indicating which of
the inputs was selected, independent of which selection mechanism was selected
via the SELM field. This makes it much more useful, especially when the High,
Low or Median mechanisms are chosen.</p>
<h4>macLib</h4>
<p>Macro expansions in any program using the macLib facility from libCom can now
include a default value which will be used if the macro named is not defined at
the moment of substitution. The syntax for this is <tt>$(name=default)</tt> or
<tt>${name=default}</tt>. The default string can itself contain other macros
like this: <tt>$(name=$(default))</tt>. This feature has actually been present
since R3.14.6.</p>
<h1 align="center">EPICS Base Release 3.14.7<br>
7 December 2004</h1>
@@ -117,7 +127,8 @@ undefined value alarm will be triggered.</p>
strtod which handles NAN/INF on all architectures. All uses of strtod() in
base have been converted to use epicsStrtod().</p>
<p>epicsStdlib.h also declares epicsScanFloat() and epicsScanDouble() which
replace calls to sscanf with routines which handle NAN/INF on all architectures.</p>
replace calls to sscanf with routines which handle NAN/INF on all
architectures.</p>
<h4>epicsThreadCreate Stacksize Posix</h4>
<p>The posix implementation of epicsThreadCreate now makes pthread
@@ -142,40 +153,24 @@ record) being honoured.</p>
which require signal delivery to a subthread will need to be modified.</p>
<h4>epicsExit</h4>
Three new functions are implemented: <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsExit</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsExitCallAtExits</span>, and <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsAtExit</span>. These are similar to <span
style="font-family: courier">exit</span> and <span
style="font-family: courier">atexit</span>, i.e. they provide the ability to
register a function to be called when the process exits. They are provided
becase neither vxWorks or win32 properly implement <span
style="font-family: courier">exit</span> and <span
style="font-family: courier">atexit</span>. Note that they apply to an IOC
stopping NOT to a thread exiting.
<p>Three new functions are implemented: <tt>epicsExit</tt>,
<tt>epicsExitCallAtExits</tt>, and <tt>epicsAtExit</tt>. These are similar to
<tt>exit</tt> and <tt>atexit</tt>, i.e. they provide the ability to register a
function to be called when the process exits. They are provided becase neither
vxWorks or win32 properly implement <tt>exit</tt> and <tt>atexit</tt>. Note that
they apply to an IOC stopping NOT to a thread exiting.</p>
<h4>epicsStdio and epicsStdioRedirect</h4>
<p>In order to support iocsh redirection of <span
style="font-family: courier">stdin</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">stdout</span>, and <span
style="font-family: courier">stderr</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsStdio.h</span> defines the following new
functions: <span style="font-family: courier">epicsGetStdin</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsGetStdout</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsGetStderr</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsSetStdin</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsSetStdout</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsSetStderr</span>, and <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsStdoutPrintf</span>. <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsStdioRedirect.h</span> defines macros that
redefine <span style="font-family: courier">stdin</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">stdout</span>, <span
style="font-family: courier">stderr</span>, and <span
style="font-family: courier">printf</span>.</p>
<p>In order to support iocsh redirection of <tt>stdin</tt>, <tt>stdout</tt>, and
<tt>stderr</tt>, <tt>epicsStdio.h</tt> defines the following new functions:
<tt>epicsGetStdin</tt>, <tt>epicsGetStdout</tt>, <tt>epicsGetStderr</tt>,
<tt>epicsSetStdin</tt>, <tt>epicsSetStdout</tt>, <tt>epicsSetStderr</tt>, and
<tt>epicsStdoutPrintf</tt>. <tt>epicsStdioRedirect.h</tt> defines macros that
redefine <tt>stdin</tt>, <tt>stdout</tt>, <tt>stderr</tt>, and
<tt>printf</tt>.</p>
<p>Any code that includes <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsStdioRedirect.h</span> will automatically
<p>Any code that includes <tt>epicsStdioRedirect.h</tt> will automatically
have it's stdio redirected. It has been added to many files in base. If code
called by dbior wants it's output redirected, it must also include this
file.</p>
@@ -193,32 +188,26 @@ vxWorks shell the following command can be given:
<pre> iocshCmd("dbl &gt; reportName")</pre>
<h4>errlog</h4>
<p>errlog now calls <span style="font-family: courier">epicsAtExit</span> and
releases all resources when <span
style="font-family: courier">epicsExitCallAtExits</span> is callled..</p>
<p>errlog now calls <tt>epicsAtExit</tt> and releases all resources when
<tt>epicsExitCallAtExits</tt> is called.</p>
<h4>libCom</h4>
<p>epicsStrGlobMatch() routine added.</p>
<h4>iocsh</h4>
<p>Input/output redirection added.</p>
<p>iocshCmd routine added (callable from vxWorks shell).</p>
<p>help command uses globbing.</p>
<h4>calcoutRecord</h4>
<p>The ODLY (Output Delay) was not handled properly. This is fixed.</p>
<h4>compressRecord</h4>
<p>make sure reset gets called when size of INP array changes.</p>
<h4>dbAccess DBR_ENUM_STRS for field DTYP</h4>
<p>Data Base Request Option DBR_ENUM_STRS for the DTYP field of soft records
can cause an IOC to crash.</p?<h2align="center"></p>
can cause an IOC to crash.</p>
<h4>RTEMS</h4>
<p>RTEMS implementation of epicsMessageQueuePending() now works.</p>
@@ -1089,7 +1078,7 @@ e.g.</p>
<p>A macro has been defined so that client code can be written that is
compatible between 3.13 and 3.14.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: bold">epicsMutex for posix</span></p>
<p><b>epicsMutex for posix</b></p>
<ul>
<li>No longer supports epicsMutexLockWithTimeout. This was done to allow a
more efficient posix implementation.</li>
@@ -1531,8 +1520,8 @@ following gives links to the new Application Developer's Guide and to RTEMS
information.</p>
<blockquote>
<a
href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/base/R3-14.php">http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/base/R3-14.php</a></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/base/R3-14/index.php">
http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/base/R3-14/index.php</a></blockquote>
<p>Most of the Application Developer's Guide has only minor changes. The
following are new.</p>