diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html index cda769147..9cff87b94 100644 --- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html +++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html @@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ installation.

epicsEvent is now explicitly required to act as a simple binary semaphore. A single epicsEventSignal call must awaken just one thread when multiple -threads are waiting for the event. A test thats checks for this has been -added to epicsEventTest and the application developers guide is being updated +threads are waiting for the event. A test that checks for this has been +added to epicsEventTest and the Application Developer's Guide has been updated to describe this requirement.

Enable array puts to subArray records

@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ connections over ssh. See the CA reference manual for more details.

Record Types aai and aao

DTYP and INP/OUT order

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The fields DTYP and INP/OUT can now be specified in any order.

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The fields DTYP and INP/OUT can now be specified in any order in a database +instance (.db) file.

Rewrite epicsThreadOnce()

Michael Davidsaver suggested a better implementation of epicsThreadOnce() which makes it possible for all architectures to detect recursive initialization -functions. This change also renames the routines to remove the original macro +functions. This change also renames the routines to remove the original macro, and fixes some questionable usage in places.

Many Record Types

@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ giving correct initial monitor behavior in some circumstances.

Compress Record Type

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Fixed crash when ALG (algorithm) was changed to Average at runtime.

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Fixed a crash when ALG (algorithm) was changed to Average at runtime.

configure/RELEASE Enhancements

@@ -247,9 +248,11 @@ definition is expanded. The variable EPICS_HOST_ARCH can now be used, but target-architecture-specific values must be set in a target-specific configure/RELEASE file such as RELEASE.Common.linux-x86.

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VxWorks 6.7 support

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VxWorks 6.7 and 6.8 support

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Added build support for the latest Wind River release.

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Added build support for the latest Wind River releases. This does not +include the ability to run on SMP vxWorks systems though, those will need some +more extensive modifications.

RTEMS 4.10 support

@@ -261,7 +264,7 @@ is used.

Changes to the way in which we generate header dependency files, which are now named with a .d suffix instead of .depends. We now use -the compiler to generate these if possible, and create them in the +the compiler to generate these where possible, and create them in the O.$(T_A) directory.

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