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<title>EPICS Release baseR3.14
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<h1>
EPICS Release base 3.14.0alpha1</h1>
This is the first release of 3.14. This is the first release that supports
EPICS Release base 3.14.0alpha2</h1></center>
Since the alpha1 release some major changes were made to the build system,
to some of the libCom facilities, and to the iocsh facilities.
<p>The unbundled version of the sequencer has been build and tested with
this release. You must obtain a version of the sequencer that has been
built against alpha2.
<p>A verion of the HPlanGpib support has been built and tested with this
release. Again you must obtain a version that builds with alpha2.
<p>A new update to the Application Developer's Guide is available for this
release.
<h3>
Build changes</h3>
<ul>
<li>
Operating system independant builds are now done in an O.Common subdirectory
and then installed instead of being performed directly in an install directory.</li>
<li>
Build definition names (e.g. RECTYPES, MENUS, DBDNAME, and BPTS) have been
changed to specify the name of the file to be created and installed instead
of the source file name.</li>
<li>
All db and dbd related definitions and rules have been moved into base/configure/RULES.Db
file. The rules now allow multiple dbd files and registerRecordDeviceDriver
files to be created in a single Makefile.</li>
<li>
"gnumake depends" no longer depends on a complete buildInstall.</li>
</ul>
<h3>
Converting alpha1 applications to alpha2</h3>
Build modifications in alpha2 require the following changes to existing
R3.14 applications.
<ul>
<li>
&nbsp;Remove the now unused RULES files</li>
<li>
</li>
<ul>./configure/RULES.Db
<br>./configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
<li>
Delete the following line in ./configure/RULES</li>
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>include $(TOP)/configure/RULES.registerRecordDeviceDriver</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
&nbsp; In &lt;top>/configure/Makefile change</li>
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>@$(PERL) $(TOOLS)/makeConfigAppInclude.pl $(T_A) $@ $(TOP)</ul>
to
<ul>@$(PERL) $(TOOLS)/makeConfigAppInclude.pl $(EPICS_HOST_ARCH) $(T_A)
$@ $(TOP)
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
and add the line
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>depends: install
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
to the bottom of the Makefile.
<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>
In all *App/*Db/Makefileschange</li>
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>include $(TOP)/configure/RULES.Db</ul>
to
<ul>include $(TOP)/configure/RULES</ul>
<li>
In all *App/src/Makefile files</li>
<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DBDNAME = &lt;name>App&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DBD += &lt;name>
<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
and remove the line
<br>&nbsp;
<ul>DBDEXPAND = &lt;name>Include.dbd
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
NOTE: If any of your *App/*Db/Makefiles contain "DBDNAME =" lines you should
make these same changes in that *Db dirctory.
<br>&nbsp;
<li>
In all *App/src/Makefile Makefiles</li>
<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RECTYPES=&lt;name>.h&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DBDINC+=&lt;name>
<ul>&nbsp;</ul>
change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; MENUS=&lt;name>.h&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DBDINC+=&lt;name></ul>
<ul>change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; BPTS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DBD
<p>change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; INSTALLDB&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DB
<p>change&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DBDINSTALL&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; to&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
DBD
<br>&nbsp;
<li>
In all example *App/src/Makefile files change</li>
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>example_SRCS_DEFAULT += registerRecordDeviceDriver.c</ul>
to
<ul>example_SRCS_DEFAULT += &lt;name>_registerRecordDeviceDriver.cpp
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
where &lt;name> is the base name of a &lt;name>.dbd file which was created
from a &lt;name>Include.dbd file and which will be loaded in a st.cmd or
stcmd.host script (e.g. example).
<br>&nbsp;
<li>
In ./iocBoot/ioc&lt;name>/st.cmd files change</li>
<br>&nbsp;
<ul>dbLoadDatabase("dbd/exampleApp.dbd")</ul>
to
<ul>dbLoadDatabase("dbd/example.dbd")
<br>&nbsp;</ul>
<li>
In &lt;top>/iocBoot/ioc&lt;name>/stcmd.host files change</li>
<ul>&nbsp;
<br>dbLoadDatabase("../../dbd/exampleApp.dbd",0,0)</ul>
to
<ul>dbLoadDatabase("../../dbd/example.dbd",0,0)</ul>
</ul>
<h3>
EPICS_HOST_ARCH changes</h3>
GNU compiler builds are now determined by the value of EPICS_HOST_ARCH
and are no longer specified in CONFIG_SITE.&nbsp; All references to the
ANSI (ACC/GCC) and CPLUSPLUS (CCC/G++) macros have been removed.
<br>&nbsp;
<h3>
libCom</h3>
Most of the library routines and files starting with the prefix osi have
been changed to start with epics. Several also had major changes to their
user interface. See the latest version of the Application Developer's Guide
for details.
<br>&nbsp;
<center>
<h2>
EPICS Release base 3.14.0alpha1 Notes</h2></center>
<p><br>
<p>This is the first release of 3.14. This is the first release that supports
iocCore on platforms besides vxWorks.
<p>iocCore is now supported on the following platforms:
<ul>
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<br>Has been tested on Redhat x86 platforms.
<li>
winNT</li>
</ul>
<br>Testing has been done with visual C++ 6.0.</ul>
A new version of the Application Developers Guide is available. The following
gives links to the new Application Developer's Guide and to RTEMS information.
<p>http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/modules/base/R3-14.php