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