NuttX-7.24 Release Notes

The 124th release of NuttX, Version 7.24, was made on March 2, 2018, and is available for download from the Bitbucket.org website. Note that release consists of two tarballs: nuttx-7.24.tar.gz and apps-7.24.tar.gz. These are available from:

https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/nuttx/downloads
https://bitbucket.org/nuttx/apps/downloads

Both may be needed (see the top-level nuttx/README.txt file for build information).

Additional new features and extended functionality:

* Core OS:

  - SMP: Introduce spin_lock_irqsave() and spin_unlock_irqrestore().
    These APIs are simplified version of enter_critical_section()
    and leave_critical_section() to protect data (e.g. registers) in
    SMP mode.  By using these APIs inside drivers, performance will
    be improved.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - System Timer:  Replace critical section APIs with spinlock APIs.
    (64bit only).  If SMP=n or SMP=y && SPINLOCK_IRQ=n, this works
    in the same way as before.  If SMP=y && SPINLOCK_IRQ=y, performance
    will be improved.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - POSIX Timers: Replace critical section APIs with spin lock APIs in
    clock_gettime.c.  This change will improve performance for SMP
    systems but nothing changes for non-SMP systems.  In SMP mode,
    the running TCB is not always at the g_readytorun.head.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - SMP: Introduce spin_lock_wo_note() and spin_unlock_wo_note().  These
    APIs are used in sched_note.c to protect instrumentation data.  The
    difference between these APIs to exsiting spin_lock() and
    spin_unlock() is that they do not perform instrumentation to avoid
    recursive call when SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION_SPINLOCKS=y.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - Interrupts:  Add a configuration option to show interrupt
    information via a procfs file.

* File Systems/Block and MTD Drivers

  - VFS:  Add support for truncate() and ftruncate().
  - FAT, SmartFS, UserFS, UnionFS, TmpFS, NFS: Add truncate() support.
  - FAT.  Effectively handles the situation when a new file position is
    within the current sector.  Accelerates the work of the FS with a
    multitude of operations to write small pieces of data within the
    current sector.  From Aleksandr Vyhovanec.

* Graphics/Display Drivers:

  - HiletGo OLED:  Add configuration support for HiletGo SSD1306 OLED.
  - lcd/ft80x:  This commit adds an FTDI/BridgeTek FT80x GUI driver.  It
    is untested (I don't even have hardware yet) and, hence, it is
    marked as EXPERIMENTAL).

* Networking/Network Drivers:

  - 6LoWPAN:  Adds configuration options for specifying preloaded
    address contexts for compression  From Anthony Merlino.
  - TCP:  Introduce tcp receive window control based on I/O buffer.
    NOTE:  The algorithm is still experimental but useful for http
    streaming.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - UDP:  Add an implementation of UDP write buffering.
  - Routing Tables:  Adding ftruncate() support eliminates an issue
    in file-based routing table management system.
  - Telnet:  Add support for Telnet character mode  From Masayuki
    Ishikawa.

* Other Common Device Drivers:

  - drivers/input/ft5x06.c:  Add a driver for the FT5x06 capacitive,
    multi-touch, touchscreen controller.
  - drivers/input/ft5x06:  Add a polled mode of operation for the FT5x06
    in attempt to work around the fact that the LPCXpresso-LPC54628
    chose a non-interrupt pin for the FT5x06 interrupt.  Driver is still
    not yet functional.
  - drivers/power/bq2429x.c:  Add trickle charging mode  From Juha
    Niskanen.
  - drivers/sensors:  Add support to MAX44009 ambient light sensor.
    From Juha Niskanen.
  - drivers/sensors:  Added support for LIS3DH accelerometer sensor.
    From Matt Thompson.
  - drivers/eeprom:  EEPROM driver for AT24xx compatible EEPROMs.
    From Sebastien Lorquet.

* Simulation

  - sim:  Add support for a RAM MTD driver and initialization for use
    with SmartFS.
  - sim:  Add support for testing NXFFS.

* ARM:

  - ARMv7-A, ARMv7-R, ARMv7-M:  Add atomic read-add-write and
    read-subtract-write functions.

* Infineon XMC4xxx:

  - XMC4xxx:  Refactor PLL setup, refactored PLL/CLK config, easier,
    checks for correctness, call go_os_start if STACK_COLORIZED, smarter
    config of EXTCLK output freq.  From David Alessio.

* Infineon XMC4xxx Boards:

  - Add FPU to xmc4 ostest.  Remove +x from makefiles, preserve
    .gdbinit across make clean, add FPU support to ostest on xmc4,
    add FPU test to ostest on xmc4  From David Alessio.

* Microchip/Atmel SAMD/L Drivers:

  - SAMD: SAMD External Interrupt Controller (EIC) support  From Matt
    Thompson.
  - SAMD/L:  Added Analog Comparator basic initialization  From Matt
    Thompson.
  - SAMD/L:  Added FDPLL clock support.  Fixed sequence of OSC32K
    calibration setup.  From Matt Thompson.
  - SAMD/L: Added loading factory USB calibration data from NVRAM.
    From Matt Thompson.
  - SAMD/L: Added experimental DMA support to SPI driver.  spi_exchange()
    uses a pair of DMA channels for TX and RX.  From Matt Thompson.

* Microchip/Atmel SAM3/4 Boards:

  - Flip&Click SAM3X:  Add board support for the Mikroe Flip&Click
    SAM3X.
  - Flip&Click SAM3X:  Adds basic board support for the HiletGo OLED.

* Microchip PIC32MZ

  - PIC32MZEF:  Add architectural support for the PIC32MZEF family.

* Microchip PIC32MZ Boards

  - Flip&Click PIC32MZ:  Adds board support for the Mikroe Flip&Click
    PIC32MZ board.
  - Flip&Click PIC32MZ:  Add board support for HiletGo OLED.
  - Flip&Click PIC32MZ:  Add an nxlines configuration for use in
    testing the custom HiletGo Click board.

* NXP Freescale LPC43xx Drivers:

  - LPC43xx:  Adapt LPC176x RTC driver for the LPC43xx.  From Gintaras
    Drukteinis.
  - LPC43xx:  Add Windowed Watchdog Timer (WWDT) driver.  Tested on
    LPC4357 but should be compatible for all LPC43xx MCUs.
    From Gintaras Drukteinis.
  - Leverage the LPC54xx SD/MMC back to the LPC43xx (where it came from
    originally).

* NXP Freescale LPC43xx Boards:

  - Bambino-200e:  Add LPC43 SDMMC board support to Bambino-200E.  From
    Alan Carvalho de Assis.

* NXP Freescale LPC54xx:

  - LPC546xx:  Added basic architectural support for the LPC546xx
    family.

* NXP Freescale LPC54xx Drivers:

  - LPC546xx:  Basic NSH configuration includes support for UARTs,
    SysTick timer, GPIOs, LEDs, and buttons
  - LPC546xx:  Additional drivers include EMC, I2C, Ethernet
  - LPC546xx:  Implement GPIO interrupt support.
  - LPC546xx:  And unverified SPI driver is included.
  - LPC546xx:  Ported LPC1788 LCD driver to use the LPC54xx pin.
  - LPC546xx:  Bring in LPC43xx SD/MMC driver from
    https://github.com/Smoothieware/smoothie-nuttx/tree/master/nuttx/arch/arm/src/lpc43xx
    and adapt for use with the LPC43xx
  - LPC546xx:  Add DMA driver ported from the LPC43xx GPDMA driver.
  - LPC546xx:  Bring in WWDT driver from LPC43.
  - LPC546xx:  Add an RTC driver and a RTC character driver lower half.
  - LPC546xx:  Add support for a random number generator.
  - LPC546xx:  Add an Ethernet driver.

* NXP Freescale LP54xx Boards:

  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Added support for the LPCXpresso-LPC54628
    board.  The initial bring-up used a basic NSH port.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  On-board SDRAM is also supported
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add support for I2C2 and for the I2C tool to
    the NSH configuration.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add support for the USER button.  Enable the
    apps/examples/button test in the NSH configuration.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add the fb configuration for testing the LCD.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add support for the the FT5x06 touchscreen
    controller.  Enable the driver as well as the apps/examples
    touchscreen test.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add an NxWM configuration.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add logic to bring up SDMMC.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add logic to register the RTC character driver
    if it is enabled.  Enable the RTC and RTC character driver in the
    NSH configuration.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add a netnsh configuration that was be used to
    test the Ethernet driver.
  - LCXpresso-LPC54628:  Add LittlevGL graphics demo configuration.

* On Semiconductor LC823450

  - LC823450 SMP improvements:  (1) Apply irq_spin APIs to
    modifyregXX, (2) Do not use modifyreg32() to enable Mutex, (3)
    Modify IRQ control for i2s.  Apply irq_spin APIs to
    dma/syscontrol/usbdev.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450:  LC823450 http streaming improvements: (1) Use spinlock
    APIs in lc823450_gpio.c.  (3) Fix a potential race condition in
    up_enable_irq(), (3) Use spinlock APIs instead of critical section
    APIs, (4) Enable HRT_TIMER in lc823450_timerisr.c. (5) Use spinlock
    APIs instead of critical section APIs. (6) Fix race conditions in
    dma/usbdev.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450: Introduce DVFS.   This version only supports manual mode
    and Vdd1 is fixed to 1.2V.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.

* On Semiconductor LC823450 Drivers

  - LC823450:  Refactor timer driver.  Add MTM timer APIs for DVFS.
    Introduce up_rtc_gettime() for CONFIG_RTC_HIRES.  Introduce idle
    time calculation in DVFS.  Also, DVFS autonomous mode based on CPU
    idle time is supported.  NOTE: voltage control is still disabled.
    From Masayuki Ishikawa.

* On Semiconductor LC823450 Boards

  - LC823450-XGEVK:  I2S interrupt will be handled on CPU0 with this
    change.  Assign CPU1 to lpwork.  This change will improve load
    balancing for networking with RNDIS.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450-XGEVK: Enable SPINLOCK_IRQ and NXPLAYER in rndis.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450-XGEVK: LC823450 http streaming improvements: (1) In SMP
    mode, H/W interrupts should be handled on CPU0 to avoid deadlocks.
    (2) Call up_enable_irq() to assign CPU0 for IRQ handling.  (3)
    Enable HRT_TIMER, LC823450_MTM0_TICK, SPINLOCK_IRQ, (4) Enable
    NET_TCP_RWND_CONTROL, NXPLAYER_HTTP_STREAMING_SUPPORT (rndis only)
    From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450-XGEVK:  Enable DVFS in lc823450_bringup.c.  Enable DVFS
    in audio and rndis. Add Telnet character mode to rndis.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450-XGEVK:  Explicitly assign I2S IRQ handling to CPU0.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - LC823450-XGEVK:  Enable RTC_HIRES instead of RTC_DATETIME (audio/
    rndis).  Disable TCP_WRITE_BUFFERS and change SCHED_LPWORKPRIORITY
    (rndis). Update SMP and DVFS related part.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.

* STMicro STM32:

  - STM32 F7:  Add support for the STM32F72x/73x family. From Bob
    Feretich.

* STMicro STM32 Drivers:

  - STM32 HRTIM:  Add interface to change outputs SET/RST configuration.
    From Mateusz Szafoni.
  - STM32 HRTIM:  Add interface to get timer clock frequency,
    calculation, add compare/capture registers significant bits
    checking.  From Mateusz Szafoni.
  - STM32 HRTIM:  Add interface to set timer frequency, fix slave timers
    reset configuration, change POWER_INFO to TIMER_INFO  From Mateusz
    Szafoni.
  - STM32 HRTIM:  Add repetition support and fix enum overflow  From
    Mateusz Szafoni.
  - STM32 HRTIM:  Add HRTIM push-pull mode configuration.  From
    raiden00pl.
  - STM32 FLASH:  Add progmem support for STM32L15XX From Juha Niskanen.

* STMicro STM32 Boards:

  - configs/photon: Adds BOARD_TIMn_FREQUENCY macros  From Anthony
    Merlino.
  - configs/indium-f7:  Adds support for the RAF Research Indium-F7
    board.  From Bob Feretich.
  - Rename the configs/stm32f0discovery board directory to
    configs/stm32f051-discovery.  There are others stm32f0discovery
    boards with different MCUs and different peripherals on the board.
    From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f072b-discovery:  Adds support for stm32f072b-disco
    board. This is the board. I added the LEDs of this board and tested
    the compilation.  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f103-minimum:  Add AT24 EEPROM support on STM32F103-
    Minimum board  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f103-minimum:  Add support to BMP180 on BluePill
    (stm32f103-minimum) board.  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f334-disco:  Add buck converter and boost converter
    logic.  From Mateusz Szafoni.
  - configs/stm32f103-minimum:  Add zerocross support to STM32F103-
    Minimum board  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f103-minimum:  Add OLED SSD1306 support to
    STM332F103-Minimum  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f103-minimum: Add board support to MAX6675 Thermocouple
    sensor  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - configs/stm32f746g-disco: Add stm32f746g-disco Ethernet configuration.
    Add USART1 support (connected to the USB virtual serial port)  From
    Louis Mayencourt.
  - configs/viewtool-stm32f107:  Add support for FT80X initialization.
    Add ft80x configuration that will eventually be used for testing the
    ft80x if I ever receive hardware.

* Tools:

  - tools/logparser:  Add a tool which will help me to convert git logs
    to ChangeLog format.

* NSH: apps/nshlib:

  - apps/nshlib:  Add support for a truncate command.  This will be used
    to test the new ftruncate file system support.
  - apps/nshlib:  Add support for Telnet character mode.  From Masayuki
    Ishikawa.
  - apps/nshlib: Add support for '-n' option to the echo command.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - apps/nshlib:  Add irqinfo command.

* Examples/Tests: apps/examples:

  - apps/examples/userfs:  Add truncate() support for userfs.
  - apps/examples/lvgldemo:  Add lvgldemo example for LittlevGL.
  - apps/examples/veml6070:  Add VEML6070 Application Example.  From
    Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - apps/examples/bmp180: Add BMP180 application example.  From Alan
    Carvalho de Assis.
  - apps/examples/ft80x:  Add a test of the FT80x based on FTDI
    SampleApp.  Includes tests of GPU primitives and graphics co-
    processor commands.

* Network Utilities: apps/netutils:

  - apps/netutils/netlib: Add default route in netlib_set_dripv4addr().
    From Masayuki Ishikawa.

* Graphics: apps/graphics:

  - apps/graphics/littlevgl:  Add littlevgl library.  From Alan Carvalho
    de Assis.
  - apps/graphics/ft80x:  Add the FTDU FT80x GUI support library.
    Consists of some display list helpers, audio helpers, touch helpers,
    RAM access, register access etc.

* System Utilities (apps/system)

  - apps/system/nxplayer:  Add support for HTTP streaming in nxplayer.
    From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - apps/system/setlogmask:  Adds 'setlogmask' application that allows
    you to set the syslog priority via a simple command.  From Anthony
    Merlino.
  - apps/system/usbmsc: Added Kconfig options to configure write
    protection for each LUN.  From Fabio D'Urso.
  - system/stackmonitor:  Re-design the stack monitor so that it does not
    make forbidden calls directly into the OS, breaking the portable POSIX
    OS interface.  It now properly uses the PROCFS file system to glean
    information about stack usage.

Bugfixes. Only the most critical bugfixes are listed here (see the ChangeLog for the complete list of bugfixes and for additional, more detailed bugfix information):

* Core OS:

  - System Timer:  Change the way that the 64-bit time is sampled.
    Previously, we disabled interrupts before sampling the 64-bit
    timer since the uint64_t access is not atomic on most CPUs.  However,
    disabling (local) interrupts does not work in the SMP case.  In that
    case, the timer interrupt may be running on only one of the CPUs;
    disabling interrupts on a different CPU will provide no protection
    from timer rollover.  To work around this, logic was added that
    samples 64-bit timer is sampled twice and if 32-bit rollover was
    detected between samples, then loops until there is no rollover.
  - POSIX Timers:  In SMP mode, running TCB is not always at the head of
    the g_readytorun list.  This change removes DEBUGASSERT() to avoid
    this condition.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - Spinlocks:  Add memory barrier operations in spin_unlock().  In ARM
    document regarding memory barriers, SP_DMB() must be issued before
    changing a spinlock state to SP_UNLOCKED.  However, we found that
    SP_DSB() is also needed to ensure that spin_unlock() works
    correctly for network streaming aging test.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - Sporadic Scheduler:  Fix compiler error in Sporadic Scheduler when
    priority inheritance is enabled.  Noted by eunb.song@samsung.com
  - Priority Inheritance:  Fix some priority inheritance related issues
    noted during review of logic.  Also add some REVISIT comments for some issues noted in the design.
  - boardctl:  Remove the BOARDIOC_TSCTEST_TEARDOWN and
    BOARDIOC_TSCTEST_SETUP boardctl() commands.  Remove all
    implementations of board_tsc_teardown().  Each board now initializes
    the touchscreen controller as a normal part of its board  bring-up.
    board_tsc_setup() is gone; the touchscreen controller is now treated
    like any other on-board device.
  - configs:  CONFIG_MAX_TASKS must be a power of 2.
  - SMP: Introduce a new global IRQ clearing logic and tasklist
    protection.  The previous implementation of clearing global IRQ in
    sched_addreadytorun() and sched_removereadytorun() was done too
    early. As a result, nxsem_post() would have a chance to enter the
    critical section even nxsem_wait() is still not in blocked state.
    This patch moves clearing global IRQ controls from
    sched_addreadytorun() and sched_removereadytorun() to
    sched_resumescheduler() to ensure that nxsem_post() can enter the
    critical section correctly.  For this change,
    sched_resumescheduler.c is always necessary for SMP configuration.
    In addition, by this change, task_exit() had to be modified so that
    it calls sched_resumescheduler() because it calls
    sched_removescheduler() inside the function, otherwise it will cause
    a deadlock. However, I encountered another DEBUGASSERT() in
    sched_cpu_select() during HTTP streaming aging test on LC823450-XGEVK.
    Actually sched_cpu_select() accesses the g_assignedtasks which might
    be changed by another CPU. Similarly, other tasklists might be
    modified simultaneously if both CPUs are executing scheduling logic.
    To avoid this, I introduced tasklist protection APIs. With these
    changes, SMP kernel stability has been much improved.  From Masayuki
    Ishikawa.
  - SMP:  Fix this_task() to be an atomic operation.  In the previous
    implementation, this_task() was defined in sched.h by using just a
    macro current_task(this_cpu()).  However, I found that this is not
    atomic and actually sometimes switching CPU happened in executing
    the macro when we tested audio steaming plus executing commands via
    Telnet.  This change resolves this issue by implementing atomic
    this_task()in sched_thistask.c which is newly introduced.  From
    Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - SMP:  Implements a global scheduler lock capability as part of SMP
    support.  This allows the scheduler to be locked with no knowledge
    or access to the TCB of the currently running task.  This is
    necessary because accessing the TCB of the currently running task
    is, itself, a non-atomic operation.  This global scheduler lock
    capability was add just to support that atomic access to the TCB.
  - SMP:  Extend the last global lock change to work with the
    LC823450-XGEVK which does not support the atomic fetch add but
    does support disabling interprocessor interrupts.  Disabling
    interprocessor interrupts will also guarantee that the TCB address
    calculation is atomic.
  - SMP:  Fix a infinite recursion problems that a recent changes
    introduced into the i.MX6 SMP implementation.  This is not seen
    with the LC823450 because you can disable inter-processor interrupts
    in that architecture; but you cannot in the ARMv7-A/GIC architecture.
  - SMP:  Remove SMP related logic in sig_dispatch.c.   This change
    prevents from a deadlock in up_schedulesigaction.c where inter-CPU
    signal handling is actually implemented.  arch/arm/src/armv7-m: Fix
    signal handling for SMP. In previous implementation, signal handling
    for SMP was incorrect.  Thus, for example, if an inter-CPU signal
    happened an incorrect tcb was signaled and caused ASSERT().  This
    change fixes the issues and works for both inter-CPU signal handling
    and signal handling on the same CPU.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - Tasking:  Add nxtask_create().  Kthread_create() and nxtask_create()
    are internal OS functions and should not modify the errno variable.
    Convert legitimate uses of task_create() to nxtask_create().
    Review handling of returned values from all uses of kthread_create()
    (as well as nxtask_create()).
  - Tasking:  Threads started by board bring-up logic should be kernel
    threads, not user tasks.
  - Tasking:  Threads started by drivers should be kernel threads, not
    user tasks.
  - Semaphore Usage:  Added ECANCELED condition to DEBUGASSERT's
    checking sem_wait result  From Dmitriy Linikov.

  - errno:  Add new internal OS function nxsched_setaffinity() that is
    identical to sched_isetaffinity() except that it does not modify the
    errno value.  All usage of sched_setaffinity() within the OS is
    replaced with nxsched_setaffinity().
  - errno:  Internal functions sched_reprioritize() and
    sched_setpriority() no longer modify the errno value.  Also renamed
    to nxsched_reprioritize() and sched_setpriority().
  - errno:  Add new internal OS function nxsched_getscheduler() that is
    identical to sched_getscheduler() except that it does not modify the
    errno value.  All usage of sched_getscheduler() within the OS is
    replaced with nxsched_getscheduler().
  - errno:  Add new internal OS function nxsched_setparam() that is
    identical to sched_setparam() except that it does not modify the
    errno value.  All usage of sched_setparam() within the OS is
    replaced with nxsched_setparam().
  - errno:  Add new internal OS function nxsched_getparam() that is
    identical to sched_getparam() except that it does not modify the
    errno value (actually, the previous value erroneously neglected to
    set the errno value to begin with, but this fixes both issues).  All
    usage of sched_getparam() within the OS is replaced with
    nxsched_getparam().
  - errno:  wd_start() is an internal OS function and should not set the
    errno value.  Reviewed and updated every call to wd_start() to
    verify if return value is used and if so if the errno value is
    accessed.
  - errno:  Fix several inappropriate accesses to get_errno() that were
    missed in previous changes (some going back to nuttx-7.23).  Add new
    nxsched_setscheduler() and nxsched_getaffinity() which are
    equivalent to their counterparts without the nx on front.  These
    versions do not modify the errno value.  Changed all calls within
    the OS to use these newer versions of the functions.
  - errno:  binfmt/, configs/, grahics/, libc/, mm/, net/, sched/:  OS
    references to the errno variable should always use the set_errno(),
    get_errno() macros.
  - drivers/, fs/ and libc/:  OS references to the errno variable should
    always use the set_errno(), get_errno() macros.

* File System/Block and MTD Drivers:

  - FAT:  CONFIG_FAT_MAXFNAME may not exceed NAME_MAX (CONFIG_NAME_MAX)
  - NFS:  Correctly infer file type.  The file type is in struct
    nfs_statinfo_s's ns_type field, not in the ns_mode field.  From
    Michael Jung.
  - NFS: Fix buffer corruption.  In case multiple read requests to the
    NFS server are required to fill up the user provided buffer,
    nfs_read() might write behind the end of said buffer.  This is fixed
    with this change.  From Michael Jung.
  - VFS:  reopen() should return NULL when oflags is less than 0, not
    equal to 0. Because negative value is returned on failure of
    lib_mode2offlags() which converts the mode string into file open
    mode flag.
  - ProcFS:  Fix an error in a common function that manages read data.
  - drivers/mmcsd:  Respect SDIO_CAPS_DMABEFOREWRITE on CMD25.  From
    Evgeniy Bobkov.
  - AT24xx:   Correct page size for AT24C02 part.  From Alexander
    Oryshchenko.
  - mtd_config.c:  Add still more error handling (to detect bad
    underlying flash implementations).  Remove MTD_ERASE that was
    erasing data block instead of erase block.  This is a partial
    revert of 4f18b4. Reported-by: Pascal Speck <iktek01@yahoo.com>

* Graphics/Display Drivers:

  - drivers/lcd:  Fix the default I2C address of SSD1306 OLED display
    (7- vs 8-bit addressing)  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.
  - drivers/lcd:  lcd_framebuffer.c does not need to include board-
    specific board.h.
  - include/lcd:  Eliminate a warning from an SSD1306 header file by
    adding a forward reference to struct i2c_master_s.  From Sebastien
    Lorquet.

* Networking/Network Drivers:

  - ARP:  Fix an error introduced when ICMP and ICMP6 socket support was
    added in NuttX-7.3.  A gratuitous ARP (or solicitation) was being
    sent after receive of the ECHO replay (advertisement).
  - ARP:  Fix IGMP multicast address computation on NuttX network stack.
    This change fixes the IGMP address computation to allow multicast
    UDP messages. The destination address was created with the incorrect
    bytes of the given IPv4 address.  From Louis Mayencourt.
  - ioctl:  The existence of the network driver ioctl() method should
    depend on CONFIG_NETDEV_IOCTL rather than CONFIG_NETDEV_PHY_IOCTL.
    The former enables the method, the later enables a subset of
    possible driver IOCTLs.
  - TCP:  Write buffering logic should not wait for a free buffer if
    the socket was opened non-blocking.
  - TCP:  Fixed bad return value handling in psock_tcp_send().  send()
    expects psock_tcp_send() to return a negated errno value, not -1
    with the errno set (GN: I added same change for tcp_send_buffered.c
    which has the same issue as tcp_send_unbuffered.c)  From Pelle
    Windestam.
  - TCP:  Fixes hardfault when network goes done and network monitoring
    is in place.  From Gianpaolo Ferroni Ariani.
  - TCP: tcp_send_[un]buffered.c:  Check routing table in
    psock_send_addrchck().  Previously only ARP table was considered
    when determining if the data will actually be sent.  From Juho
    Grundstrom.
  - TCP:  Generalize Juho Grundstrom's IPv4 change for IPv6 as well.
  - UDP:  Remove some conditional logic that was true if there is only a
    single network device, but not true in the multi-device context.
  - UDP:  In sendto(), return EHOSTUNREACH if the network is down.

* Common Drivers:

  - drivers/pipes:  In poll logic, fix off-by-one error in calculation
    of bytes in the buffer.  Buffer calculation in pipe poll setup is
    off-by-one when read index is larger than write index. This causes
    poll() not getting POLLIN when buffer has one byte as calculation
    gives zero bytes in buffer.  From Jussi Kivilinna.
  - drivers/audio:  Improve stability of the WM8776 driver in SMP mode.
    Apply irq_spin APIs to improve performance.  Repeat to process a
    message to avoid deadlock.  From Masayuki Ishikawa.
  - drivers/ioexpander:  Fixed build of PCF8574 driver when its
    interrupts aren't enabled by config.  From Dmitriy Linikov.
  - drivers/syslog:  Fixes LOG_UPTO macro to include specified log level.
    From Anthony Merlino.
  - drivers/sensors:  Fix HTS221 sensor reset with BOOT bit  From Jussi
    Kivilinna.
  - drivers/loop:  If we want to open read-only in losetup.c, flags
    should be O_RDONLY not O_RDWR.  From Fabio D'Urso.
  - drivers/timers/ds3231.c:  Correct some debug statements.  From
    Alexander Oryshchenko.
  - drivers/sensors/lis2dh:  Use realtime clock if monotonic is not
    available  From Juha Niskanen.
  - drivers/i2c and drivers/spi:  Fix compile error if
    CONFIG_DISABLE_PSEUDOFS_OPERATIONS, fix bad NULL checks  From Juha
    Niskanen.

* ARMv7-A:

  - Data Cache:  Fix cp15_invalidate_dcache.  In cases where more than
    one dcache line was to be invalidated, a missing branch label
    would result in a false branch target into cp15_flush_idcache.  Also
    the .size macro was fixed for both cp15_invalidate_dcache.  From
    Michael Jung.
  - SMP:  Port the signal-related SMP change by Masayuki Ishikawa to the
    ARMv7-A family.

* Extensa:

  - SMP:  Port the signal-related SMP change by Masayuki Ishikawa to the
    Xtensa family.

* Infineon XMC4xxx Drivers:

  - XMC4xxx:   Only setup USB clock when USB PLL is enabled  From Alan
    Carvalho de Assis.
  - XMC4xxx: Fix USIC_BRG_SCLKCFG definition  From Alan Carvalho
    de Assis.

* Microchip PIC32MZ

  - MIPS32:  In up_idle, the kludge that was conditionally enabled if
    the work queue was enable appears to be needed even when he work
    queue is not enabled on the PIC32MZ.
  - PIC32MZ:  Fix some typos in debug instrumentation in pic32mz-gpio.c;
    fix some typos related to UART5 configuration in pic32mz-serial.c.

* Microchip/Atmel SAMD/L:

  - SPI:  In sam_spibus_initialize(), the pinmux configuration was
    smashing the previous CTRLA register configuration. There are
    also some typos in samd_spi.h  From Matt Thompson.
  - SPI:  Fixes g_spi2ops and g_spi2dev using incorrect values  From Matt
    Thompson.
  - SPI:  SPI must be disabled before changing the mode bits in CTRLA
    register  From Matt Thompson.
  - DMA:  Fix DMA controller support.  From Matt Thompson.

* NXP/Freescale LPC17xx Drivers:

  - LPC17xx:  Disable LPC17 FDR when not used.  If a boot loader set the
    fractional divider (FDR) the baud rate in nuttx will be wrong
    (multiplied by this fraction).  So if it is not used, it should be
    disabled. From Harald Gutsche.

* NXP/Freescale Kinetis Drivers:

  - Kinetis:  Correct some Ethernet PHY register bit tests for the
    KSZ8081 PHY.  From Stewart.

* On Semiconductor LC823450

  - arch/arm/src/LC823450: Add SP_DMB() into lc823450_testset.c.
    In LC823450, ldrex and strex are not supported. So we implemented
    up_testset() with H/W Mutex. However, there was a bug in memory
    access order. This change ensures correct memory access order in
    up_testset() for LC823450. From Masatoshi Tateishi.

* STMicro STM32 Drivers:

  - STM32 F3 RCC:  A flash wait state configuration.  Flash latency must
    be fixed according to sysclk frequency.  If this operation is not
    done or done after PLL configuration, the STM32 fail to continue
    boot operation if the frequency if greater than 24MHz according to
    the board variable STM32_SYSCLK_FREQUENCY.  Tested on stm32f334-disco
    board.  From Gwenhael Goavec-Merou.
  - STM32 RTC:  Make STM32 usable with an external RTC.
  - STM32 SPI:  Removed unnecessary (and incorrect) speed limitation.
    From Alexander Oryshchenko.
  - STM32 SPI:  I have a SPI bus with both Mode 0 and Mode 3 devices
    on it.  After performing SPI I/O to a Mode 0 device, switching to a
    Mode 3 device locked up the SPI interface.  Only zeroes would be
    read.  I traced the reason for the lock-up to arm/arm/src/stm32f7/stm32_spi.c function spi_setmode().  Changing
    the mode causes a spurious SPI clock transmission that confuses the
    stm32f7 SPI input hardware.  This problem is solved by (1) changing
    the SPI mode with SPI (and perhaps DMA) disabled, and (2) flushing
    the receive FIFO if the mode change results in garbage in the FIFO.
    From Bob Feretich.
  - STM32 and STM32 F7:  Remove confusing, redundant, and misleading
    definitions of STM32_BKP_BASE from the F2, F3, and F4 memory
    maps.  Unlike the F1, these parts do not have a separate BKP address
    region.  The BKP registers are with the RTCC address regions.
    stm32_bkp.h should only be used for STM32 F1. stm32_rtcc.h should be
    used to access BKP registers on F2, F3, and F4.
  - STM32 and STM32 F7:  Architecture-specific code is not permitted to
    modify the errno variable.
  - STM32 F4 I2C:  Correct some recent changes to STM32F4 I2C that broke
    poll mode of operation.  From Alexander Oryshchenko.
  - STM32 F4 I2C:  Corrections to STM32 F4 I2C to restore functionality.
    From Alexander Oryshchenko.
  - STM32 F4 I2C:  Corrections to STM32 F4 I2C to fix the NORESTART
    flag.  From Alexander Oryshchenko.
  - STM32 F7:  Fixes a bug in multi-block SD-card operations on the
    STM32F7 platform.  DBLOCKSIZE must be the size of SD-card block, not
    the total amount of transferred bytes.  From Evgeniy Bobkov.
  - STM32 F7:  Fix undefined variable when using USART1 for other
    purposes than UART (e.g. SPI).  From Frank Benkert.
  - STM32 F7:  Backport RTC alarm setting changes from STM32L4.  Most
    notably this fixes RTC getting stuck issue when both alarms were
    used.  Root cause was writing RTC ISR register contents to RTC CR
    register.  From Juha Niskanen.
  - STM32 L4 Flash:  Change flash programming to use page buffer for
    unaligned writes.  From Juha Niskanen.

* STMicro STM32 Boards:

  - Nucleo-L432KC:  Fix some bogus logic noted by Fanda.
  - configs/nucleo-* and configs/stm32l476vg-disco:  Fix more
    stm32_userleds.c bogus logic  From Juha Niskanen.
  - Nucleo-L432KC:  Fixed nucleo-l432kc broken build when
    CONFIG_USERLED_LOWER defined  From Fanda.
  - Nucleo-L432KC:  Issue #85: /dev/userleds is not working for
    Nucleo-L432KC fixed  From Fanda Vacek.
  - STM32F429I-Disco:  Separate SPI4 from MTD init.  I was trying to
    attach a non-MTD peripheral to an STM32F429I Discovery Board's SPI4
    port and was hitting compilation problems, since CONFIG_MTD and
    thus 'struct mtd_geometry_s' was not defined.  This patch separates
    SPI4 initialization logic from MTD initialization logic.  From
    Michael Jung.
  - STM32F103-Minimum:  Remove CONFIG_NX_LCDDRIVER dependence from
    stm32_ssd1306.c  From Alan Carvalho de Assis.

* C Library/Header Files:

  - libc/stdio:  In dtoa(), up_interrupt_context() is used in a debug
    assertion.  up_interrupt_context() is not available in the user-mode
    phase of the PROTECTED or KERNEL build configurations.  In those
    configurations, enabling libc floating point support and debug
    assertions will result in an undefined reference to
    up_interrupt_context().
  - libc/netdb:  Fixed parsing of DNS response packets having compressed
    names ending with pointer.  There were troubles parsing response
    packets which have compression of QNAME/NAME field when only
    trailing part of the name (not the whole name) is replaced with
    pointer to another part of the packet.  This commit fixes parsing of
    such packets.  Also I added checks to keep parsing only in bounds of
    the read part of DNS response packet.  From Dmitriy Linikov.

* Tools

  - tools/*.c:  Add #define _GNU_SOURCE to all C files that call
    asprintf() to eliminate a warning.
  - tools/cvsparser.c:  Add a check to avoid access past the end
    of a fixed size array

* NSH: apps/nshlib:

  - apps/nshlib:  Fix compile error when CONFIG_NSH_DISABLESCRIPT is not
    defined.  The field np_flags does not exist if scripting is disabled.

* Examples/Tests: apps/examples:

  - apps/examples/touchscreen:  Eliminate BOARDIOC_TSCTEST_SETUP.

* Network Utilities: apps/netutils:

  - apps/netutils/ftpc:  Fix some corner-cases that could cause FTP to
    access past the end of valid data.

* Wireless Utilities: apps/wireless:

  - apps/wireless/ieee802154/i8shark: Fixes special XBee compensation
    by purposely chopping off the FCS.  From Anthony Merlino.