µC/OS-III Release Notes

Release date : 2015-05-29

Dynamic tick: Dynamic tick mode is now available to further reduce power and cpu usage
Stack Redzone: An optional stack redzone can be enabled to detect stack overflow while debugging
Monitors: New synchronization construct offering functionality similar to condition variables
Debugging: Improved debugging with a new check for invalid calls before the kernel is started
Idle Task: To reduce footprint the idle task is now optional
Tick Task: For very low footprint application that do not require a time base the tick task is now optional
Performance and Footprint: Various performance improvements and ram usage reduction
C28x: Added support for the Texas Instrument C28x family of 32 bit MCUs

Task registers are now 64 bits wide by default on 64 bit platforms
Task registers are now available before the kernel is started
The following functions can now be used before the kernel is started : OS_TaskChangePrio(), OSSemSet(), OSTaskSuspend()
New function OSTmrSet() to set/reset a timer without having to delete it
OSTaskCreate() will now return an error if the given stack is too small for even a context stack frame
OSStart() will now return an error if no user task are created
OSSafetyCriticalStart() is now embedded withing the OSStart() code

Multi-Pend: The multi pend feature is now deprecated and not recommended for new designs. It remains fully supported for the 3.05 release series.
Deferred interrupts: Deferred interrupt processing is now deprecated and not recommended for new designs. This feature remains fully supported for the 3.05 release series.

ARM-Cortex-A9: Deprecated port permanently removed from the distribution use ARM-Cortex-A instead
Renesas RX: Removed multiple deprecated ports in favor of the generic RX port suitable for all rxv1 and rxv2 architectures
MicroBlaze: Fixed capitalization of the assembly file
ARM-Cortex-A: Big endian support for all the supported toolchains

Release date : 2015-02-16