1*** Major changes in newlib version 1.12.0:
2
3* general iconv support added
4* major cleanup with linux header files regarding warnings
5* thread-safety and reentrancy fixes
6* additional wide character C99 functions
7* addition of %lc, %ls, %S, and %C printf format specifiers
8* doc cleanup
9
10*** Major changes in newlib version 1.11.0:
11
12* enhanced EL/IX support for i[3456]86-pc-linux
13* new --enable-newlib-elix-level configuration option
14* positional arg I/O support for printf family (--enable-newlib-io-pos-args)
15* support for the Fujitsu FRV architecture added by Red Hat
16* support for Motorola Altivec and SPE added by Red Hat
17* new small reentrancy structure support
18* dynamic reentrancy structure support
19
20*** Major changes in newlib version 1.10.0:
21
22* libtool support for i[3456]86-pc-linux native builds
23* addition of libm/machine/i386 directory, for i386 fast math routines
24
25*** Major changes in newlib version 1.9.0:
26
27* i[3456]86-pc-linux support
28
29* Long Double I/O support via the WANT_IO_LONG_DBL flag
30
31* addition of reentrant environment functions
32
33* addition of xscale and AVR platforms
34
35* severe reduction in the number of warnings issued
36
37* consolidation of many RTEMS features into shared headers
38
39*** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.2:
40
41* RTEMS features and fixes from Joel Sherrill.
42
43* More work on reentrant routines.
44
45* Floating point math library check, --enable-newlib-hw-fp.
46
47*** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.1:
48
49* Added check for --enable-newlib-mb configure option which defines the
50  MB_CAPABLE macro.  Multibyte support for JIS, SJIS, and EUC-JP implemented.
51
52* Reduced code size for libm modules.
53
54* Replaced the BSD malloc with Doug Lea's malloc.
55
56*** Major changes in newlib version 1.8.0:
57
58* Added simulated signal handling functions _raise_r, _signal_r, raise, and
59  signal except for sparc-sun-sunos*, i[3456]86-*-sco*, and a29k-*-* systems,
60  which already provide access to signal.  The signal functionality provided
61  does not interact with hardware generated signals.
62
63* Added reentrant function rand_r from POSIX.1c.
64
65* Removed _asctime, _next, _scanpoint, and _signgam fields from struct
66  _reent.  These are no longer necessary since there are now functions
67  that explictly support multiple threads (asctime_r, ctime_r, gamma_r,
68  gmtime_r, lgamma_r, localtime_r, rand_r, & strtok_r).
69
70
71*** Major changes in newlib version 1.7.0:
72
73* Cross compiler target libraries are now built in a subdir of the top level
74  build directory.
75
76  Old way: build
77                /newlib
78                       /m68020
79                              /m68881
80  New way:
81           build
82                /m68k-coff
83                          /m68020
84                                 /m68881
85
86  where m68020 and m68881 are multilib subdirectories
87
88* m68k targets support --disable options to avoid building unwanted versions
89  of the libraries.
90
91  --disable-softfloat - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -msoft-float
92  --disable-m68881    - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68881
93  --disable-m68000    - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68000
94  --disable-m68020    - don't build libc, libg++, etc. for -m68020
95
96  These options have *no* effect on the default libraries, so if the default
97  is -m68020, --disable-m68020 is nilpotent.
98
99* Reentrancy support in libm removed.
100
101* strtok, strtol, strtoul, assert, div, ldiv, qsort, vfprintf
102  replaced with NetBSD versions.
103
104* Support for systems with 32 bit "doubles" added.
105
106* unctrl added.
107
108* dtoa.c updated from master dtoa.c soruces (netlib.att.com)
109
110* Various bug fixes.
111
112*** Major changes in newlib version 1.6.1:
113
114* Added reentrant functions (asctime_r, ctime_r, gmtime_r, localtime_r,
115and strtok_r) from POSIX.1c.
116
117* Removed _asctime_r and _strtok_r functions.
118