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FNET Change Log

FNET public releases:

  • Version 4.1.0
    • QCA Wi-Fi:
      • Fixed SSID scanning in the QCA Wi-Fi driver and following failed connection.
      • Fixed memory leak and corruption in the QCA Wi-Fi driver release.
      • Fixed possible data corruption in FNET QCA Wi-Fi adapter.
      • Added fnet_wifi_fw_get_version() which gets Wi-Fi module firmware version number.
      • Added Wi-Fi module firmware version number information to the "info" shell command.
    • Added Benchmark client and server, as services. It has replaced the shell benchmark application.
    • Renamed the "help" shell command to "?".
    • Updated FBENCH to v2.0.4.
    • Other minor fixes.
  • Version 4.0.2
    • Fixed Wi-Fi QCA interface release.
    • Fixed possible wrong IPv4 address routing on multi-interface systems.
    • Fixed UDP socket notification about a ICMPv4 reported error. Thanks to Christophe Graulle.
    • Added Wi-Fi module firmware update:
      • Enabled by FNET_CFG_CPU_WIFI_FW_UPATE.
      • Added fnet_wifi_fw_update().
      • Added shell command "fw" updating the QCA4002(GT202) firmware to the latest version 3.3.5
    • Updated shell "dns" command syntax to "dns [-n <if name>] [-s <server ip>] [4|6] <host name>"
  • Version 4.0.1
    • Fixed fnet_fec_checksum_clear(), when FNET_CFG_CPU_ETH_HW_TX_PROTOCOL_CHECKSUM is enabled.
    • Fixed possible sending of duplicate TCP ACK.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 4.0.0
    • Added WiFi network interface support:
    • Added DHCPv4 server.
    • Added basic support for the LPC54628 platform (Aruba).
    • Added fnet_ prefix to the sockaddr, sockaddr_in, sockaddr_in6, in_addr, in6_addr, ip_mreq, ipv6_mreq and linger types.
    • Added FNET_CFG_TIMER_POLL_AUTOMATIC enables/disables automatic timer polling inside FNET.
    • Added fnet_timer_poll() timer polling function, for the case when FNET_CFG_TIMER_POLL_AUTOMATIC is disabled.
    • Moved network interface drivers to "port\cpu\netif" directory (FEC/ENET and QCA).
    • Added FNET_CPU_NETIF_NUMBER which defines number of supported network interfaces.
    • Added "fnet_\<service_name\>_get_by_netif()" which looks for a <service_name> assigned to the specified network interface.
    • Added fnet_mdns_service_get_by_type() which looks for a registered mDNS application service according to the specified type.
    • Added "cookie" parameter to the fnet_shell_block() function.
    • Renamed:
      • DHCP Client files and definitions from "dhcp|DHCP" to "dhcp_cln|DHCP_CLN".
      • "services" folder to "service".
      • fnet_poll_desc_t to fnet_service_desc_t.
      • fnet_poll_service() to fnet_service_poll().
      • fnet_poll_service_[register|unregister]() to fnet_service_[register|unregister]()
    • Merged fnet_poll.c/h to fnet_service.c/h.
    • Added fnet_ssize_t, signed integer type representing the size in bytes.
    • Added FNET_CFG_CPU_VECTOR_TABLE_IS_IN_RAM which enables/disables RAM vector table support.
    • Added FNET_CFG_CPU_[SERIAL|ETH|WIFI]_IO_INIT which enables/disables Input/Output pin initialization.
    • Fixed nested calling of fnet_shell_script().
    • Fixed possible sending of duplicate TCP ACK.
    • Updated shell demo application:
      • Added "dhcp [-n <if name>] [release|pool]" DHCPv4 server command.
      • Added "connect", "disconnect" and "ap" Shell Wi-Fi commands.
      • Added separate link script for Wi-Fi interface in access mode, defined by FAPP_CFG_LINK_(CONNECT|DISCONNECT)_WIFI_ACCESS_POINT_SCRIPT.
      • Added optional [-n <if name>] parameter to all interface specific shell commands.
      • Changed naming approach for client and server shell commands. Protocol client command name is <protocol_name>'c' and protocol server command name is <protocol_name> (e.g. "dhcpc" and "dhcp").
      • Common application shell code moved from fapp.c to separate fapp_shell.c
      • Deprecated FAPP_CFG_STARTUP_SCRIPT_ENABLED, covered by existing FAPP_CFG_STARTUP_SCRIPT.
    • Fixed fnet_socket_bind(), ignored scope_id.
    • Fixed fnet_netif_bind_ip6_addr().
    • Switched to IANA ephemeral port range [49152 to 65535].
    • Deprecated FNET_CFG_<service_name>_MAX, covered by already existing FNET_CFG_<service_name>.
    • Deprecated FAPP_CFG_DEFAULT_IF, covered by existing FAPP_CFG_PARAMS_NETIF_NAME.
    • Many other changes and fixes.
  • Version 3.9.4
    • Added Shell example using FreeRTOS.
    • Fixed minor issues, found by the Coverity tool.
  • Version 3.9.3
    • Fixed all mDNS warnings in the Bonjour Conformance test.
    • Improved SW event response, thanks to Michal Hanak.
    • Reduced default timer period to 10ms, for better time precision.
    • Other minor fixes.
  • Version 3.9.2
    • Fixed possible wrong sending of TCP ACK, thanks to Richard Green.
    • Renamed IPv4-specific files and definitions from "ip|IP" to "ip4|IP4".
    • Renamed ICMPv4-specific files and definitions from "icmp|ICMP" to "icmp4|ICMP4".
    • Cleaned code style using "Auristic Style v3.0.1"
  • Version 3.9.1
    • Fixed possible failure during reassembly of out of order IPv4 datagrams.
    • Deprecated FNET_CFG_DNS_RESOLVER, which is covered by existing FNET_CFG_DNS.
    • Added possibility to run several DNS clients/resolvers simultaneously, defined by FNET_CFG_DNS_MAX.
  • Version 3.9.0
    • Added SNTPv4 (Simple Network Time Protocol) client.
    • Fix possible buffer overflow in the DNS client/resolver.
    • Added S32R274 platform, thanks to Andrian Onea.
  • Version 3.8.2
    • Added RFC6763 Service Type Enumeration to the mDNS server, enabled by FNET_CFG_MDNS_SERVICE_TYPE_ENUMERATION.
    • Simplified user API for adding of mDNS TXT record keys.
    • Fixed possible infinite loop caused by a malformed mDNS packet.
    • Fixed HTTP server release issue when there are open CGI sessions.
    • Fixed minor issues detected by Coverity tool.
  • Version 3.8.1:
    • Fixed MCF compilation issues. Thanks to Frank Lombardo.
    • Other minor fixes.
  • Version 3.8.0:
    • Added TLS:
      • Added TLS server API.
      • Added mbedTLS library support, placed in third_party/mbedtls-2.4.0.
      • Added HTTP server over TLS (HTTPS).
      • Added shell_mbedtls example, with new "https" command and mbedTLS library.
    • Changed the fnet_socket_t descriptor type from fnet_int32_t to void*. So now, fnet_socket_accept() and fnet_socket() return FNET_NULL instead of FNET_ERR.
    • Fixed fnet_mempool_free(), thanks to Paul.
    • Fixed FNET_CFG_CPU_VECTOR_PRIORITY_MAX for Kinetis.
  • Version 3.7.0:
    • Added Multicast DNS (mDNS) "Bonjour" Server/Responder. Thanks to NXP-Semiconductor for support.
    • Passed the Bonjour Conformance Test, Version 1.3.1. (https://developer.apple.com/softwarelicensing/agreements/bonjour.php) Bonjour Conformance Test includes "Link-Local Address Allocation", "Multicast DNS" and "Network Interoperability" test phases (48 tests).
    • Removed all instances of recursion.
    • Added FNET_CFG_ASSERT - enables/disables FNET_ASSERT().
    • Fixed Mutex API, thanks to Paul.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 3.6.1:
    • Removed application reserved memory regions FAPP_CFG_MEM_REGION_RESERVED_LIST from the boot-loader application.
    • Added multiple memory region support to TFTP .srec generator.
    • Renamed FAPP_CFG_APPLICATION_SIZE to FAPP_CFG_BOOTLOADER_SIZE.
    • Minor cleanings and fixes.
  • Version 3.6.0:
    • Disabled automatic network-interface initialization during fnet_init() call:
    • Merged fnet_netif_set_ip4_subnet_mask() to fnet_netif_set_ip4_addr().
    • Obsoleted FNET_CFG_HEAP_SIZE, FNET_CFG_ETH0_IP4_ADDR, FNET_CFG_ETH0_IP4_MASK, FNET_CFG_ETH0_IP4_GW, FNET_CFG_ETH0_IP4_DNS, FNET_CFG_DEFAULT_IF. They are replaced by FAPP_CFG_ user-application ones.
    • Deleted obsolete FNET_CFG_CPU_SRAM_ADDRESS and FNET_CFG_CPU_SRAM_SIZE.
    • Added experimental Write-Caching in Flash driver, enabled by FNET_CFG_FLASH_CACHE. Thanks to Patrice Cavin.
    • Started using C99 structure member initialization. Only members that are needed are defined.
    • Increased reserved flash-memory size for the Boot-loader to 52 Kbytes.
    • Other minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 3.5.0:
    • Improved Auto-IP service to follow RFC3927. It has passed the "Phase 1, Link-Local Address Allocation" test cases of the Bonjour Conformance Test suite Version 1.3.1.
    • Implemented Link-Detection service, enabled by FNET_CFG_LINK.
    • Added Link-Detection to the Shell example application. Whenever the network interface indicates that it has been disconnected, application disables the bound/discover protocols (DHCP, AutoIP, LLMNR). And the application begins again the auto-configuration process (DHCP, AutoIP, LLMNR) whenever the interface has been connected.
    • Added fnet_netif_clear_ip4_addr_conflict(), which clears IPv4 address conflict flag.
    • Allowed nested calling of shell scripts, using fnet_shell_script().
    • Other minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 3.4.0:
    • Added fnet_socket_set_callback_on_rx(), which registers the "Socket RX" event handler callback. This event occurs when the socket layer receives any packet for any existing socket, which is enabled by FNET_CFG_SOCKET_CALLBACK_ON_RX.
    • Added Multi-Threading Mutex API, defined by fnet_mutex_api_t. This optional functionality is enabled by FNET_CFG_MULTITHREADING.
    • Removed OS folder. Its functionality was replaced by fnet_mutex_api_t and fnet_socket_set_callback_on_rx().
    • Removed redundant fnet_init_static().
    • Improved compiler auto-detection.
    • Fixed many potential issues found by source code static-analysis.
    • Added FNET_CFG_CPU_ETH_OVERLOAD_IO_INIT that allows alternative Ethernet module pin initialization.
    • Added MPC5744P Flash driver. Thanks to Patrice Cavin.
  • Version 3.3.0:
    • Added basic Auto-IP service, according to RFC3927 "Dynamic Configuration of IPv4 Link-Local Addresses".
    • Added optional "autoip" parameter to the "dhcp" shell command, which means to start the Auto-IP service automatically if a DHCP server is not found.
    • Added fnet_netif_is_ip4_addr_conflict() to determine if there is IPv4 address conflict. Just one more possibility in addition to fnet_netif_set_callback_ip4_addr_conflict().
    • Application protocol initialization functions return 0 (wrong zero descriptor) if an error occurs (instead of FNET_ERR, in previous versions).
    • Updated Demo WEB pages.
    • Fixed broken HTTP Authentication, that sent data even if the authentication was canceled.
    • Renaming/cleaning in User-API.
  • Version 3.2.0:
    • Added support of Kinetis K60DN512 (TWR-K60D100M board).
    • Added support of Kinetis K66FN2M (FRDM-K66F board).
    • Changed demo application structure:
      • Demo projects moved to "\fnet\fnet_demos\boards\<board_name>\<demo_name>"
      • Port-specific configuration parameters, like a compiler support FNET_CFG_COMP_<name>, a processor type FNET_CFG_CPU_<name>, a default serial port number FNET_CFG_CPU_SERIAL_PORT_DEFAULT and others are defined in example project options. This approach allows to have the same fnet_user_config.h per one type of example for all platforms.
      • Use platform linker files and start up code from Kinetis SDK 2.0, with additional changes required by FNET applications
    • Fixed memory allocation, that could cause data corruption when the memory pool is full. Reported by Paul.
    • Fixed TCP receive. Reported by Eclectice.
    • Fixed ARP resolving, that could cause data corruption. Thanks to Michal Hanak.
    • Fixed ENET register map for MPC5744P. Thanks to Patrice Cavin.
    • Removed examples for old MPC5668G, MK70FN1M, MK60FN1M, MK60N512 and obsolete ColdFire (MCF) platform.
  • Version 3.1.1:
    • Improved Flash driver. Now it copies its execution code to RAM by itself, so no need to define an additional FNET_RAM section in linker file.
    • Fixed IPv4 input function, to accept all broadcast Ethernet frames for an interface without a bound IPv4 address. It is used by DHCPv4 client. Reported by Sergej Ruzin.
    • Added MPC5566(Viper) configuration. Thanks to NanoZera.
    • The all source code files (*.c, *.h) were formatted by the Artistic Style 2.05 tool (http://astyle.sourceforge.net/).
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 3.1.0:
    • HTTP server improvements:
    • Moved "cpu", "compiler" and "os" folders to "port" sub-folder, to combine all port-specific source code in one place.
    • Added ARP User API, that can be used for address probation and conflict detection:
    • Added ARP Cache display information to the "stat" shell command in the demo application.
    • Added optional probing of the newly received address by the DHCPv4 client. Controlled by the fnet_dhcp_params->probe_addr flag.
    • Renamed fnet_netif_ip6_addr_type_t to general fnet_netif_ip_addr_type_t, to be used for both IPv4 and IPv6.
    • Added fnet_netif_[get|set]_ip4_addr_type(), replacing fnet_netif_[get|set]_ip4_addr_automatic().
    • Changed the default value of the FNET_CFG_CPU_VECTOR_TABLE parameter, for Kinetis platform, to NVIC vector table register (VTOR). Before it was set to a symbol defined in a linker file.
    • Removed obsolete MCF uCOS port.
    • Removed obsolete MCF CodeWarrior 7.2 support.
    • Removed obsolete fnet_<cpu>_stdlib.c.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 3.0.0:
    • Released under the Apache License Version 2.0 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License). This is more permissible license than previous one and compatible with GPL 3.0.
    • Added possibility to run several instances of DHCP client for multi-interface systems, controlled by the FNET_CFG_DHCP_MAX parameter.
    • Added support of the Intel HEX file format by the TFTP Boot-loader (enabled by FAPP_CFG_TFTP_RX_HEX/FAPP_CFG_TFTP_TX_HEX). Thanks to Michal Hanak.
    • Added support of IPv4 link-local (169.254/16 prefix) unicast and broadcast as destination address, according to RFC3927.
    • Added scope_id to IPv4 socket address structure (same as for IPv6), to eliminate IPv4 address ambiguity in multi-home systems.
    • Changed IPv4 multicast group ip_mreq.imr_interface from Interface IPv4 address to Interface Index (same as for IPv6).
    • Added fnet_scope_id_t type.
    • Added the default-interface parameter to the FNET application parameter get/set list.
    • Added FNET_CFG_<interface>_NAME configuration parameter.
    • Added fnet_rand() pseudo-random generator. Thanks to Catalin Petrescu.
    • Moved port-clock enabling from Kinetis start-up to the driver initialization code.
    • Added FNET_CFG_CPU_VECTOR_PRIORITY_MAX configuration parameter.
    • Renamed FNET_FS_DIR, FNET_FS_FILE types to fnet_fs_dir_t, fnet_fs_file_t.
    • Fixed potential spurious retransmission issue in TCP. Thanks to Vinay.
    • Fixed loop-back interface.
    • Fixed fnet_isr_vector_init().
    • Fixed FBENCH tool stuck during UDP sending.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.9.0:
    • Added fnet_size_t, fnet_index_t, fnet_bool_t, fnet_time_t fnet_uint32_t, fnet_uint16_t and fnet_uint8_t and other types.
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 6.3 Typedefs that indicate size and signedness should be used in place of the basic types."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 10.1 The value of an expression of integer type shall not be implicitly converted to a different underlying type ..."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 11.1 Conversions shall not be performed between a pointer to a function and any type other than an integer type."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 12.5 The operands of a logical && or || shall be primary-expressions."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 12.7 Bitwise operators shall not be applied to operands whose underlying type is signed."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 14.6 For any iteration statement there shall be at most one break statement used for loop termination."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 14.9 An if (expression) construct shall be followed by a compound statement. The else keyword shall be followed by either a compound statement or another if statement."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 19.6 #undef shall not be used"
    • Added "extern C" to header files.
    • Replaced SOCKET_ERROR and SOCKET_INVALID by FNET_ERR.
    • Replaced SOCKET type by fnet_socket_t.
    • New configuration parameter:
    • Reworked shell service:
    • Removed support of obsolete MCF52235.
    • Other changes.
  • Version 2.8.1:
    • Added KDS 3.0 support.
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 15.2 An unconditional break statement shall terminate every non-empty switch clause."
    • Redraw the FNET Top View diagram.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.8.0:
    • Added possibility to get a DNS resolved host-name TTL. Improved fnet_dns_handler_resolved_t.
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 10.5 if the bitwise operators ~ and << are applied to an operand of underlying type unsigned char or unsigned short, the result shall be immediately cast to the underlying type of the operand."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 10.6 A U suffix shall be applied to all constants of unsigned type."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 12.6 The operands of logical operators should be effectively Boolean."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 12.9 The unary minus operator shall not be applied to an expression whose underlying type is unsigned."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 12.10 The comma operator shall not be used."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 13.1 Assignment operators shall not be used in expressions that yield a Boolean value."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 13.5 The three expressions of a for statement shall be concerned only with loop control."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 14.3 Before preprocessing, a null statement shall only occur on a line by itself."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 14.8 The statement forming the body of a switch, while, do� while or for statement shall be a compound statement."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 14.10 All if ... else if constructs shall be terminated with an else clause."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 15.3 The final clause of a switch statement shall be the default clause."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 16.3 Identifiers shall be given for all of the parameters in a function prototype declaration."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 16.4 The identifiers used in the declaration and definition of a function shall be identical."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 16.5 Functions with no parameters shall be declared and defined with the parameter list void."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 19.11 All macro identifiers in preprocessor directives shall be defined before use."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 19.15 Precautions shall be taken in order to prevent the contents of a header file being included twice."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 20.2 The Names of Standard Library macros, objects and functions shall not be reused."
    • Fixed MPC Green Hills compiler warning, thanks to Patrice Cavin.
  • Version 2.7.5:
    • Fixed compilation error for Classical CW.
    • Fixed compilation warnings for KDS 2.0.
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 2.2 Source code shall inly use ISO9899:1990 'C' style comments."
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 2.4 Sections of code should not be 'commented out'".
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 4.1 Only those escape sequences that are defined in the ISO C standard shall be used".
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 5.2 Identifiers in an inner scope shall not use the same name as an identifier in an outer scope, and therefore hide that identifier".
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 8.1 Functions shall have prototype declaration and the prototype shall be visible at both the function definition and call ".
    • Fixed "MISRA-C:2004 8.3 For each function parameter the type given in the declaration and definition shall be identical, and the return types shall also be identical".
  • Version 2.7.4:
    • Fixed potential crash in checksum calculation, thanks to Patrice Cavin.
    • Fixed compilation error of boot example in KDS 2.0, K64.
    • Fixed issue of the erased memory check.
    • Added FAPP_CFG_CHECK_FLASH_BEFORE_WRITE enable/disables checking of the flash memory if is erased before write.
    • Added MPC5744P configuration, thanks to Patrice Cavin.
  • Version 2.7.3:
    • Added handling of ICMPv6 errors by transport protocols.
    • Fixed fnet_inet_ptos(), reported by Kiyoshi
    • Fixed checksum calculation, reported by Abhilash.
    • Fixed SRAM start address for K64, reported by Kiyoshi.
    • Fixed possible flash write error for K60N.
    • Fixed KDS 2.0 compilation issue of assembler code.
  • Version 2.7.2:
    • New configuration parameter:
    • Fixed potential issue in fnet_netbuf_trim(), thanks to Johan Brouwer.
    • Added additional check to the bootloader example if flash memory is erased before writing.
    • Other minor changes and optimizations.
  • Version 2.7.1:
    • Added support of Kinetis Design Studio (GCC compiler) for FRDM-K64F board.
    • New configuration parameter:
  • Version 2.7.0:
    • Added Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) Server/Responder.
    • Added new "host" parameter to example applications, used as a host name for LLMNR. Its value is controlled by FAPP_CFG_PARAMS_HOST_NAME.
    • Fixed "ICMP Destination unreachable" handling issue for listening TCP sockets, reported by Yasla.
    • Fixed FRDM-K64F startup code, which caused wrong link status.
    • Make public fnet_tolower().
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.6.5:
    • Fixed DNS query that caused resolution issue with FritzBox DNS server, reported by Lenz.
    • Fixed checksum calculation to follow RFC1624(3).
    • Added fnet_netif_get_ip6_prefix() and fnet_netif_get_ip6_neighbor_cache().
    • Added "stat" command, to the Shell Demo, showing interface statistics, IPv6 prefix list and neighbor cache.
    • Cleaned header includes. Now it is enough to add only the fnet_stack folder to Project Search Path without its subfolders.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.6.4:
    • Added support of Kinetis K64FN1M (FRDM-K64F board).
    • Added fnet_netif_get_mtu()
    • Fixed ARP response, which could cause issue with iOS nodes. Thanks to Markus Muller.
    • The assembler *.asm files renamed to *.s.
    • Removed support of obsolete MCF51CN128 and MCF5282 platforms.
  • Version 2.6.3:
    • Added support of Kinetis K60FN1M0 (TWR-K60F120M board).
    • Fixed defect in IPv4 TCP segment send function, reported by Dian Nugraha.
    • Fixed MCF assembler code to be valid for GCC compiler, thanks to Thomas Buergel.
  • Version 2.6.2:
    • Added IPv6 address support to DNS resolver.
    • Added Recursive DNS Server Option (RFC6106) support via router advertisement.
    • Added basic MCF5235 support, contributed by Thomas Buergel.
    • Fixed MLD-query receive-function that could send a wrong MLD report.
    • New configuration parameters:
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.6.1:
    • Fixed timeout issue in the DHCP client, reported by Colin Bathe.
    • Fixed race condition in UDP-send function that can cause data corruption, reported by Tomas.
    • Fixed MLD multicast group leave function.
    • Many other minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 2.6.0:
    • Added Multicast Listener Discovery Version 1 (MLDv1), enabled by FNET_CFG_MLD.
    • New IPv6 socket options:
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.5.0:
    • Added support of Kinetis K70FN1M0 (TWR-K70F120M board).
    • Added support of Modelo MCF54418 (TWR-MCF5441x board).
    • Added support of two Ethernet modules by FEC driver (for MCF54418).
    • Added support of uCOS-III, thanks to Jon Elliott.
    • Added "bind/unbind" IPv6 address commands to the Shell Demo.
    • Added "cookie" parameter to interrupt handlers.
    • New/renamed configuration parameters:
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETH_RMII enables/disables RMII mode.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETH_RMII_10T sets 10Mbps or 100Mbps in RMII mode.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETHx enables/disables Externet-x module.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETHx_MAC_ADDR defines default MAC address of Externet-x module.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETHx_MTU defines default MTU of Externet-x module.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETHx_PHY_ADDR defines default PHY address used by Ethernet-x module.
      • FNET_CFG_CPU_ETH_PHY_ADDR_DISCOVER enables/disables PHY addresses discover.
      • FNET_CFG_DEFAULT_IF defines default interface.
      • FNET_CFG_OS_TIMER enables/disables OS-specific timer initialization/release.
      • Others.
    • Other internal changes.
  • Version 2.4.0:
  • Version 2.3.0:
    • Passed the "IPv6 Ready Logo" Phase-2 IPv6 Core Protocols Conformance Tests, for host.
    • Added the Path MTU Discovery for IPv6, which is disabled /enabled by FNET_CFG_IP6_PMTU_DISCOVERY.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.2.1:
    • Fixed data corruption bug, that can occur using UDP services (e.g. DHCP) with enabled both IP4 and IPv6.
    • Updated FreeRTOS specific code. Thanks to Christophe Graulle.
    • Added basic BOOTP protocol support, as special mode of DHCP client service. Thanks to Peter Baertschi.
    • New configuration parameters:
      • FNET_CFG_DHCP_BOOTP defines DHCP or BOOTP protocol to be used.
      • FNET_CFG_DHCP_PORT_CLIENT defines DHCP client port number.
      • FNET_CFG_DHCP_PORT_SERVER defines DHCP server port number.
  • Version 2.2.0:
    • Added support of the Qorivva Power Architecture:
      • Added support of MPC5668G.
      • Added support of CodeWarrior Development Studio for MPC55xx/MPC56xx Ver. 2.10.
      • Added Shell and Benchmark demo-applications for MPC5668GKIT. Without on-chip flash driver.
    • Other minor changes.
  • Version 2.1.1:
    • Improved IPv6 support. Passed 80% of the "IPv6 Ready Logo" Phase-2 (Golden) Tests.
    • Fixed wrong IPv4 group address mapping to Ethernet multicast address, for little-endian platform (Kinetis).
  • Version 2.1.0:
    • Improved IPv6 support. Passed 65% of the "IPv6 Ready Logo" Phase-2 (Golden) Tests.
    • Added RAW socket support.
    • Added PING service, using RAW sockets and supporting both IPv4 and IPv6.
    • Added ping command to the FNET demo applications.
    • Added basic FreeRTOS support, contributed by Christophe Graulle.
    • Added the IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS socket option.
    • Added multiple-session support to the TELNET server.
    • Added possibility to set the socket-listen backlog to zero value.
    • Fixed some bugs.
    • Added new configuration parameters:
  • Version 2.0.0:
  • Version 1.2.2:
    • Fixed wrong behavior, using CodeWarrior 10.2 Final Release for Kinetis platform.
    • Fixed value of MII speed register, which may be cause of wrong PHY-address detection and wrong connection status.
    • Removed the remaining platform-independent Ethernet logic from the FEC driver.
    • Deleted "useless" length and pad fields from the socket-address structure.
    • The connect() function now returns FNET_OK instead of the FNET_ERR_AGAIN error.
    • Added "cookie" parameter to the timer-event handler.
    • Other internal changes.
  • Version 1.2.1:
    • Added new configuration parameters:
      • FNET_CFG_IP4_OPTIONS enables/disables processing of IP options.
      • FNET_CFG_TCP_URGENT enables/disables TCP urgent data processing.
    • Done different code-size optimizations.
    • Enabled the multicast functionality for the Kinetis FEC driver.
    • Moved the loopback logic from FEC driver to the Networking layer.
    • Renamed fnet_ip_addr_t to fnet_ip4_addr_t.
    • Added FNET_IP4_ADDR_STR_SIZE and FNET_MAC_ADDR_STR_SIZE that define maximum size of null-terminated ASCII string representing IPv4 and MAC address.
    • Deleted not thread-safe fnet_strok() function. It is recommended to use fnet_strtok_r() instead of it.
    • Added "FNET Demo Applications" and "Standard library API" chapters to the User Documentation.
  • Version 1.2.0:
    • Added support of the CodeWarrior Development Studio v10.2 for TWR-K60N512 (Kinetis) and M52259EVB (Kirin3) projects.
    • Added support of multicast-group joining & leaving to the socket interface.
    • Added Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) version 1 and 2.
    • Added new socket options:
      • IP_MULTICAST_TTL changes IP "time to live" (TTL) value for outgoing multicast datagrams.
      • IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP joins the socket to the supplied multicast group on the specified interface.
      • IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP drops membership to the given multicast group and interface.
    • Added new configuration parameters:
    • Added possibility to choose default multicast interface for outgoing multicast packets, for hosts with several network interfaces, in FNET Throughput Benchmark tool.
    • Fixed issues in Kinetis Flash and UART drivers.
    • Many other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 1.1.2:
    • FNET Throughput Benchmark tool:
      • Added "IP Don`t Fragment" option.
      • Added "IP Time to Live" option.
      • Added "Timeout" option (in seconds) for sending. Now user is able to choose to stop the sending after the number of sent messages or after the timeout.
      • Added possibility of joining of a UDP Multicast group by the receiver.
      • Added "refresh" button that updates "Local IP address" combo-box, in case a network interface enabled/disabled during work of application.
      • It was added acknowledge packet, at the end of UDP data transfer session, which contains amount of received data. It helps to determine the amount of data was received and lost during UDP transfer.
      • Throughout value in Bytes/sec was replaced by Kbits/sec.
      • Other minor improvements in user interface.
    • Added the FNET_CPU_INSTRUCTION_ADDR() macro that sets Thumb bit of an address for Kinetis entry point (and does nothing for ColdFire). It is used by the FNET boot-loader and fixes issue caused by SREC files generated by CodeWarrior for Kinetis.
    • Fixed issue in MCF52235 initialization for UART number 2.
    • Fixed potential issue in initialization of the DNS client application.
    • Fixed potential issue in the fnet_str_to_mac() function.
    • Fixed the "strict ANSI C" CW compiler errors.
    • Fixed some GCC compiler errors and warnings (even if GCC is not supported).
    • Other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 1.1.0:
    • Added the DNS client/resolver service.
    • Added the DNS-server address support to the DHCP client service and to the network interface.
    • Added the dns resolver command to the FNET Shell application.
    • Other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 1.0.0:
    • Added Kinetis (ARM Cortex-M4) - MK60N512 support.
    • Added support of the IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM compiler, version 6.1.
    • Added standard FNET demo applications for the TWR-K60N512 board, including the FNET on-chip Bootloader.
    • Added support of little-endian platforms, defined by FNET_CFG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN.
    • Added set of functions and macroses that convert values between host and network byte order (like fnet_ntohs(), fnet_htonl() and etc. ).
    • Added common on-chip Flash memory driver for Kinetis (FTFL) and ColdFire (CFM) modules.
    • Added support of 16 bits and 24 bits addressing in the S-record file format for the FNET Bootloader.
    • Added common FEC driver for Kinetis and ColdFire platform.
    • Improved response of the Telnet server.
    • Added the fnet_telnet_close_session() function, which closes the currently active session of the Telnet Server.
    • Added the fnet_println() function that prints formatted text to the stream and terminates it by line separator string.
    • Added the fnet_serial_flush() function that sends/flushes data from the internal stream buffer to the stream client, it has meaning only for buffered streams.
    • Applied optimized version of the IP checksum calculation and the fnet_memcpy() function.
    • A lot of the FNET_CFG_MCF_xxxx parameters, which are common to all platforms, were renamed to FNET_CFG_CPU_xxxx.
    • Many other changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.9.3:
    • Fixed stuck issue that may occur during receiving of broadcast UDP datagrams.
    • Fixed buffer corruption issue that may occur when the internal static heap buffer has relatively small size.
    • Improved stability of nebuf. management.
    • FEC Frame buffers and descriptors are allocated statically (before in internal heap). Existing applications should reduce value of the FNET_CFG_HEAP_SIZE in user-configuration file by the value that equals summary size of buffers statically allocated in Ethernet driver. Roughly [NEW_VALUE]=[OLD_VALUE]-(FNET_CFG_MCF_ETH_TX_BUFS_MAX+FNET_CFG_MCF_ETH_RX_BUFS_MAX)* FNET_CFG_ETH_MTU.
    • Renamed FNET_CFG_MCF_SERIAL_PORT_DEFAULT to FNET_CFG_CPU_SERIAL_PORT_DEFAULT.
    • Added the FNET_CFG_TELNET_SOCKET_BUF_SIZE user-configuration option that defines size of the socket RX & TX buffer used by the Telnet server.
    • Added OS folder where it will be placed all OS-specific code.
    • Added uCOS-II specific ISR handler.
    • Added FNET_CFG_OS and FNET_CFG_OS_operation_system_type set of user-configuration options that define a currently used OS. For this moment there is FNET_CFG_OS_UCOSII only.
    • Added "Free heap" information to the Shell-example "info" command.
    • Other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 0.9.1:
  • Version 0.9.0:
    • Added support of the IAR Embedded Workbench for ColdFire Version 1.22.
    • Added support of the IAR compiler to the demo applications for the M52259EVB board.
    • Added the FNET_CFG_COMP_compiler_type set of user-configuration options that define a currently used compiler.
    • Added GPL linking exception to the FNET license (based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPL_linking_exception), to allow static linking to proprietary applications.
    • Fixed several issues in the Telnet server, which caused stuck situations.
    • Fixed assembler version of the checksum calculation.
    • Added the compiler directory where are placed compiler-specific files.
    • All inline assembler functions were rewritten to separate ASM files, to make it more portable.
    • All standard_abi assembler functions were rewritten to follow register_abi.
    • Increased general throughput performance, based on benchmark results.
    • Fixed CFM driver initialization.
    • Fixed MSS issue, it was set to the lowest value for all cases.
    • Added the FNET_CFG_SOCKET_TCP_MSS user-configuration option that defines the default value of the TCP_MSS socket option. By default the selection of the MSS is automatic and is based on the MTU of the outgoing interface. It is done to assist in avoiding of IP fragmentation at the endpoints of the TCP connection.
    • Added the FNET_CFG_SHELL_HELP_FORMAT user-configuration option that defines the format of the command-shell help message, that is used by the fnet_shell_help() function.
    • Added the FNET_CFG_TELNET_SHELL_ECHO user-configuration option that defines the Echo in the Telnet shell.
    • Updated structure of the application parameters, used by the FNET demo applications.
    • Updated the FNET ROM file-system image structure and the "FNET File System Generation Tool", to make the file-system image file more portable between different compilers.
    • The "fnet.h" header file gives full access to the whole FNET user-API, including the service API.
    • Other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 0.8.1:
    • Fixed bug in the parsing of the HTTP URI.
  • Version 0.8.0:
    • HTTP Server:
      • Added support of the HTTP/1.0 response.
      • Added support of the Basic Access Authentication according to RFC2617 (FNET_CFG_HTTP_AUTHENTICATION_BASIC).
      • Added support of the HTTP POST method (FNET_CFG_HTTP_POST).
      • Added the "cookie" parameter to the POST, SSI and CGI callback functions, which can be used to associate custom information with a connection instance.
    • Added the HTTP POST and Access Authentication demos to the Shell demo application.
    • Added fnet_snprintf() function. The save version of fnet_sprintf() that does not suffer from buffer overrun.
    • Updated GUI File System generation tool:
      • Added additional generation parameters (image name and #if condition).
      • Fixed issue occurred during saving/loading of project files for images that have directories.
    • Eliminated using of the CodeWarrior #pragma overload.
    • Used http://www.installjammer.com tool for creation of the FNET Installer and Uninstaller.
    • Other minor changes/fixes.
  • Version 0.7.6:
    • Improved the FNET File System Generation tool:
      • Added project file support.
      • Added command line support.
      • Other minor changes.
    • Fixed PHY initialization issue during power switch on/off of the M52259EVB.
  • Version 0.7.5:
    • Added GUI Throughput Benchmark tool.
    • Added Throughput Benchmark application for MCF52259.
    • Increased general performance of the stack.
    • Fixed bug in the TCP receive function. In very rare cases, data that came within the latest FIN packet was lost.
    • Eliminated support of the blocked sockets (actually not used). Now FNET supports only non-blocked sockets.
    • Updated send() function. Now it returns 0 instead of FNET_ERR (FNET_ERR_AGAIN and FNET_ERR_NOMEM), when the TX-socket buffer is full.
    • Added fnet_fs_finfo() function.
    • Increased default number of the RX-Ethernet buffers.
    • Fixed AJAX demo web pages, to make it work even when IE cache is enabled.
    • Many other minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.7.1:
    • Added TWR-MCF52259 board support to the demo applications.
    • Fixed PHY initialization for MCF52259 and MCF52235.
    • Added serial-port initialization function.
    • Minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.7.0:
    • Added TFTP-server service. Both read and write requests are supported.
    • Added TFTP Firmware server to the FNET Bootloader. It allows to update or backup the firmware from a remote TFTP client running on host PC without the serial-console command line interface.
    • Updated to the latest CodeWarrior compiler:
      • Freescale CodeWarrior for ColdFire version 7.2.
      • Freescale CodeWarrior for Microcontrollers Version 6.3.
    • Minor changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.6.4:
    • Fixed compilation error in the shell_boot application.
  • Version 0.6.3:
    • Added TFTP write request support to the TFTP client service.
    • Added firmware-upload (through TFTP) command to the FNET Bootloader. It can be used for the firmware backup, for later system restore.
    • Minor fixes.
  • Version 0.6.0:
    • Added GNU Lesser GPL v3 license.
    • Added Telnet server service.
    • Added M52259DEMO board support.
    • Added Shell service.
    • Added Serial I/O library.
    • Added TCP options to control TCP keep-alive parameters: TCP_KEEPCNT, TCP_KEEPINTVL, TCP_KEEPIDLE.
    • Added new socket error code FNET_ERR_CONNCLOSED (connection closed by peer) used by the TCP receive function.
    • Deleted obsolete Lite HTTP server.
    • Fixed some issues in the TCP module.
    • Fixed memory management.
    • A lot of other changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.5.0:
    • Added TFTP client service.
    • Added Coldfire Flash Module (CFM) driver.
    • Added FNET TFTP Bootloader.
    • Fixed critical bug in the DHCP client.
    • Eliminated the MQX support to avoid license issues.
    • Deleted the obsolete Events API.
    • Updated Shell Demo application. Application parameters are saved in the flash.
    • Improved Shell library. Added blocking-command and multi-word parameter features.
    • A lot of other changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.4.1:
    • Improved memory management. Memory pools added.
    • MQX demos updated for MQX v3.1.
    • MQX demo added for Kirin2.
    • Fixed bug in the netbuf adjust function.
    • Fixed bug for TCP socket linger option.
    • Minor internal changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.4.0:
    • The FNET project is published on the www.sourceforge.net.
    • Updated the FNET user documentation.
    • Fixed the FEC module initialization for MCF51CN128 MTD Rev.A.
    • Fixed the IP Reassembly bug (crashed during IP reassembling of the fragmented broadcast IP packets with the MTU less than 200).
    • Added the FNET Shell library.
    • A lot of other fixes.
  • Version 0.3.6:
    • Added MCF51CN128 support (beta version).
    • Added HTTP Server. CGI and SSI support.
    • Added File System Interface.
    • Added FNET ROM File System.
    • Added GUI File System Generation tool.
    • Added File Explorer to the Shell demo.
    • Added Demo Web pages.
    • A lot of internal changes and bug fixes.
  • Version 0.3.2:
    • Fixed the FNET documentation.
    • Minor internal changes and fixes.
  • Version 0.3.1:
    • Added the FNET documentation in Doxygen.
    • Fixed all current compiler warnings.
    • Added the PHY address discovery.
    • Fixed access to the MII registers.
    • A lot of other fixes.
  • Version 0.3.0:
    • Improved memory-drain function for the TCP layer.
    • During the TCP send a really available/free memory in the network heap is checked, so less data is put to the socket buffer. In the previous version the TCP returned just the NOMEM error code.
    • Default TCP timeouts were decreased. So the stack is able to restore itself in seconds (not minutes as it was before).
    • Added the statistics information (TX/RX packets) into the network interface.
    • A lot of other fixes.
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