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.. _zephyr_1.8:
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Zephyr Kernel 1.8.0
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We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr kernel version 1.8.0.
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Major enhancements with this release include:
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* Tickless kernel
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* IP Stack improvements
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* Bluetooth 5.0 features
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* Ecosystem: Tracing, debugging support through third-party tools (openocd,
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Segger Systemview)
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* Improved build support on Mac and Windows development environments
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* Xtensa GCC support
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* Initial implementation of MMU/MPU support
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* Expanded device support
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The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.
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Kernel
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* Use k_cycle_get_32 instead of sys_cycle_get_32 for Kernel
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* Added k_panic() and k_oops() APIs for Kernel
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* Added k_thread_create() API for Kernel
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* Added k_queue API for Kernel
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* Add tickless kernel support
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Architectures
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* arm: Update core to use struct k_thread
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* arm: Added ARM MPU support
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* dts: Added ARM CMSDK support
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* arm: Added Initial support for NXP MPU
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* arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF52832 SoC based boards
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* arm: Fixed nRF52840-QIAA SoC support for device tree
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* arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF52840 SoC & boards
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* arm: Added Device Tree Support for nRF51822 SoC & boards
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* dts: Introduced st/mem.h for FLASH & SRAM sizes
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* dts: Put IRQ priority into the interrupt property
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* arm: Support for MKL25Z soc
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* arm: Added FPU support
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* x86: defined MMU data structures
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* Support for ARC EM Starter Kit version 2.3 added
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Boards
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* Added qemu_xtensa board definition
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* Added a more informative page fault handler x86 board
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* xtensa: build similar to other Zephyr arches
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* Define MMU data structures for x86 board
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* Added support for board disco_l475_iot1
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* Added STM32F413 Nucleo board
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* Added support for the CC3220SF_LAUNCHXL board
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* Support for new ARM board FRDM-KL25Z
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* arduino_101 board enable GPIO by default
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* boards: convert to using newly introduced integer sized types
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* arm: Added support for Nucleo L432KC board
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* arm: Added support for STM32L496G Discovery board
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* arm: Added support for STM32F469I-DISCO board
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* BBC micro:bit: Added driver & API for the 5x5 LED display
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Drivers and Sensors
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* UART interrupt-driver API is better defined
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* Support for pull-style console API
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* nRF5 IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver added
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* KW41Z IEEE 802.15.4 radio driver added
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* Added MCUX TRNG driver
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* Added support for the SiFive Freedom E310 pinmux driver
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* drivers/sensor: Convert formatter strings to use PRI defines
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* Added lps22hb sensor driver
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* Added lsm6dsl sensor driver
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* Added heart rate sensor driver
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* Added support for max30101 heart rate sensor
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* Added support for lis2dh accelerometer
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Networking
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* HTTPS server support added
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* HTTP Basic-Auth support added
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* IPv6 fragmentation support added
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* Add block wise support to CoAP for well-known response
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* Big refactoring of network buffer handling
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* Start to collect TCP statistics if enabled in config
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* IEEE 802.15.4 security support added
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* DNS resolver sample application added
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* IPv6 multicast listener (MLDv2) support added
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* NATS protocol sample application added
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* HTTP client and server connectivity fixes
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* Network samples Coverity fixes
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* Network samples llvm compiler warning fixes
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* MQTT publisher connectivity fixes
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* 6lo IPv6 header compression fixes
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* CoAP connectivity fixes
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* DHCPv4 connectivity fixes
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* TCP connectivity fixes
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* DNS documentation and connectivity fixes
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* IPv6 connectivity fixes
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* IPv4 ARP fixes
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* IEEE 802.15.4 configuration tweaking fixes
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* Remove ORFD (Overly Reduced Function Device) 802.15.4 support
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* Network offloading driver fixes
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* Fix various memory leaks
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* Properly check TCP and UDP checksum before accepting packet
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* Start RX and TX network threads in proper order
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* Network samples documentation fixes and clarifications
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* RPL mesh routing fixes
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* Network link (MAC) address fixes
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Bluetooth
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* Host: Added ATT and SMP packet tracking for flow control enforcement
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* Host: GATT database changed to a linked list in preparation for dynamic allocation
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* Bluetooth 5.0: The Controller reports itself as 5.0-capable
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* Bluetooth 5.0: Introduced Channel Selection Algorithm #2 support
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* Bluetooth 5.0: Added Multiple PHY support, both 2Mbit/s and long-range coded
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* Bluetooth 5.0: Integrated Scan Request notifications
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* Controller: Added Low Duty Cycle Directed Advertising support
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* Controller: Added Scan duplicate filtering support
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* Controller: Enforced complete role separation in the controller for smaller builds
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* Controller: Introduced Advanced Controller configuration with several new Kconfig options
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* Controller: Changed the radio interrupts to direct ISRs to reduce interrupt latency
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* Added HCI Controller to Host flow control support in both Host and Controller
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* BR/EDR: Added HFP (e)SCO audio channel establishment support
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* BR/EDR: Added support for a functional SDP server
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Build and Infrastructure
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* Support building host tools
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* Added separate DTS target
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* Added support for MSYS2
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* Use -O2 instead of -Os for ARC with SDK 0.9
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Libraries
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* Added library for software driven I2C
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* Created a HTTP library
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* Added HTTP server library support
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* Added minimal JSON library
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* Update TinyCrypt to version 0.2.6
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* Added minimal JSON library
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HALs
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* Added Atmel SAM family I2C (TWIHS) driver
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* Added Atmel SAM serial (UART) driver
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* Added WDT driver for Atmel SAM SoCs
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* Added Atmel SAM4S SoC support
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* Imported Nordic 802.15.4 radio driver
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* Added Initial support for NXP MPU
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* Updated QMSI to 1.4 RC4
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* Added FPU support
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* Added basic support for STM32F413
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* Introduced STM32F4x DMA driver
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* pinmux: stm32: Added support for Nucleo L432KC
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* Added support for STM32L496G Discovery board
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* Added dts for STM32F407
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* Added support for STM32F4DISCOVERY Board
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* Added support for STM32F469XI
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* Added support for STM32F469I-DISCO
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Documentation
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* Board documentation added for new board ports
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* Added a board porting guide
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* Added security sections to porting and user guides
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* Continued migration of wiki.zephyrproject.org material to website and github wiki
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* Improved CSS formatting and appearance of generated documents
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* Added breadcrumb navigation header with kernel version number
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* Updated getting started setup guides for Linux, Windows, and macOS
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* Updates and additions to follow new and updated kernel features
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* Broken link and spelling check scans
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* Removed deprecated kernel documentation (pre 1.6 release) from website (still available in git repo if needed)
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Tests and Samples
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* Added test to verify same tick timeout expiry order
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* Added clock_test for kernel
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* Added tickless tests
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* Added a simple CC2520 crypto dev test
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* Added combined observer & broadcaster app for Bluetooth samples
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* Added support to wait both IPv4 and IPv6
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* Enabled tickless kernel option in some apps
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JIRA Related Items
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.. comment List derived from Jira query: ...
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* ``ZEP-248`` - Add a BOARD/SOC porting guide
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* ``ZEP-339`` - Tickless Kernel
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* ``ZEP-540`` - add APIs for asynchronous transfer callbacks
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* ``ZEP-628`` - Validate RPL Routing node support
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* ``ZEP-638`` - feature to consider: flag missing functionality at build time when possible
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* ``ZEP-720`` - Add MAX30101 heart rate sensor driver
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* ``ZEP-828`` - IPv6 - Multicast Join/Leave Support
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* ``ZEP-843`` - Unified assert/unrecoverable error infrastructure
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* ``ZEP-888`` - 802.15.4 - Security support
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* ``ZEP-932`` - Adapt kernel sample & test projects
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* ``ZEP-948`` - Revisit the timeslicing algorithm
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* ``ZEP-973`` - Remove deprecated API related to device PM functions and DEVICE\_ and SYS\_* macros
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* ``ZEP-1028`` - shrink k_block struct size
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* ``ZEP-1032`` - IPSP router role support
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* ``ZEP-1169`` - Sample mbedDTLS DTLS client stability on ethernet driver
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* ``ZEP-1171`` - Event group kernel APIs
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* ``ZEP-1280`` - Provide Event Queues Object
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* ``ZEP-1313`` - porting and user guides must include a security section
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* ``ZEP-1326`` - Clean up _THREAD_xxx APIs
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* ``ZEP-1388`` - Add support for KW40 SoC
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* ``ZEP-1391`` - Add support for Hexiwear KW40
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* ``ZEP-1392`` - Add FXAS21002 gyroscope sensor driver
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* ``ZEP-1435`` - Improve Quark SE C1000 ARC Floating Point Performance
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* ``ZEP-1438`` - AIO: AIO Comparator is not stable on D2000 and Arduino101
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* ``ZEP-1463`` - Add Zephyr Support in segger SystemView
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* ``ZEP-1500`` - net/mqtt: Test case for the MQTT high-level API
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* ``ZEP-1528`` - Provide template for multi-core applications
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* ``ZEP-1529`` - Unable to exit menuconfig
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* ``ZEP-1530`` - Hotkeys for the menu at the bottom of menuconfig sometimes doesn't work
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* ``ZEP-1568`` - Replace arm cortex_m scs and scb functionality with direct CMSIS-core calls
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* ``ZEP-1586`` - menuconfig: Backspace is broken
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* ``ZEP-1599`` - printk() support for the '-' indicator in format string (left justifier)
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* ``ZEP-1607`` - JSON encoding/decoding library
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* ``ZEP-1621`` - Stack Monitoring
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* ``ZEP-1631`` - Ability to use k_mem_pool_alloc (or similar API) from ISR
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* ``ZEP-1684`` - Add Atmel SAM family watchdog (WDT) driver
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* ``ZEP-1695`` - Support ADXL362 sensor
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* ``ZEP-1698`` - BME280 support for SPI communication
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* ``ZEP-1711`` - xtensa build defines Kconfigs with lowercase names
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* ``ZEP-1718`` - support for IPv6 fragmentation
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* ``ZEP-1719`` - TCP does not work with 6lo
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* ``ZEP-1721`` - many TinyCrypt test cases only run on ARM and x86
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* ``ZEP-1722`` - xtensa: TinyCrypt does not build
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* ``ZEP-1735`` - Controller to Host flow control
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* ``ZEP-1759`` - All python scripts needed for build should be moved to python 3 to minimize dependencies
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* ``ZEP-1761`` - K_MEM_POOL_DEFINE build error "invalid register name" when built with llvm/icx from ISSM toolchain
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* ``ZEP-1769`` - Implement Set Event Mask and LE Set Event Mask commands
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* ``ZEP-1772`` - re-introduce controller to host flow control
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* ``ZEP-1776`` - sending LE COC data from RX thread can lead to deadlock
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* ``ZEP-1785`` - Tinytile: Flashing not supported with this board
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* ``ZEP-1788`` - [REG] bt_enable: No HCI driver registered
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* ``ZEP-1800`` - Update external mbed TLS library to latest version (2.4.2)
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* ``ZEP-1812`` - Add tickless kernel support in HPET timer
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* ``ZEP-1816`` - Add tickless kernel support in LOAPIC timer
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* ``ZEP-1817`` - Add tickless kernel support in ARCV2 timer
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* ``ZEP-1818`` - Add tickless kernel support in cortex_m_systick timer
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* ``ZEP-1821`` - Update PM apps to use mili/micro seconds instead of ticks
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* ``ZEP-1823`` - Improved Benchmarks
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* ``ZEP-1825`` - Context Switching KPI
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* ``ZEP-1836`` - Expose current ecb_encrypt() as bt_encrypt() so host can directly access it
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* ``ZEP-1856`` - remove legacy micro/nano kernel APIs
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* ``ZEP-1857`` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (bluetooth_handsfree)
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* ``ZEP-1866`` - Add Atmel SAM family I2C (TWIHS) driver
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* ``ZEP-1880`` - "samples/grove/temperature": warning raised when generating configure file
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* ``ZEP-1886`` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/net/nbuf)
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* ``ZEP-1887`` - Build warnings [-Wpointer-sign] with LLVM/icx (tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api)
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* ``ZEP-1893`` - openocd: 'make flash' works with Zephyr SDK only and fails for all other toolchains
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* ``ZEP-1896`` - [PTS] L2CAP/LE/CFC/BV-06-C
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* ``ZEP-1899`` - Missing board documentation for xtensa/xt-sim
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* ``ZEP-1908`` - Missing board documentation for arm/nucleo_96b_nitrogen
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* ``ZEP-1910`` - Missing board documentation for arm/96b_carbon
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* ``ZEP-1927`` - AIO: AIO_CMP_POL_FALL is triggered immediately after aio_cmp_configure
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* ``ZEP-1935`` - Packet loss make RPL mesh more vulnerable
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* ``ZEP-1936`` - tests/drivers/spi/spi_basic_api/testcase.ini#test_spi - Assertion Fail
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* ``ZEP-1946`` - Time to Next Event
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* ``ZEP-1955`` - Nested interrupts crash on Xtensa architecture
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* ``ZEP-1959`` - Add Atmel SAM family serial (UART) driver
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* ``ZEP-1965`` - net-tools HEAD is broken for QEMU/TAP
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* ``ZEP-1966`` - Doesn't seem to be able to both send and receive locally via local address
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* ``ZEP-1968`` - "make mrproper" removes top-level dts/ dir, makes ARM builds fail afterwards
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* ``ZEP-1980`` - Move app_kernel benchmark to unified kernel
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* ``ZEP-1984`` - net_nbuf_append(), net_nbuf_append_bytes() have data integrity problems
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* ``ZEP-1990`` - Basic support for the BBC micro:bit LED display
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* ``ZEP-1993`` - Flowcontrol Required for CDC_ACM
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* ``ZEP-1995`` - samples/subsys/console breaks xtensa build
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* ``ZEP-1997`` - Crash during startup if co-processors are present
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* ``ZEP-2008`` - Port tickless idle test to unified kernel and cleanup
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* ``ZEP-2009`` - Port test_sleep test to unified kernel and cleanup
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* ``ZEP-2011`` - Retrieve RPL node information through CoAP requests
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* ``ZEP-2012`` - Fault in networking stack for cores that can't access unaligned memory
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* ``ZEP-2013`` - dead object monitor code
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* ``ZEP-2014`` - Default samples/subsys/shell/shell fails to build on QEMU RISCv32 / NIOS2
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* ``ZEP-2019`` - Xtensa port does not compile if CONFIG_TICKLESS_IDLE is enabled
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* ``ZEP-2027`` - Bluetooth Peripheral Sample won't pair with certain Android devices
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* ``ZEP-2029`` - xtensa: irq_offload() doesn't work on XRC_D2PM
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* ``ZEP-2033`` - Channel Selection Algorithm #2
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* ``ZEP-2034`` - High Duty Cycle Non-Connectable Advertising
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* ``ZEP-2037`` - Malformed echo response
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* ``ZEP-2048`` - Change UART "baud-rate" property to "current-speed"
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* ``ZEP-2051`` - Move away from C99 types to zephyr defined types
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* ``ZEP-2052`` - arm: unhandled exceptions in thread take down entire system
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* ``ZEP-2055`` - Add README.rst in the root of the project for github
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* ``ZEP-2057`` - crash in tests/net/rpl on qemu_x86 causing intermittent sanitycheck failure
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* ``ZEP-2061`` - samples/net/dns_resolve networking setup/README is confusing
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* ``ZEP-2064`` - RFC: Making net_shell command handlers reusable
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* ``ZEP-2065`` - struct dns_addrinfo has unused fields
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* ``ZEP-2066`` - nitpick: SOCK_STREAM/SOCK_DGRAM values swapped compared to most OSes
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* ``ZEP-2069`` - samples: net: dhcpv4_client: runs failed on frdm k64f board
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* ``ZEP-2070`` - net pkt doesn't full unref after send a data form bluetooth's ipsp
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* ``ZEP-2076`` - samples: net: coaps_server: build failed
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* ``ZEP-2077`` - Fix IID when using CONFIG_NET_L2_BLUETOOTH_ZEP1656
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* ``ZEP-2080`` - No reply from RPL node after 20-30 minutes.
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* ``ZEP-2092`` - [NRF][BT] Makefile:946: recipe for target 'include/generated/generated_dts_board.h' failed
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* ``ZEP-2114`` - tests/kernel/fatal : Fail for QC1000/arc
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* ``ZEP-2125`` - Compilation error when UART1 port is enabled via menuconfig
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* ``ZEP-2132`` - Build samples/bluetooth/hci_uart fail
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* ``ZEP-2138`` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen
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* ``ZEP-2143`` - Compilation Error on Windows 10 with MSYS2
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* ``ZEP-2152`` - Xtensa crashes on startup for cores with coprocessors
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* ``ZEP-2178`` - Static code scan (coverity) issues seen
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