[En-Nut-Discussion] Nut/OS Versions

[Harald Kipp]

Hello Ernst,

At 20:02 23.11.2004 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi guys!
>
>The development CD I recently received with the Ethernut 2.1 board contains
>Nut/OS 3.9.1
>
>On Egnite.de there is a reference to download 3.4.2
>
>Ethernut.de refers to 3.9.2

Yes, quite confusing. The CD should contain the latest
version 3.9.2 as well as 3.9.1, 3.4.3 and 3.4.2. For
Linux 3.9.2 has not been packed, but unlike Win Users,
Linux users do not have much trouble with CVS.

Actually 3.4.3 is stable and only a few bugs are left,
which usually do not occur in "normal" applications.

3.9.x is kind of pre-release for 4.0. We were forced to
pack this one for Ethernut 1.3 Rev-G, which will not
work with 3.4.
http://www.ethernut.de/en/enut13/index.html



>What is the difference (or relation) between 3.9.x and 3.4.x ? Is it simply
>release date (i.e. functionality and bugs fixed?) or is it another
>development thread?

3.9, or better 4.0 will support multiple platforms
http://www.ethernut.de/en/portarm/gbaxport2.html
and uses the new Configurator
http://www.ethernut.de/en/nutconf/index.html



>Do the sources on CVS represent the latest ("after 3.9.2") sources?
>How do I match the various source files versions (from cvs) to a specific
>Nut/OS version?

Unless I break things (yeah, I sometimes do and always feel
most sorry :-)) CVS head can be considered stable. It
contains 3.9.2 plus fixes.

No link, cvsview at SourceForge seems to be down right now.
If it works again, have a look to the file Changelog in the
root directory.



>In case I overlooked this information, pls just point me in the right
>direction. I am ready to rtfm (provided I find the manual)

There's none about this except the Changelog. I'm still
hoping to get out 4.0 within this year :-) but the list
of issues is still growing.

Harald

P.S. I spent the hole day to fix the Configurator and add the
missing files from Ole (LCD, CAN, ADC). Now it has to be
tested again with all platforms and compilers...sigh!
At least a configuration for STK501 seems to work now.