v5.22

ARM DS-5 Development Studio version 5.22.0 build 5220021 dated 2015/07/22

This is a summary of the new features and other major changes in this release:

ARM Compiler
• updated to ARM Compiler 5.05u2 for latest improvements and bug fixes
• for further information on changes seehttp://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.arn0005t/index.html
• updated to ARM Compiler 6.02 for latest improvements and bug fixes
• for further information on changes see http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.arn0008g/index.html
ARM Streamline Performance Analyzer
• Android ATRACE_BEGIN/END annotations are now supported
• Streamline can now retrieve executables and the libraries they used directly from the target during capture for analysis
• warnings now show up in the Live view as they occur, rather than only after a capture has been analyzed
• the upcoming Mali "Utgard" DDK release for Mali-400 and Mali-450 will support userspace gator
DS-5 Debugger
• Variables view provides auto-completion and browsing for local variables
• improved ability to cope with powered-down ARMv8 hardware targets
• debugger can now access CoreSight components on AXI-AP bus at addresses > 4GB
• additional controls are provided in the DTSL options dialog for configuring Marvell HSSTP connections
• new device support for:
  • Juno ARM Development Platform (r1)
  • Freescale i.MX7 SDB
  • Spansion S6J3110EJAA
  • Texas Instruments EVMK2H KeyStone II
DSTREAM/RVI
• new 4.24.0 build 12 of firmware included
Examples
• added a new Streamline cache example to the Linux application examples, showing the use of Streamline to locate poor cache performance in application code
• added a bare-metal example showing the use of ITM on a Cortex-M4 platform
• added bare-metal-boards hello world examples for Altera Arria 10 and Spansion Traveo boards
• updated the port of RTX for Cortex-A9 from RTX v4.74 to RTX v4.78, and corrected the behaviour of os_suspend(); see its readme for details on this and other fixes
• Linux examples Xaos, Streamline_annotate and Streamline_cache_test are updated to use the latest streamline_annotate.c/.h, and the Streamline .apc's recaptured
• Linux Distribution example is updated to replace old softfloat AEL filesystem with a recent Linaro hardfloat filesystem
• converted remaining examples that used EB-Cortex-A8 model or Microcontroller Prototyping System (MPS) target to use Cortex-A9 model or MPS2 instead
Installer
• added support for installing different versions of DS-5 on the same host; previous versions are no longer automatically uninstalled
Java
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Eclipse and other Java applications in DS-5 is upgraded to version 8
Eclipse
• Eclipse IDE is upgraded to version 4.4.2 (Luna)
Simulation models
• Cortex-A8 simulation model for Emulation Baseboard has been removed
• updated to Fixed Virtual Platforms 9.3 release (64-bit host installation only)