EmbToolkit release note

EmbToolkit · Companion for your embedded system firmware

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EmbToolkit v1.7.0 release note

I’m pleased to announce EmbToolkit v1.7.0 release.

This release brings fixes to support Mac OS X as host development machine.
This means that, under Mac OS X, it is now possible to generate a toolchain, use this toolchain
to build your linux kernel, build packages for your target system, and generate a root filesystem
(just as it is possible under linux or FreeBSD host development machine) .

This release also features gcc-4.9.2 and makes it the default version when gcc based toolchain is used.
Binutils has been updated to v2.24 and it is the default version.
Musl C library has been updated to v1.1.5 and it is the default version when musl based toolchain is used.

I want to thank Ricardo Crudo for his contribution to this release, once again, he added several new packages.

Downloads for this release

Please see below summary of changes made since the previous release.

Toolchain

  • Linux headers: updated to latest versions available

  • binutils: drop v2.22 and add v2.24 and associated patch set

  • gcc

    • add v4.9.2 and associated patch set

    • drop v4.5 and v4.6 support

  • gdb: drop v7.6.2 support and add v7.8.1 and associated patch set

  • musl: updated to v1.1.5

Host tools

  • ccache: update to v3.1.10

  • New findutils: add v4.4.2

Build system

  • Configuration GUI: add nconfig text base configuration GUI

Packages

  • e2fsprogs-libuuid: update to v1.14.12

  • libressl: updated to v2.1.1

New packages
Known issues and limitations:

  • MIPS64 uClibc based toolchain is still broken