Release notes for the Ashling Development Tools for the Freescale MPC5500 Family.

v1.0.7, 17-Oct-2007, (c) Ashling Microsystems Limited.

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*** Important Installation Information for USB Operation ***
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If you get a  "New USB hardware found" message after you connect your Ashling Emulator to your PC using a USB cable, then direct the Hardware Installation Wizard to your installation directory so that it can locate the necessary drivers and complete the installation. Windows only needs to perform this operation the first time you connect your Ashling Emulator to your PC.  Microsoft Windows XP users can safely ignore any Windows generated warnings about the Ashling drivers not passing Windows Logo Testing.


*** Important Installation Information for Ashling Genia/Vitra Operation ***
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After installing this software, please ensure you turn off and on your Genia/Vitra emulator *before* running the new installed version. This ensures that your Genia/Vitra diskware software is updated to the latest version supplied with this release.


*** v1.0.7 17-Oct-2007***
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PathFinder at v1.0.7 and SymFinder-DWARF at v1.1.8. Features in this release include:
- Stepping from a breakpoint when an interrupt is pending is now supported.
- Improved flash programming support. Better error handling and user-interface improvements.
- Support for interrupts and exceptions in the Call/Return window.
- Added support for *.s?9 filter in various File picker dialogs added.
- Full VLE support.




Known eTPU debug issues:
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There are two known issues with the ELF/DWARF debug information produced by the Bytecraft eTPU_C compiler (v1.0.7):

1. If an eTPU application has more than one C source file, then high level source debug information will not be displayed within PathFinder. 
2. eTPU complex variables (structures, unions, arrays, etc) are not displayed correctly in PathFinder.