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- PPC64 asm syntax fix, specifying explicitly comparison mode for cmpi (newer toolchains complain, older ones took optional field of instruction which happened to be same value)
author Tassilo Philipp
date Tue, 25 Feb 2020 18:16:13 +0100
parents 2f64957d6a46
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Version 1.2 (upcoming)
dynload:
  o fix to build with musl libc

Version 1.1 (2020/01/11)
dyncall:
  o support for soft-float MIPS o32 & n64 (big- and little-endian, each)
  o x64 System V syscall support
dyncallback:
  o support for soft-float MIPS o32 & n64 (big- and little-endian, each)
dynload:
  o added UTF-8 support for pathnames on windows
  o reliability/stability fix for dlGetLibraryPath() on glibc based platforms (avoiding
    internal use of glibc's bad impl of dlinfo() which doesn't do any error checking at all)
  o Darwin/macos fix for dlGetLibraryPath() to correctly fail on bogus handles (did return
    paths to random libraries under some circumstances, instead of returning an error)
  o support for dlGetLibraryPath() on glibc platforms with glibc vesions <= 2.3.3
  o dlGetLibraryPath() now accepts NULL as argument to return path to executable
  o dlLoadLibrary() on windows: no more auto-suffixing of the .dll file ext anymore, to be
    more in line with other platforms (not affecting OS specific library search behaviour)
doc:
  o more detail in support matrix for bi-endian platforms
  o improvements/corrections to calling convention appendix
  o PPC64 calling convention description
  o MIPS64/N32 calling convention description
  o man page additions for clarity
tests:
  o dynload_plain test extended to test UTF-8 library paths
  o better output for plain test
  o better output and *nix fix for plain_c++ test
buildsys:
  o default ./configure: FreeBSD/mips*hf needed -mhard-float compiler flag set explicitly
  o better MacOS Mojave support in ./configure (Mojave dropped i386 builds)

Version 1.0 (2018/04/23)
dyncall:
  o PPC64 single-precision float fixes for more than 13 float args (thanks Masanori Mitsugi!)
  o fixed potential buffer overrun on ARM64
  o error code handling (dcGetError) changes, flag is now cleared (work still underway)
  o MIPS n64 ellipsis call fixes
  o ARM32 armhf ellipsis call fixes
  o fixed ARM32-THUMB stack alignment issues (found on Cortex-m0, thanks Darren Whobrey!)
  o better C++ compiler support (for pointer conversions)
dyncallback:
  o PPC64 single-precision float fixes for more than 13 float args (thanks Masanori Mitsugi!)
  o MIPS o32 (big- and little-endian), EABI (32 bit, little-endian) and n64 (big-endian) support
  o SPARC32 (v7/v8) support
  o SPARC64 (v9) support
  o PPC32 fixes for (old) Darwin/OS X systems
  o POSIX compliance: fallback for wx alloc on systems that don't have mmap()'s MAP_ANON
  o allocated space used for thunk now always W^X (req. for e.g. OpenBSD >= 6.0)
dynload:
  o major reliability/stability fixes for Mach-O dlSyms* functions to (thanks Stéphane Mons for help):
    better handle loading dylibs by symlink, relative path, random casing, etc.
    fixes to symbol name lookups that used wrong offsets before
    64-bit platform fixes (was broken on x64 and never supported on others)
  o allowing Mach-O dlSyms* lib to be used standalone (consistent with ELF and PE impls now)
  o simplifications of implemention on Darwin, sharing parts with *nix implementation
  o potentially breaking change on macos/Darwin platforms: all functions now consistently accept or
    return symbol names as they would appear in C code, instead of the raw ones in object files
  o added new function dlGetLibraryPath, allowing lookups of path to library via handle
general:
  o assembly code now built by explicitily asking for non-execstack, for safer/easier integration
    into other projects/builds, where needed; needed b/c of questionable default behaviours of some
    toolchains (thanks Thorsten Behrens for report and analysis)
doc:
  o working html doc generation from TEX sources
  o SPARC32 (v7/v8) calling convention description
  o SPARC64 (v9) calling convention description
bindings:
  o better documentation, removed relative path dependencies, general cleanup
  o python: updated to latest signature format (was still on 0.1)
  o java: rewritten (old version was never complete, anyways)
tests:
  o added new dynload_plain test covering basic use of all dynload functions
buildsys:
  o cmake: made to work on systems without C++ compiler (thanks Franklin Mathieu)

Version 0.9 (2015/12/31)
dyncall:
  o ARM64 support (AAPCS64 on Linux & Apple's derived version on iOS)
  o armhf calling convention support for ARM32
  o PPC64 support, including syscalls (thanks Masanori Mitsugi!)
  o introduced dcArgF and dcVArgF for flexible/convenient argument binding (works like dcCallF/dcVCallF but without the function call)
  o using -fPIC by default for FreeBSD
  o PPC32 linux syscall support
  o fixed return value errors for ARM32 on some platforms (e.g. freebsd/arm32, nintendo ds); arm & thumb mode
dyncallback:
  o ARM64 support (AAPCS64 on Linux, Apple's derived version on iOS)
  o armhf calling convention support for ARM32
  o PPC64 support (thanks Masanori Mitsugi!)
  o PPC32 System V support (Linux)
  o fix for PPC32 Darwin/OS X
  o more intuitive specification of callback return type
doc:
  o added ARM64 support info and calling convention documentation
  o added ARM32 armhf section
  o added PPC64 support info
  o cleanup, brought all up to date, etc.
tests:
  o callf test covers new argf interface
  o several fixes to some test suites
buildsys:
  o more flexible testsuite build and 'pack' target for convenience
  o fixes/additions for OS X universal builds
  o added iOS universal build support for armv7/arm64
  o helper script for generic .elf -> EBOOT.PBP creation for PSP
  o Sun make fixes for C++ code in test suite
bindings:
  o erldc: Erlang binding (thanks Erik!)
infrastructure:
  o moved to hg
  o moved bindings to own repository

Version 0.8 (2014/03/24)
buildsys:
  o big simplification make-based build system, no more distinct GNU and BSD makefiles anymore
  o new, much simpler ./configure for new make-based build-system
  o support for in-source and out-of-source builds for make-based build systems
  o made configure.bat guess x64 as target arch for x64 windows hosts
  o based more sources on portasm generation
dyncall:
  o fix for ARMv7 Thumb-2 code (tested on iPhone 4 CDMA / iOS 6.0.1)
  o bugfixes for -O2 builds for SPARC-v9 and SPARC-v7
  o new optimized call kernel for SPARC-v9 without conditionals
  o bigger refactoring and optimization of MIPS o32
  o x64 optimizations
dyncallback:
  o added callback support for plan9
  o big cleanup, removal of duplicate files after introduction of portasm
  o include path fixes for public facing APIs (removed relative paths)
doc:
  o cleanup of manual and corrections
  o added info about newly supported and/or tested platforms (e.g. FreeBSD on ARM)
  o restructured folder layout for documentation
  o added API doc for dyncallback and dynload
  o added manpages for dyncallback and dynload
tests:
  o added arm/thumb interwork test suite
bindings:
  o godc: added bindings for Go
  o rbdc: fixed and extended ruby bindings
  o shdc: renamed shell binding to shdc and added feature to list shared-objects' symbols

Version 0.7 (2012/01/02)
architecture:
  o added subproject: portasm - portable (GNU AS,+Apple and MASM) assembly framework
  o added subproject: autovar - predefined macro framework (was dyncall_macros.h)
  o added support for Solaris and SunPro compiler for i386, x86_64, sparc and sparc64
  o improved auto-detection via preprocessor defines
dyncall updates:
  o uses portasm (GNU,Apple,Microsoft) common sources for x86,x64,ppc32,arm32_arm
  o added support for sparc (32-bit) (tested on linux/debian,openbsd,solaris)
  o added support for sparc (64-bit) (tested on linux/debian,openbsd,solaris)
  o bug fixes for x64/win64 calling convention
  o added support for mingw32-w64 on x64
  o improved cdecl x86 calling convention: stack always 16 byte aligned
  o updated API and initial support for structs (for x86/AMD64)
  o initial support for syscalls on x86, added x86 int80h linux/bsd
  o added Minix port (stable)
  o optimized vector buffer for small type pushing
  o minor fix for amd64/sysv: alignment to 32-byte
  o bug fix for ppc32/sysv: ellipsis calls work now
  o updated API, introduced DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS_VARARGS
  o changed interface: dcMode does not reset internally anymore
dyncallback updates:
  o uses portasm for x86,x64
  o added Solaris/x86/sunpro port (stable)
  o added Minix port (unstable)
  o callback support for Darwin/ppc32
  o updates source, uses relative includes
dynload updates:
  o fixes for missing includes (dyncall_alloc.h)
  o fixes for self-resolving symbols on windows
  o removed Dbghelf.lib dependency
  o bug fixes for cygwin/x86
  o fixes for beos/haiku
  o no dependencies to libdyncall sources.
buildsys additions:
  o added zero-config (BSD,GNU,SUN) make files (Makefile.embedded)
  o added in/out-of-source configure2 w/ (BSD,GNU) make files (Makefile.generic)
  o added bootstrap lua script (download/build)
  o Nmakefile: more tests included (resolve_self)
  o improved cross-compilation for iOS (upgrade to 4.3 sdk)
  o darwin 8.0 support
  o added 'install' support for Makefile.embedded
buildsys/gmake updates:
  o added support for msvc/x64 tool-chain
  o default settings for build-dir changed to '.'
  o cleanup: removed top-level Make{Prolog,Epilog,Rules} files and updated all sub-projects and tests
  o added support for DESTDIR staging installation
  o added support for manual page installation
buildsys/cmake updates:
  o updated find module scripts (see cmake/Modules)
  o added support for using dyncall as sub-project (via *Config.cmake files)
    see details in README.CMake
  o fixes for msvc and ml
  o fixes for CPack
  o fixes for universal builds on Mac OS X
  o supports SunPro with *.S files.
  o added experimental 'dynMake' portable make-based build-system (not stable, yet)
documentation updates:
  o added dyncallback documentation
  o updated dyncall documentation
  o minor updates
tests:
  o added flexible test suite for calls (call_suite) based on Lua and C
  o added syscall test
  o updates to resolve-self test (adding additional link flags to export symbols)
  o improved dir name portability (renamed plain_c++ -> plain_cxx)
  o renamed *.cpp -> *.cc files (OpenBSD/Sun make has no implicit rules for cpp)

Version 0.6 (2010/09/25)
building:
  o new build systems: CMake and Plan9's mk
  o buildsys/gmake tool chain update: pcc and iphone sdk
  o x64 bugfix: added "-fPIC" even for static libs
dynload updates:
  o enum symbols update: Mach-O and Win64 (thanks Olivier)
  o numerous convenience changes to dynload interface (thanks Olivier)
  o added support for resolving application images itself
dyncall updates:
  o new platform support: arm/iphone (armv6), x86/Plan9
  o new MIPS calling conventions: o32, n64 (both endian models)
  o cleanup: unexported functions in MASM files, b/c export not needed (thanks Olivier)
  o interface update: added error reporting facility 'dcGetError'
  o bugfix for ppc32/sysv: ellipsis calls were broken
  o interface update: added new abstract mode for ellipsis calls (DC_CALL_C_ELLIPSIS)
docs:
  o comprehensive update
tests:
  o plain: split "plain" test up in C and C++ part
  o callbacksuite: added multiple configuration support for callback_suite

Version 0.5 (2010/02/01)
  o renamed arm9 stuff to arm32
  o added non-EABI ABI for arm32 (before, EABI was the default implementation)
  o added dyncallback support for x64/windows (thanks Olivier), x64/darwin, arm32/arm, arm32/thumb
  o synced documentation again with current state of the source (lots of small changes)
  o updated ruby binding to current state of signature string (still some features missing, though)
  o added a couple of new options to configure scripts (e.g. prefix-bd, new targets, etc.)
  o darwin universal binary support
  o added new tests callback_plain and calback_suite
  o added Haiku/BeOS support

Version 0.4 (2009/07/06)
  o added 'doc' makefile target for coherency and ease of use
  o fixed nmake buildfiles and configure.bat (were out of date and wrong)
  o test suite clean up (GNUmake, BSDmake):
    target "config" modified, phony without dependencies to other builds
  o bugfix: GNU fastcall calling convention for float and double arguments was wrong (no skip of register)
  o update: x86win32* suite tests are built on cygwin now, added total result output
  o signature types change:
    C Strings: 'S' -> 'Z'
    long: 'l' -> 'j'
    long long: 'L' -> 'l'
    added unsigned integer type signature characters: upper case encoding
  o added: callbacks component (support only for some platforms ATM)
  o added: test cases for alloc_wx, thunk
  o updated Documentation

Version 0.3 (2009/01/17)
  o added Linux PPC32 support
  o added ARM THUMB mode support
  o cosmetic changes, documentation updated
  o bugfix: on cygwin exported C symbols in GNU as are prefixed with '_' now.
  o removed scons build support

Version 0.2 (2008/05/18)
  o added scons build support
  o configure variables all prefix CONFIG_* now
  o configure variable INSTALL_DIR changed to INSTALL_PREFIX
  o configure (shell version) option "--prefix" changed to "--prefix=<path>"

Version 0.1 (2008/01/23)
  o initial release