MaRTE OS Changelog
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marte-1.7_13Dec2007 main changes:
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        * added support for GPL2007 (older compilers are no longer supported)
        * support for some of the new Ada2005 features
                Dynamic Priorities for protected objects
                Execution Time Clocks and Timers
                Timing Events
                Round Robin (experimental)
        * added group-clocks support
        * experimental support for C++ programs using g++ to compile. STL is
          only available in linux_lib_arch.
        * support for the new TLSF 2.3.2
        * Updated the install information and compilation
        * Changed mgcc, mgnatmake. Now they support -o option as well.
        * Drivers:
                I2C
                pcm_3718 A/D and Digital card
                Compass driver
                Wireless driver for ralink R2561
                Soundblaster 16 driver
                serial port bug corrected (thanks to Univ of Zaragoza)
                circular memory buffer driver, logger and timestamping library
                console_switcher driver to switch the standard output
                several improvements in RT-EP, added plug-in for Wireshark
                Ethernet drivers are not in promiscuous mode by default anymore
        * Suspension_Time_Minimum changed to processor cycles
        * added a directory for Regression tests (run with mtests.pl), x86 tests
          are passed using QEMU.
        * Avoid some elaborations in MaRTE OS kernel packages, initialization
          is done through kernel-initialization.adb
        * Fixed bug when programming a timer in the past (Linux and Linux_Lib)
        * For x86 added a linker script
        * Ada Application-defined scheduling for GPL2007 (experimental)