From 57f3f74c8bd6be1133cb3a610d11fe055093ca1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stephanos Ioannidis Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2022 03:52:53 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] release-notes: Add release notes for 0.16.0-beta1 This commit adds the release notes for the Zephyr SDK 0.16.0-beta1 release. Signed-off-by: Stephanos Ioannidis --- release-notes.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md index 8700483..7a941ee 100644 --- a/release-notes.md +++ b/release-notes.md @@ -1,5 +1,26 @@ # Notes / Changes in various releases +## Zephyr SDK 0.16.0-beta1 + +- general: + + * Changed the distribution bundle archive format from `tar.gz` to `tar.xz` for + Linux and macOS and from `zip` to `7z` for Windows in order to reduce the + download size. + * Removed the unused `xtensa-intel_bdw_adsp_zephyr-elf` and + `xtensa-intel_byt_adsp_zephyr-elf` toolchain. + +- gcc: + + * Added Picolibc and the libstdc++ compiled for it as part of the toolchain + in order to allow using the C++ standard library alongside the Picolibc. + +- qemu: + + * Added KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) mode support for the AArch64 and + x86-64 targets. This allows running the KVM-enabled Zephyr boards such as + `qemu_kvm_arm64`. + ## Zephyr SDK 0.15.2 - general: