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FreeRTOS V9.0.0 has been formally released

Backward Compatibility

FreeRTOS V9.x.x is a drop-in compatible replacement for FreeRTOS V8.x.x that contains new features, enhancements, and new ports.

Completely Statically Allocated Systems

Two new configuration constants that allow FreeRTOS to optionally be used without the necessity for any dynamic memory allocation have been introduced. See the description of the configSUPPORT_STATIC_ALLOCATION and configSUPPORT_DYNAMIC_ALLOCATION constants for more information - noting in particular the two callback functions that need to be provided by the application writer when configSUPPORT_STATIC_ALLOCATION is set to 1.


The Win32 demo located in the /FreeRTOS/demo/WIN32-MSVC-Static-Allocation-Only directory is provided as a reference of how to create a project that does not include a FreeRTOS heap at all, and therefore guarantee no dynamic memory allocation is being performed.

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Posted by Richard Barry 2016-05-26

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