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QP/C++ 5.4.1 released

QP/C++ version 5.4.1 changes the active object class hierarchy so that QMActive is now more fundamental and is the base class for QActive. (Previously QMActive was a subclass of QActive). The newly added documentation section about QP/C++ Design shows the current class hierarchy.


NOTE: Because the types QMActive and QActive are equivalent in QP/C++, this change has minimal impact on the applications, but it is now more correct to use QMActive as the base class for all "opaque" active object pointers.


Also, this release brings several cosmetic improvements:

  1. All QM models have been saved with QM 3.3.0, which means that they will not open with QM 3.2.x or earlier QM versions.

  2. The qpcpp/ports/arm-cm/qk/gnu/qk_port.s ARM Cortex-M port to QK with GNU has been modified to use the CMSIS-compliant symbol __FPU_PRESENT instead of the FPU_VFP_V4_SP_D16 symbol.

  3. All Makefiles for the GNU toolset have been cleaned up, whereas any \ (back-slash) characters in the paths have been repalced with / (forward-slash) characters. Also all these Makefiles have been updated to provide the __FPU_PRESENT to C/C++ and assembler when the hardware FPU is used.

  4. The file display drver for the EK-LM2S811 board locate at qpc/3rd_party/ek-lm3s811/display96x16x1.c has been modified to fix the problem with incorrect hardware delay with the GNU compiler at higher levels of optimization. The in-line assembly for the GNU compiler has been updated such that the delay loop cannot be "optimized away".

  5. Several README files have been updated.

Posted by Quantum Leaps 2015-05-23

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