This Release

This is a summary of the new features and other major changes in this release:

DS-5 Debugger

• Added Japanese translations

Arm Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Updated Streamline to version 6.7.1
• Added Japanese translations

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DS-5 version 5.29.0 build 5290003 dated 2018/06/23:

DS-5 Debugger

• Added Operating System awareness for Keil RTX5

Arm Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Updated Streamline to version 6.7
• Support added for Cortex-A76 (Ultimate), Mali-G76, Mali-G52 and Mali-G31 allowing Streamline to be used with the latest Arm cores
• RTX5 Bare-metal example added to show how to instrument an operating system
• Added support for comparing and merging captures together to see if optimizations have improved system performance
• Hardware counters can now be selected and added when the trace is running by dragging them onto the trace
• Support added for systems that have up to 128 cores allowing Streamline to be used with Arm servers
• Non-root support greatly improved to add:
• Sampling information for the user's application
• CPU hardware counter information
• Support for call stack unwinding from userspace gatord captures

Simulation models

• Updated Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) to version 11.4

DS-5 version 5.28.1 build 5281011 dated 2018/01/15:

DS-5 Debugger

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

Arm Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Bug fixes and performance improvements

DS-5 version 5.28.0 build 5280120 dated 2017/11/24:

DS-5 Debugger

• Added support for debugging systems implementing Armv8.4-A extensions
• Added Operating System awareness for Wind River VxWorks on Armv7 and Armv8 architecture devices

Arm Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Updated Streamline to version 6.5
• Support for profiling Python scripts and Just In Time (JIT) compiled languages
• Included example traces to help the user understand how to use Streamline

Simulation models

• Updated Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) to version 11.2

Eclipse IDE

• Updated Eclipse to version 4.6.3 (Neon)

Examples

• Added Armv8-A Linux application debug example
• Added timer interrupts into Armv8-A startup code
• Streamline examples for Linux can now be imported into Eclipse using the DS-5 Example Importer Wizard

DS-5 version 5.27.0 build 5270014 dated 2017/04/27:

DS-5 Debugger

• Added support for debugging systems implementing ARMv8.3-A extensions
• Added debug support for AArch32 and AArch64 HLT-based semihosting (Version 2.0)
• Added option to launch the command-line debugger using a launch configuration exported from Eclipse
• Added option to launch the command-line debugger in a server mode, allowing remote interaction
• Added Operating System awareness for SYSGO PikeOS on ARMv7 and ARMv8 architecture devices
• Extended Operating System awareness for ExpressLogic ThreadX to ARMv8-A architecture devices

ARM Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Non-rooted systems are now supported
• Profiling for the Mali-G51 now supported
• Added support for split-debug files allowing debug symbols to be stored separately from the image

Simulation models

• Updated Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVPs) to version 10.3

Eclipse IDE

• Added a new Welcome page providing access to videos and blogs about DS-5

DS-5 version 5.26.0 build 5260008 dated 2016/11/29:

DS-5 Debugger

• Simplified adding Examples with a new Example import flow wizard, click here for more info
• Added conditional watchpoints support, click here for more info
• Added CMM script import support, click here for more info
• Improved control of the displayed data format in the memory view, click here for more info

ARM Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Improved support for systems with many cores
• Added ultra-high resolution mode allowing sample data up to 1 microsecond
• Added Mail G71 support
• Added the ability to import Perf data

Simulation models

• Updated Fixed Virtual Platforms to version 10.2 (64-bit installation only).

Eclipse IDE

• Eclipse IDE is upgraded to 4.5.2 (Mars)

DS-5 version 5.25.0 build 5250010 dated 2016/07/26:

DS-5 Debugger

• Visualization of function arguments and local variables in the Stack view.
• Updated the Jython script interpreter to version 2.7.0

ARM Streamline Performance Analyzer

• Added forwarding capturing to a session Mali Graphics Debugger.
• Additional parameters for command line report mode generation.
• Cortex-A73 support.

Simulation models

• Updated Fixed Virtual Platforms to version 10.0 (64-bit installation only).

Examples

• Added more startup code and example applications using the GCC bare-metal toolchain (not supplied with DS-5).

DS-5 version 5.24.0 build 5240022 dated 2016/03/29