Nuand/bladeRF 2014.12-rc1

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This release candidate introduces some minor additions to libbladeRF and the bladeRF-cli program. See the CHANGELOG items associated with these items for more details.

This release consists of the following versions:

• FPGA bitstream v0.1.2
• FX3 firmware v1.8.0
• libbladeRF v1.1.0
• bladeRF-cli v1.1.0

Changes include:

• Introduction of libbladeRF support for bootloader detection and recovery. With this change, the Cypress backend should now be fully-functional.
• Added libbladeRF file search path options (e.g., for host-based FPGA autoloading).
• Moved message about detecting devices in bootloader mode to bladeRF-cli. This was original printed by some lower-level libbladeRF code, and deemed more appropriately located in the bladeRF-cli program.

The following tracker items have been closed since the 2014.11 release:

• Enhancement requests:
  • #361: Make bladeRF-cli --probe vary its exit status based on whether a device was found or not
  • #359: [libbladeRF] Migrate bootloader recovery support to libbladeRF
  • #349: [libbladeRF] Add current directory and env vars to file search path

Outstanding pull requests, tasks, enhancement requests, and known issues are listed below. Please see the issue tracker for up-to-date information on these and their associated schedules.

• Pull Requests:
  • #358: bladeRF-cli: Can now specify multiple commands separated by semicolon
  • #340: On non-Windows systems, send logs to syslog & stderr.
  • #313: merge dev-quartus14 branch
  • #267: Adjust nios simulation component so it matches the synthesis version
• Bugs:
  • #360: [hdl] Older FPGA revisions no longer build
  • #354: [hdl] failure to include STP file due to talkback req ought to be fatal
  • #352: [libbladeRF] Intermittent out-of-order transfer callbacks with Windows & libusb 1.0.19
  • #342: [Installer] Windows installer doesn't ship 32-bit MATLAB support
  • #301: Direct sampling with XB-200 needs additional improvements
  • #95: linux kernel/FX3: Not enough bandwidth for altsetting
• Enhancement Requests:
  • #353: [bladeRF-cli, libbladeRF] Improve jump_to_boot docs and implementation
  • #345: [bladeRF-cli] Accept semi-colon command delimeters
  • #344: [fx3] Investigate/fix field checksums
  • #343: [libbladeRF] Name worker threads
  • #328: [libbladeRF] Review and evaluate use of stream lock WRT libusb
  • #321: How about a switch for bladeRF-cli to emit calibration in a format bladeRF-cli can later read?
  • #319: [bladeRF-cli] Add libedit and libreadline support
  • #282: [libbladeRF] Move get/set_lms_correction() and get/set_fpga_correction() logic
  • #240: [libbladeRF] Prefer static assertion over assert() when possible
  • #236: [libbladeRF] API calls for XB-100 required
  • #221: Synchronized Tx/Rx of multiple bladeRFs for MIMO using MiniExpansion Header
  • #213: CLI should show sample file information for TX
  • #205: [FX3 Firmware] Code cleanup and potential improvements
  • #200: Reserved addresses for firmware customization
  • #174: Task: Migrate FX3 build to CMake-generated Makefile