Add LM3S6965 NSH configuration + Prep for 5.5 release

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       <h1><big><font color="#3c34ec"><i>NuttX RTOS</i></font></big></h1>
-      <p>Last Updated: May 7, 2010</p>
+      <p>Last Updated: May 9, 2010</p>
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-<p><b>nuttx-5.4 Release Notes</b>:
+<p><b>nuttx-5.5 Release Notes</b>:
 
 <p>
-  This 51<sup>st</sup> release of NuttX was made on April 23, 2010 and is available for download from the
+  This 52<sup>nd</sup> release of NuttX was made on May 9, 2010 and is available for download from the
   <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=189573">SourceForge</a> website.
   The change log associated with the release is available <a href="#currentrelease">here</a>.
   Unreleased changes after this release are available in CVS.
   These unreleased changes are listed <a href="#pendingchanges">here</a>.
 </p>
 <p>
-  This release includes one new, important extension to the
+  This relese includes one new port, some new drivers and some important bugfixes:
-  <a href="http://www.nuttx.org/NXGraphicsSubsystem.html">NX graphics system</a>:
   <ul>
-    <p>
+    <li><p>
-      NX was develop a couple years back on hardware that supported only framebuffer
+      NuttX was ported to the Luminary/TI LM3S6965 Ethernet Evaluation Kit.
-      devices, that is, video hardware with video memory directly converts the memroy
+      At present, that port includes an OS test configuration and a NuttShell
-      content to video.  However, most MCUs that NuttX focuses on do not support such
+      (NSH) configuration with telnet support.
-      video memory; rather, that typically only support LCDs via parallel or serial
-      interfaces.
     </p>
     <p>
-      This release of NuttX extends NX so that now renders directly to the LCD device
+      MMC/SD and Networking support are provided but not thoroughly verified
-      via its serial or parallel interface.  No in-memory copy of the screen memory
+      in this release: Current development efforts are focused on porting the
-      need be maintained so this solution should also work in MCUs with very limited
+      NuttX window system (NX) to work with the Evaluation Kits OLED display.
-      SRAM.
+    </p></li>
-    </p>
+    <li><p>
+      A NuttX Ethernet driver for the Microchip ENC28J60 SPI Ethernet chip is
+      available in the source tree (but has not yet been fully verified because
+      I haven't properly connected it to hardware yet).
+    </p></li>
+    <li><p>
+      The Olimex STR-P711 NuttX port was extended to support the ENC28J60 and
+      some new networking configurations were added.  The ENC28J60 has not
+      been tested on the STR-P711, however, because of hardware issues (I don't
+      think the USB powered board provides enough power for the ENC28J60 and
+      I don't have the right wall wart yet).
+    </p></li>
+    <li><p>
+      Along the way, external interrupt support (XTI) was added to the STMicro
+      STR-P711 port and some important bugs were fixed in the STR-P711 SPI
+      driver.
+    </p></li>
+    <li><p>
+      Corrected an important UDP reference counting error.  It was not a serious
+      error, but it trigger an assertion was IS a serious error.
+    </p></li>
   </ul>
 </p>
-<p>
-  This initial release of this feature includes the verified NX extensions plus
-  a driver for the HX8347, 16-bit parallel LCD.  This LCD supports 16-bit RGB
-  (5:6:5).
-</p>
 
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       <b>Luminary/TI LM3S6965</b>.
-      This port uses the Stellaris LM3S6965 Evalution Kit with a GNU arm-elf toolchain*
+      This port uses the Stellaris LM3S6965 Ethernet Evalution Kit with a GNU arm-elf toolchain*
       under either Linux or Cygwin.
     </p>
     <ul>
       <p>
         <b>STATUS:</b>
-          This port is available in the source tree, but is still under development.
+          This port was released in NuttX 5.5.  
+          Features are the same as with the Eagle-100 LM3S6918 described above.
+          The examples/ostest configuration has been successfully verified and an
+          NSH configuration with telnet support is available.
+          MMC/SD and Networking support was not been thoroughly verified:
+          Current development efforts are focused on porting the NuttX window system (NX)
+          to work with the Evaluation Kits OLED display.
       </p>
+      <p><small>
+         <b>NOTE</b>: As it is configured now, you MUST have a network connected.
+         Otherwise, the NSH prompt will not come up because the Ethernet
+         driver is waiting for the network to come up.
+      </small></p>
       <p>
-        <b>Development Environments:</b> See the Eagle-100 above.
+        <b>Development Environments:</b> See the Eagle-100 LM3S6918 above.
       </p>
      </ul>
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 <ul><pre>
-nuttx-5.4 2010-04-23 Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
+nuttx-5.5 2010-xx-xx Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
 
-	* include/nuttx/lcd.h - Defines an LCD interface.
+	* drivers/net/enc28j60.c - Microchip ENC28J60 SPI ethernet chip driver.
-	* graphics/nxglib/fb and lcd - Support LCD and framebuffer rasterizers for NX.
+	  (untested on original check-in).
-	* configs/sam3u-ek/src/up_lcd.c - LCD driver for LCD on SAM3U-EK development
+	* configs/olimex-str7p11/nettest - examples/nettest configuration using
-	  board.
+	  the ENC28J60 driver on the Olimex STMicro STR-P711.
-	* configs/sam3u-ek/nx - NX graphics configuration for the SAM3U-EK
+	  (unverified on original check-in)
+	* configs/olimex-str7p11/src/up_enc28j60.c - Add ENC28J60 initialization
+	  logic.
+	* configs/olimex-str7p11/src/up_spi.c - Fixed some bugs; added support
+	  for ENC28J60.
+	* arch/arm/src/str7x/str7x_xti.c - Add basic XTI support (external
+	  interrupts).
+	* arch/arm/src/lm3s and arch/arm/include/lm3s - Add definitions for
+	  LM3S6965
+	* configs/lm3s6965-ek - Add configuration for Stellaris LM3S6965
+	  Evaluation Kit (including basic examples/ostest configuration)
+	* lib/lib_dtoa.c and lib/lib_dtoa.c - printf will not printf floating
+	  point values if you select CONFIG_LIBC_FLOATINGPOINT in your
+	  configuration file.  Contributed by Yolande Cates.  NOTE:  these
+	  floating point operations have not been well tested and may not
+	  be portable to all floating point implementations.
+	* configs/lm3s6965-ek/nsh - Added NuttShell (NSH) configuration for
+	  the LM3S6965 Evaluation Kit.  Includes both serial and telnet
+	  interfaces.
+	* net/net_close.c - Correct a UDP reference counting error
 
 pascal-2.0 2010-12-21 Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
 
@@ -1705,28 +1747,7 @@ buildroot-1.8 2009-12-21 &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
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 <ul><pre>
-nuttx-5.5 2010-xx-xx Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
+nuttx-5.6 2010-xx-xx Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
-
-	* drivers/net/enc28j60.c - Microchip ENC28J60 SPI ethernet chip driver.
-	  (untested on original check-in).
-	* configs/olimex-str7p11/nettest - examples/nettest configuration using
-	  the ENC28J60 driver on the Olimex STMicro STR-P711.
-	  (unverified on original check-in)
-	* configs/olimex-str7p11/src/up_enc28j60.c - Add ENC28J60 initialization
-	  logic.
-	* configs/olimex-str7p11/src/up_spi.c - Fixed some bugs; added support
-	  for ENC28J60.
-	* arch/arm/src/str7x/str7x_xti.c - Add basic XTI support (external
-	  interrupts).
-	* arch/arm/src/lm3s and arch/arm/include/lm3s - Add definitions for
-	  LM3S6965
-	* configs/lm3s6965-ek - Add configuration for Stellaris LM3S6965
-	  Evaluation Kit.
-	* lib/lib_dtoa.c and lib/lib_dtoa.c - printf will not printf floating
-	  point values if you select CONFIG_LIBC_FLOATINGPOINT in your
-	  configuration file.  Contributed by Yolande Cates.  NOTE:  these
-	  floating point operations have not been well tested and may not
-	  be portable to all floating point implementations.
 
 pascal-2.1 2010-xx-xx Gregory Nutt &lt;spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr&gt;
 

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-      <p>Last Updated: Aprill 11, 2009</p>
+      <p>Last Updated: May 8, 2010</p>
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  |   |   |- <a href="configs/ez80f910200zco/ostest/README.txt">ostest/README.txt</a>
  |   |   |- <a href="configs/ez80f910200zco/poll/README.txt">poll/README.txt</a>
  |   |   `- <a href="configs/ez80f910200zco/README.txt"><b><i>README.txt</i></b></a>
+ |   |- lm3s6965-ek/
+ |   |   |- <a href="configs/lm3s6965-ek/include/README.txt">include/README.txt</a>
+ |   |   |- <a href="configs/lm3s6965-ek/src/README.txt">src/README.txt</a>
+ |   |   `- <a href="configs/lm3s6965-ek/README.txt"><b><i>README.txt</i></b></a>
  |   |- m68332evb/
  |   |   |- <a href="configs/m68332evb/include/README.txt">include/README.txt</a>
  |   |   `- <a href="configs/m68332evb/src/README.txt">src/README.txt</a>