libkernaux/NEWS.md

Releases

0.7.0 (2022-12-23)

169 files changed, 6332 insertions(+), 3858 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• ./configure - feature --(enable|disable)-debug has been removed.
• <kernaux/*> - definition KERNAUX_DEBUG has been removed.
• <kernaux/assert.h> - it has been removed.
• <kernaux/memmap.h> - it has been completely rewritten.

New features

• ./configure - feature --(enable|disable)-fixtures has been added.
• ./configure - feature --(enable|disable)-pkg-config[=PATH has been added. It allows you to specify where to install pkg-config files.
• ./configure - package --with[out]-multiboot2 has been added.
• <kernaux/*> - definition KERNAUX_BITFIELDS has been added.
• <kernaux/generic/display.h> - new header.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macro KERNAUX_STATIC_TEST has been added.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macros KERNAUX_CAST_(VAR|CONST) have been added.
• <kernaux/multiboot2.h> - new header.
• <kernaux/runtime.h> - new header. Now it contains the variable kernaux_assert_cb.

Other changes

• ./configure - a shared library is built by default.
• <kernaux/*> - the headers are the same regardless of the selection of features and packages (except <kernaux/version.h>).
• examples/Makefile - the test suite can be built now without pthreads.
• tests/Makefile - the ability to run tests from with any working directory has been added.
• tests/Makefile - the test suite has been fixed to run on FreeBSD.

0.6.1 (2022-12-05)

12 files changed, 111 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)

Other changes

• ./configure - fix a bug with building for a freestanding environment
• Makefile - fix cppcheck in out-of-root builds
• Makefile - fix Python tests if out-of-root builds

0.6.0 (2022-12-04)

121 files changed, 1444 insertions(+), 1806 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• ./configure - features --enable-tests* have been renamed to --enable-checks*.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macro KERNAUX_PACKING_ATTR has been renamed to KERNAUX_PACKED.

New features

• ./configure - feature --enable-checks-cppcheck has been added.
• Makefile - task check-cppcheck has been added.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macros KERNAUX_ALIGNED, KERNAUX_ASM, KERNAUX_NORETURN, KERNAUX_PRINTF, KERNAUX_RETURNS_TWICE, KERNAUX_SECTION, KERNAUX_UNUSED, KERNAUX_USED have been added.
• <kernaux/printf_fmt.h> - new header. It's printf format parser.

Other changes

• <kernaux/free_list.h> - fix a bug that was making the allocator unusable.
• <kernaux/printf.h> - fix displaying floating-point numbers with big precision.

0.5.0 (2022-11-26)

138 files changed, 2962 insertions(+), 1741 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• ./configure - package --with[out]-io has been removed.
• <kernaux/io.h> - the header has been removed.
• <kernaux/printf.h> - the API of the functions functions [v]fprintf has been changed.

New features

• ./configure - package --with[out]-asm has been added.
• ./configure - packages --with[out]-arch-(all|i386|riscv64|x86-64) have been added.
• ./configure - package --with[out]-drivers has been added.
• ./configure - package --with[out]-free-list has been added.
• <kernaux/free_list.h> - new header. It's a free list memory allocator.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - new header. It's a set of macros.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macro KERNAUX_PRIVATE_FIELD has been added.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macro KERNAUX_PROTECTED_FIELD has been added.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macros KERNAUX_BITS[8|16|32|64] have been added.
• <kernaux/macro.h> - macros KERNAUX_CONTAINER_OF have been added.
• <kernaux/generic/malloc.h> - new header. It's a generic memory allocator interface.
• <kernaux/generic/mutex.h> - new header. It's a generic mutex interface.
• Definition KERNAUX_ACCESS_PRIVATE has been added.
• Definition KERNAUX_ACCESS_PROTECTED has been added.

0.4.0 (2022-06-16)

225 files changed, 8625 insertions(+), 3744 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• ./configure - feature --(enable|disable)-bloat has been removed.
• ./configure - feature --(enable|disable)-pic has been removed.
• <kernaux/assert.h> - API has been completely changed.
• <kernaux/libc.h> - header has been removed.
• <kernaux/ntoa.h> - API has been completely changed.
• <kernaux/printf.h> - Easter egg has been removed.
• <kernaux/printf.h> - functions [v]printf have been renamed to [v]fprintf, API has been changed.

New features

• ./configure - new feature --(enable|disable)-debug.
• ./configure - new package --with[out]-io.
• ./configure - new package --with[out]-memmap.
• <kernaux/memmap.h> - new header. It's a memory map.

0.3.0 (2022-05-28)

134 files changed, 6149 insertions(+), 1770 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• <kernaux/assert.h> - a semicolon is required after macros.
• <kernaux/assert.h> - the constant KERNAUX_ITOA_BUFFER_SIZE is renamed to KERNAUX_ITOA10_BUFFER_SIZE.

New features

• ./configure - testing may be enabled with --enable-tests, --enable-tests-all, --enable-tests-python.
• ./configure - the heavy binary data may be disabled with --disable-bloat.
• ./configure - position-independent code is generated by default, disable with --disable-pic.
• ./configure - compiler warnings turn into errors by default, disable with --disable-werror.
• <kernaux/libc.h> - added functions atoi, isdigit, isspace.
• <kernaux/ntoa.h> - added functions kernaux_[u|i]toa, kernaux_[u|i]toa16 and related constants.

Other changes

• Assertions are used more broadly.
• <kernaux.h> - the header is now generated from template depending on configuration options, so you may safely include it when some packages are missing, it won't cause compilation error.
• <kernaux/printf.h> - a potential buffer overflow is fixed.

0.2.0 (2022-01-22)

51 files changed, 1647 insertions(+), 501 deletions(-)

Breaking changes

• ./configure - removed options to disable panic calls and returns in <kernaux/assert.h>.
• <kernaux/assert.h> - removed preprocessor directives that can disable panic calls and returns.

New features

• <kernaux/cmdline.h> is stable now. It's a simple command line parser.

Other changes

• Now ./configure options also follow semantic versioning.
• Bug fixes in <kernaux/printf.h>.

0.1.0 (2022-01-20)

Initial release.