Release Notes for MaxRT eRTOS 1.0

General

• Supports Intel® 6th to 14th generation processors, supporting up to 64 cores.
• Allows you to start multiple processors, determine ACPI information, and generate timer interrupts across all cores.
• Contains logic to limit SMI activity from the BIOS.
• Supports x2APIC.
• Supports CAT and MBA processor features.
• Uses GRUB bootloader to load the eRTOS HAL (RTHAL) and Kernel (RTKernel).
• Provides some default boot configuration options.
• Provides the ability to configure the HAL and Kernel through a configuration file.
• Supports the ability to allocate memory.
• Supports the ability to scan the system bus for device information.
• Performs TSC frequency calibration and synchronization on SMP systems.
• Contains an AHCI SATA block driver to support a basic FAT32 file system.
• Supports basic registry functions.
• Supports Applications and Dynamic linked libraries, along with standard IPC objects like Semaphores, Mutexes, and Events.
• Provides sample applications to demonstrate basic eRTOS functionality.
• Supports hardware interrupt thread level - IST handling (1, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143):
• Line-based interrupts (IRQ)
• Message-based interrupts (MSI/MSI-X)
• Multi-vector interrupts (MSI/MSI-X)

• Supports Exception Handling:
• General Exception Handling - Stop at first exception / MPX delay context save/restore
• Create Trap frame / exception frame
• Get / Set context
• Try / Except
• C/C++ exception
• Debugger exception dispatch

Network Features

• Adds processing and networking capability through an optional Network Link Layer (NL2) and TCP/IP Stack within the eRTOS environment.
• Network Link Layer (NL2) – a software component that provides real-time applications with abstract APIs to access network services at the Layer 2 of the OSI model, independent of the underlying hardware. The NL2 replaces the Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) in RTX64.
• TCP/IP Stack – a separate protocol stack that sits above the NL2 and provides deterministic processing and networking capability.
• Adds settings to the eRTOS RtConfig.rtreg file for configuring network behavior and performance.
• Adds support for these drivers that use the Network Link Layer (NL2):
• The RtndRtl driver supports the Realtek 1Gbps controller family.
• The Rtndlgc driver supports the Intel® I225/I226 controller family.
• The Rtndlpch driver supports several Intel® Ethernet controller families.
• The RtndI10gb driver supports the Intel® X550 controller family.
• The RtndIgb driver supports the Intel® I210/I211, I350, and 82580 controller family.

See eRTOS Supported NICs for a list of supported devices and their test status.

• Adds sample applications included with the TCP/IP Stack, along with usage information for each sample.
• RtTcpipClient sends either UDP or TCP packets to a running instance of the RtTcpipServer sample, receives the packets echoed from the server and accumulates statistics regarding the round trip packet times.
• RtTcpipServer creates a socket at the specified port. How this port gets used depends upon whether the server is operating in UDP or TCP mode.

eRTOS SDK Features

General

• Supports Windows SDK versions 22621 and 26100.
• Source code compatible with RTX64, unless otherwise stated.
• Provides sample source for sample binaries included with the Runtime.

Developing Applications

• Supports Visual Studio 2022 and 2019 and contains a VSIX package with templates for building eRTOS applications and RTDLLs.
• Supports Structured Exception Handling (SEH).
• Supports C Runtime for Visual Studio 2022.

Debugging Applications

• Provides a Visual Studio integrated base debugger and launch provider that is used by Visual Studio when debugging real-time applications and applications that use RTDLLs.
• Supports attaching the Visual Studio debugger to an eRTOS process running on an eRTOS remote system outside of the Visual Studio IDE.
• Supports a text-based terminal for debugging applications with eRTOS shell commands, accessible via the target system’s serial port.

Real-Time Network APIs

• Provides Real-Time NL2 API functions and data types supported by the Network Link Layer (NL2).
• Provides Real-Time TCP/IP API functions and structures used by the TCP/IP Stack.
• Provides NIC Driver Real-Time NIC Driver (RTND) functions and data types that a Real-Time NIC Driver must support to be used by the eRTOS Network Link Layer (NL2).
• Provides Ethernet Filter Driver API Reference functions. A TCP/IP Filter driver (eRTOS RTDLL) must export these functions in order to function with the TCP/IP Stack.
• Provides Winsock API functions.
• Provides Internet Protocol Helper (IP Helper) functions, structures, and enumerations for retrieving and modifying network configuration settings for the local computer.

Windows-Supported APIs

• Adds support for Windows-supported API functions.

eRTOS SDK