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@AntonioND AntonioND released this 18 Oct 20:44
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v0.9.0
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  • SDK:

    • Native windows support added. Wonderful toolchains now distribute native Windows binaries, and the only required change in BlocksDS was to change a library used by Grit. Thank you, Generic and asie!

    • The stdio implementation of picolibc provided by Wonderful Toolchains has been patched by asie and this has substantially improved direct SD card read and write speeds.

    • The RTC interrupt is no longer used in any test, example or template. Users are now expected to timer interrupt instead because the RTC interrupt isn't supported on 3DS in DS/DSi mode or most emulators. Check the new code to see how to adapt old code. The RTC interrupt functions will still be supported to preserve compatibility with old projects that aren't updated.

    • Document the ARM9 <-> ARM7 boot synchronization routine.

    • In the dockerfile, set a locale to be able to pass UTF-8 characters to ndstool to appear in the title of the NDS ROM.

    • Add a test to ensure that the libnds modules that use the ARM9 <-> ARM7 transfer memory region don't break.

    • New examples:

      • Getting key input state.
      • Using NitroFAT, DLDI and DSi SD in the same program.
      • Send a buffer in main RAM to the ARM7 from the ARM9.
      • Read battery status.
      • Set the real time clock of the NDS.

  • libnds:

    • RTC:

      • Add new helpers to get and set the date. They use typedefs to move values between functions instead of byte arrays.
      • The old helpers that use byte arrays have been deprecated.
      • Using the RTC interrupt as a way to update the time every second has been deprecated.

    • Documentation:

      • Document values returned by the battery read function.
      • Document RTC helpers.
      • Add some ARM7 modules to the front page of the Doxygen documentation.

    • Memory:

      • Disable data cache and instruction fetch access to DTCM.
      • Rumble detection functions won't try to detect anything on DSi.
      • Change location of transfer region area on DSi so that it's uncached.
      • Import safe DMA helpers written by Gericom and use them from all DMA helpers.

    • Video:

      • Make glGetInt() wait for the GPU to be idle when getting the polygon and vertices count. It is common for developers to forget to wait.
      • Cleanup some helpers and add some missing VRAM definitions.
      • Document hardware bug of the DMA in GFX FIFO mode.

    • Other:

      • FatFs updated to R0.15p3.
      • Support the debug button (only available in emulators and debug consoles).
      • Switch to using ARM unified syntax (UAL).

  • Grit:

    • Switch from libfreeimage to libplum. This allows us to build Grit on Windows easier.
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