Release Notes

Eclipse APP4MC 0.8.3 (Jan 2018)

General

Model changes
New Eclipse Neon.3 based product

Model handling

Model migration support (0.8.2 -> 0.8.3)
Updated model utilities

Model changes

New mode conditions (logical AND)
New timing requirement (end to start)
Reworked Stimuli definitions
New reference to port for client server and sender receiver communication

For details see Release 0.8.3 issues

Eclipse APP4MC 0.8.2 (Oct 2017)

General

Model changes (extensions)
New graphical editors (based on Sirius)

Model handling

Model migration support (0.8.1 -> 0.8.2)
New model utilities

Model changes

New runnable item to get the result of an asynchronous request
New possibility to specify the label access implementation
New measurement model
New component event

For details see Release 0.8.2 issues

Eclipse APP4MC 0.8.1 (Jul 2017)

General

Model changes (extension and harmonization)
Improved model handling
New tooling: EMF Graphical Viewer

Model handling

Model migration support (0.8.0 -> 0.8.1)
New support for compressed model files (zip)
More back references

Model changes

Extended Schedulers (hierarchical, reservation based)
Extend Semaphore definition (types)
Consistent naming of Triggers, Activations and Stimuli
New elements for data driven computation (conditions, triggers)

For details see Release 0.8.1 issues

Eclipse APP4MC 0.8.0 (Apr 2017)

General

Model changes (mainly to simplify handling)
Improved tooling: model utilities
New UI components: Multicore Wizard, Task-Visualizer (draft version)

Model handling

Model migration support (0.7.2 -> 0.8.0)

Model changes

Simplified model handling: Mapping Model, Modes, Time
New classifiers to annotate Core and Memory
Reworked Property Constraints
Extended OS Overheads

For details see Release 0.8.0 issues

Eclipse APP4MC 0.7.2 (Jan 2017)

General

Smaller product definition (optional parts can be installed via update sites)
Harmonized model API

Model handling

Model migration support (0.7.1 -> 0.7.2)
Improved back references

Model changes

New core-specific runtimes (instructions) for runnables
New model elements for streaming communication (Channels)*
New Transmission Policy for communication (e.g. label accesses)
New Event-based Stimulus
New Data Consistency needs
New Counters for InterProcessActivation and EventStimulus
Harmonized model elements to describe probability
Storage of common elements (e.g. tags) in one central location

Bug fixes / Improvements

Model migration (ISR call graph, Section names, cross document references)
Back references (Memory -> Mapping, Scheduler -> CoreAllocation)

Documentation

New model elements: Physical memory sections, Channels
New examples

* = Experimental feature (first modeling attempt that may change in future versions).

For details see Release 0.7.2 issues

Eclipse APP4MC 0.7.1 (Oct 2016)

Model handling

Model migration support (0.7.0 -> 0.7.1)
Improved update of opposite references
Storage of default values is enabled by default

Model changes

New distribution "Beta Distribution"
New stimuli type “Synthetic” (to “replay” activations from a hardware trace)
New DataStabilityGroup
Introduced SamplingType as new attribute for Deviation
Introduced physical memory sections (PhysicalSectionConstraint, PhysicalSectionMapping)
Reworked AffinityConstraints (removed Scheduler constraints, added Data constraints)
Reworked Event / Event-Chain Constraints
Reworked RunnableSequencingConstraints
New types for DataSizes and DataRates

For details see Bugzilla entries for 0.7.1

Eclipse APP4MC 0.7.0 (Jul 2016)

Model handling

Model migration support (itea1.1.0 -> itea1.1.1 -> 0.7.0)
Simplified model creation wizard
One consolidated model
Additional opposite references (transient) to ease model navigation
Scripting support for workflows (based on Eclipse EASE)

Model changes

Removed ‘attributes’ and ‘features’ from hardware model
Replaced generic ProcessAllocation with specific ISRAllocation and TaskAllocation
New BigInteger values for CustomAttributes
Some renamed classes and attributes (details in the help)

Model structure

Removed direct dependency to Franca (replaced by implicit reference by interface name)

Documentation

Updated model documentation / class diagrams
New developer guide regarding Model Migration Framework
New developer guide regarding Workflows

AMALTHEA 1.1.1 (Oct 2015)

Model handling

Changed serialized model references to name based references
Restricted model scope to surrounding folder (without sub folders)

Model changes

Added HwAccessPath to hardware model to describe an access path either by using latencies or available hardware elements
Added Modes to common model and ModeLabels to software model to describe alternative execution paths of tasks
Added isBuffered attribute to Labels and LabelAccesses to describe data consistency requirements
Added Requirements to constraints model to describe quality requirements for the dynamic architecture
Added DataCoherencyGroups to constraints model to describe data coherency requirements
Added ProcessChains to software model to describe data processing over multiple tasks

Switched validations to Sphinx check based and added different model validations
New values for CustomAttributes with Time and SignedTime

Features

New AMALTHEA Trace Database (ATDB) Import to create an AMALTHEA model from a trace

Documentation

Updated model documentation / class diagrams
Updated user guide documentation to include steps for create a new AMALTHEA model with wizard
Updated user guide documentation to include a tutorial for using the AMALTHEA Trace Database (ATDB) Import

AMALTHEA 1.1.0 (Aug 2015)

Updated OS model to include now possibility to describe the operating system in more detail, like OS overhead
Added Event Sets to Event model to allow the definition of an unspecified order for events in an event chain
Added Data Age Constraints to constraints model
Added Label Value Lists to Stimulus model to enable and disable stimuli by label values or to set label values by the activation of a stimulus
Added Arrival Curve Stimulus to Stimulus model
Added Terminate Task for Call Graph in Software model to allow the termination of a task within a switch
Added a address attribute in the Mapping model to allow the definition of a memory address in the memory mapping
Added CustomAttributes to all model AMALTHEA model elements
Added first version of OSLC adapter
Replace of attribute read/write in LabelAccessStatistic with value and readCacheMisses with cacheMisses
Added documentation for Counter element in SW model