New Features in On Time RTOS-32 6.0

RTTarget-32

Support for x86/x64 Targets Designed Exclusively for 64 Bit OSes
On Time RTOS-32 can now execute 32 bit real-time applications on targets which are designed for 64 bit operating systems.
UEFI Boot Support
On Time RTOS-32 can now be booted in native UEFI mode.
Intel's ACPI CA Library Available for Applications
Intel's ACPI Component Architecture Library can now be used by application code. The complete documentation and source code is included. Demo program ACPICADemo shows how the library can be used.
Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2015, 2017, and 2019
The latest versions of Microsoft's Visual Studio are now supported.

RTKernel-32

Support for 256 Instead of 64 Priorities
RTKernel-32 applications can now use up to 256 different priority levels.

RTFiles-32

New Device Driver for NVMe SSD Controllers
The new NVMe SSD driver supports up to 2 NVMe controllers with up to 64 attached SSDs.
64 Bit Sector Adressing
RTFiles-32 now supportes disks larger than 2 terabytes.
Support for GPT Partition Tables
RTFiles-32 can now read and create GPT partition tables. Such partition tables support volumes larger than 2 terabytes and they can hold up to 128 primary partitions.
New Buffer Management
RTFiles-32 now uses larger "logical sectors" to manage its internal buffers which makes searching and extending files significantly faster.
Format Functions Align Data Clusters
All formatting functions now align data clusters, even on non-aligned partitions. In particular SSDs and disks with 512e sectors perform much better with aligned clusters.
4k Native Sector Size Support in IDE and AHCI Drivers
In addition to the USB disk driver, the IDE and AHCI drivers now also support sector sizes other than 512 bytes, including 4k sectors.

RTUSB-32

Support for USB 3.1/3.2 and SuperSpeedPlus devices
RTUSB-32 now supports USB devices with a transfer rate up to 10 Gb/s.
Support for XHCI USB Host Controllers Version 1.1
The XHCI device driver now supports XHCI versions 0.96, 1.0, and 1.1.
New Class Driver for CDC ECM USB-Ethernet Bridge Devices
The new CDC ECM USB-Ethernet Driver supports USB-Ethernet bridge devices which implement the USB Communication class (2) and subclass Ethernet (6).
New Media Transfer Protocol Class Driver
This new class driver allows applications to exchange files with mobile phones, digital cameras, and audio devices.
Support for the ILITEK Multi-Touch-V3000 Touch Screen
The USB Touch Screen Driver has been extended to also support the ILITEK Multi-Touch-V3000 touch screen.

RTIP-32

New Driver for CDC ECM USB-Ethernet Bridge Devices
The new CDC ECM USB-Ethernet Driver supports USB-Ethernet bridge devices which implement the USB Communication class (2) and subclass Ethernet (6).
New Components SMB3 Server and SMB3 Client
These new network components can be used to read and write files on or from a Windows host. SMB protocol versions 1, 2, and 3.1.1 are supported.
Support for Encrypted (SSL/TLS) Network Communication
RTIP-32 now supports Encrypted (SSL/TLS) Network Communication.
HTTPS Protocol Support for Add-On Web Server
The RTIP-32 Web Server now supports the HTTPS protocol in addition to HTTP.
Secure Socket Support for Add-Ons POP3 Client and SMTP Client
The RTIP-32 POP3 Client and SMTP Client now support encrypted connections to their respective servers.
New Drivers for Intel 10 GB Ethernet Controllers
The new I82599_DEVICE driver supports all Intel 10Gb Ethernet controllers: 82598, 82599, X540, and X550. The driver supports Jumbo Frames and checksum offloading.
Support for TCP Windows Greater than 0xFFFF
RTIP-32 now supports TCP Window Scaling (RFC 1323) to support TCP Windows larger than 0xFFFF.

RTPEG-32

Graphics Display Output Significantly Faster
RTPEG-32 now operates the video frame buffer in Write Combining cache mode. Screen output is accelerated this way by a factor of 4 to about 20.

Upgrade 5.0 -> 6.0 Issues

In general, On Time RTOS-32 6.0 is compatible with version 5.0. This section discusses a few issues to consider when a project is migrated to version 6.0:

Borland C/C++ 5.01 and Older Support Discountinued
On Time RTOS-32 now requires support for a 64 bit integer type. For this reason, Borland compilers older than version 5.02 are no longer supported.
Borland Delphi 3.0 and Older Support Discountinued
On Time RTOS-32 now requries support for a 64 bit integer type. For this reason, Borland's Delphi compilers older than version 4.0 are no longer supported.
Allocation of xn_dhcp Parameters
The session and conf parameters of function xn_dhcp must be allocated as global or static variables. In addition, if the DHCP client is used on more than one network interface, each interface needs its own instants of these parameters. This is required because a background process of RTIP-32 will reuse these parameters when a DHCP Lease needs to be renewed periodically. The RTIP-32 demo programs of version 5.0 declared these parameters as local variables. The following change makes the code work both with version 5.0 and 6.0. Change:
```
   DHCP_param   param[] = ... 
   DHCP_session DS;
   DHCP_conf    DC;
```
to:
```
   static DHCP_param   param[] = ...
   static DHCP_session DS;
   static DHCP_conf    DC;
   
```
Default Data Table Configuration of RTFiles-32 Changed
Applications which #include <Rtfdata.c> should review their data table configuration. The recommended (and default) value for RTF_BUFFER_SIZE is now 4096 instead of 512. Separate CD and L2 buffers no longer exist. Please note that it is required for RTF_BUFFER_SIZE to be at least 2048 to be able to mount CD-ROMs or DVDs.
Default RTFiles-32 Device List Changed
The default RTFiles-32 Device List no longer contains entries for floppy disk drives. Instead, entries for up to 4 AHCI disks have been added. If you are using the default device list (i.e., the application does not define its own instants of array RTFDeviceList[]), please check if the new device list is suitable or whether a customer device list is required. Sample device lists are available in source file Init.c of demo programs RTFCmd, RTFCmdMT, and RTFCmdUSB.
Access to Structures of Type RTFPartitionRecord Changed
Fields of structures of type RTFPartitionRecord must not be accessed directly as the fields may have a different meaning and layout for partitions with more than 4G sectors. For that reason, only functions RTFPartitionSectors and RTFPartitionStart may be used to read from RTFPartitionRecord structures.