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.. _zephyr_4.0:
Zephyr 4.0.0 (Working Draft)
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We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr version 4.0.0.
Major enhancements with this release include:
An overview of the changes required or recommended when migrating your application from Zephyr
v3.7.0 to Zephyr v4.0.0 can be found in the separate :ref:`migration guide<migration_4.0>`.
The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.
Security Vulnerability Related
******************************
The following CVEs are addressed by this release:
More detailed information can be found in:
https://docs.zephyrproject.org/latest/security/vulnerabilities.html
API Changes
***********
* Removed deprecated arch-level CMSIS header files
``include/zephyr/arch/arm/cortex_a_r/cmsis.h`` and
``include/zephyr/arch/arm/cortex_m/cmsis.h``. ``cmsis_core.h`` needs to be
included now.
* Removed deprecated ``ceiling_fraction`` macro. :c:macro:`DIV_ROUND_UP` needs
to be used now.
* Deprecated ``EARLY``, ``APPLICATION`` and ``SMP`` init levels can no longer be
used for devices.
Removed APIs in this release
============================
* Macro ``K_THREAD_STACK_MEMBER``, deprecated since v3.5.0, has been removed.
Use :c:macro:`K_KERNEL_STACK_MEMBER` instead.
Deprecated in this release
==========================
* Deprecated the :c:func:`net_buf_put` and :c:func:`net_buf_get` API functions in favor of
:c:func:`k_fifo_put` and :c:func:`k_fifo_get`.
Architectures
*************
* ARC
* ARM
* ARM64
* RISC-V
* Xtensa
Kernel
******
Bluetooth
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* Audio
* Host
* Added API :c:func:`bt_gatt_get_uatt_mtu` to get current Unenhanced ATT MTU of a given
connection (experimental).
* HCI Drivers
Boards & SoC Support
********************
* Added support for these SoC series:
* Made these changes in other SoC series:
* NXP S32Z270: Added support for the new silicon cut version 2.0. Note that the previous
versions (1.0 and 1.1) are no longer supported.
* Added support for these boards:
* Made these board changes:
* :ref:`native_posix<native_posix>` has been deprecated in favour of
:ref:`native_sim<native_sim>`.
* Added support for the following shields:
Build system and Infrastructure
*******************************
Documentation
*************
* Added two new build commands, ``make html-live`` and ``make html-live-fast``, that automatically locally
host the generated documentation. They also automatically rebuild and rehost the documentation when changes
to the input ``.rst`` files are detected on the filesystem.
Drivers and Sensors
*******************
* ADC
* Battery
* CAN
* Charger
* Clock control
* Counter
* DAC
* Disk
* Display
* Ethernet
* LiteX: Renamed the ``compatible`` from ``litex,eth0`` to :dtcompatible:`litex,liteeth`.
* Flash
* GNSS
* GPIO
* Hardware info
* I2C
* I2S
* I3C
* Input
* LED
* lp5569: added ``charge-pump-mode`` property to configure the charge pump of the lp5569.
* lp5569: added ``enable-gpios`` property to describe the EN/PWM GPIO of the lp5569.
* LED Strip
* LoRa
* Mailbox
* MDIO
* MFD
* Modem
* MIPI-DBI
* MSPI
* Pin control
* PWM
* Regulators
* Reset
* RTC
* RTIO
* SDHC
* Sensors
* Serial
* LiteX: Renamed the ``compatible`` from ``litex,uart0`` to :dtcompatible:`litex,uart`.
* SPI
* USB
* Video
* Watchdog
* Wi-Fi
Networking
**********
* ARP:
* CoAP:
* Connection manager:
* DHCPv4:
* DHCPv6:
* DNS/mDNS/LLMNR:
* gPTP/PTP:
* HTTP:
* IPSP:
* IPv4:
* IPv6:
* LwM2M:
* Location object: optional resources altitude, radius, and speed can now be
used optionally as per the location object's specification. Users of these
resources will now need to provide a read buffer.
* Misc:
* MQTT:
* Network Interface:
* OpenThread
* PPP
* Shell:
* Sockets:
* Syslog:
* TCP:
* Websocket:
* Wi-Fi:
* zperf:
USB
***
Devicetree
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Kconfig
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Libraries / Subsystems
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* Debug
* Demand Paging
* Formatted output
* Management
* MCUmgr
* Added support for :ref:`mcumgr_smp_group_10`, which allows for listing information on
supported groups.
* Logging
* Modem modules
* Power management
* Crypto
* CMSIS-NN
* FPGA
* Random
* SD
* State Machine Framework
* Storage
* LittleFS: The module has been updated with changes committed upstream
from version 2.8.1, the last module update, up to and including
the released version 2.9.3.
* Task Watchdog
* POSIX API
* LoRa/LoRaWAN
* ZBus
HALs
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* Nordic
* STM32
* ADI
* Espressif
MCUboot
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OSDP
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Trusted Firmware-M
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LVGL
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Tests and Samples
*****************
Issue Related Items
*******************
Known Issues
============