Additional core support

DS-5 v5.25 Professional and Ultimate Editions support cache visibility for Cortex-A5 and Cortex-A7 cores. Ultimate Edition also supports cache and MMU visibility for Cortex-A73, and debug support for ARMv8.1-A and ARMv8.2-A cores.

Additional Fixed Virtual Platforms

DS-5 v5.25 Professional Edition includes a license for single-core Cortex-M3 and Cortex-R4 Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVP). Ultimate Edition now includes a license for a wide range of single-core, multi-core, and big.LITTLE FVPs. The virtual platforms are delivered as part of the DS-5 installation package.

Revised Host Support

DS-5 v5.25 adds support for Windows 10 64-bit and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Workstation 64-bit. Support for Linux 32-bit hosts has been dropped in this release.

* Not delivered in DS-5, but exists as a standalone product

** Requires additional GCC runtime libraries

Mali Graphics Debugger

DS-5 v5.25 includes the Mali Graphics Debugger. This enables DS-5 users to trace Vulkan, OpenGL ES, EGL, and OpenCL API calls

Enhanced debugger functionality

DS-5 debugger functionality has been enhanced in a number of areas, each of which is described in a separate blog:

• Support for managing and configuring the CoreSight Cross-Trigger Network in a SoC has been enhanced, making it easier to create complex, custom cross-trigger behaviour
• The Stack View has been extended to display details of function parameters and local variables
• Overlay support for Cortex-R enables efficient use of restricted memory footprints in small embedded ARM designs
• DS-5 support for the ARM Embedded Logic Analyser has been extended through the use of DS-5 Use-Case Scripts