Zephyr 2.6.0 Released

June 4, 2021

Zephyr Project announced the release of Zephyr RTOS version 2.6.0, with numerous major enhancements.  Complete details can be found in the announcement: https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/zephyr/releases/tag/zephyr-v2.6.0

Significant enhanced support for the ARC architecture includes:

  • Added new ARCv3 64bit ISA support and corresponding HS6x processor support
  • Hardened SMP support
  • Various minor fixes/improvements for ARC MetaWare DT toolchain infrastructure
  • Refactor of ARC Kconfig