Migration Guide

The following sections show how you can migrate MDK Middleware projects from version 7 to version 8:

• See Component Selection to learn how to migrate the Network component.
• Under Network Configuration you can find out what has changed in the configuration files of the Network component.

Component Selection

To change a Network component, make the following changes to the component selection:

1. Bundle MDK has replaced bundles MDK-Pro and MDK-Plus

   Where applicable, replace the components:

   Keil::Network&MDK-Pro
   or
   Keil::Network&MDK-Plus

   with component that refer to the MDK bundle:

   Keil::Network&MDK

2. Event Recorder component is now part of the CMSIS-View class

   If your project is configured for debugging, you must replace the component:

   Keil::Compiler:Event Recorder

   with a component of the CMSIS-View class:

   ARM::CMSIS-View:Event Recorder

Network Configuration

The following screenshots show the previous settings on the left-hand side, while the new settings can be seen on the right-hand side.

Net_Config.h

The network core configuration file has been changed from Net_Config.c to Net_Config.h.

Old Net_Config.c vs. new Net_Config.h

The following configuration changes have been made:

• Variant selection added:
  • IPv4 only
  • IPv4/IPv6 dual stack
• net_sys_error() handler function removed

Net_Debug.h

The network debug configuration file has been changed from Net_Debug.c to Net_Debug.h.

Old Net_Debug.c vs. new Net_Debug.h

The following configuration changes have been made:

• Network Debug enable switch added
• Output Channel selection added:
  • Event Recorder
  • STDIO
  • STDIO + Timestamp
• Print Time Stamps option integrated into the Output Channel option
• Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) option added
• net_debug_init() function removed
• DBG_XXX prefix changed to NET_DEBUG_XXX