Libmetal release V2024.05.0 - v1.6.0

This release:

• Add support of arm compiler v6,
• Add support of a hosted test environment "processor"
• Refactor all processor headers which had the same content into a generic set,
• miscellaneous fixes and code improvements.

API Updates:

• list.h:
  • Add metal_list_for_each_safe helper.

What's Changed

• libmetal: add metal_list_for_each_safe() support by @yintao707 in #251
• libmetal: set ept address loop++ in bitmap by @GUIDINGLI in #263
• lib: compiler support of arm compiler v6 by @arnopo in #270
• lib: add guards for errno values for ARMCC compiler by @ldaj00 in #271
• Add support for Zephyr's native test environment by @aescolar in #260
• zephyr: use k_cpu_idle instead of arch_cpu_idle by @dcpleung in #276
• Zephyr integration: Use K_HEAP_MEM_POOL_SIZE by @jhedberg in #280
• Latest Xilinx-AMD System Device Tree flow update by @bentheredonethat in #281
• lib: xlnx: Avoid mapping in MPU for region mapped by bsp by @tnmysh in #282
• FreeRTOS Avoid mem mapping in MPU for region mapped by @rajimoha in #284
• libmetal/nuttx/io.c: width matched access when read/write size = 1,2,4,8 by @CV-Bowen in #279
• lib: system: MPU flag check fix for xilinx platform by @rajimoha in #285
• Zephyr updates by @glneo in #290
• test/metal-test.h: Fix warning -Wstrict-prototypes by @Novembre-Calabretta in #293
• CI: fix timezone and pip3 issues by @arnopo in #294
• lib: Do not label function declarations in headers with extern by @glneo in #289
• lib: fix doxygen warning in log.h by @arnopo in #296
• lib: Fix available error message in softirq by @glneo in #286
• release: libmetal 2024.05.0 by @arnopo in #298

New Contributors

• @yintao707 made their first contribution in #251
• @GUIDINGLI made their first contribution in #263
• @ldaj00 made their first contribution in #271
• @dcpleung made their first contribution in #276
• @jhedberg made their first contribution in #280
• @rajimoha made their first contribution in #284
• @CV-Bowen made their first contribution in #279
• @Novembre-Calabretta made their first contribution in #293

Full Changelog: v2023.10.0...v2024.05.0