Developer devkitPro is sending out word that the latest build for devkitARM is now available for download. For those asking, DevkitARM is a toolchain for programming homebrew software for Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance. There are two versions available for use: One for Windows, and one for Linux OS. Here are the latest changes for devkitARM since version 19b:

* Upgraded to gcc 4.1.2
* Added gdb by popular request
* Now including libraries for ARM big-endian devices - this relates to a request from the winARM maintainers, not DS related.
* Newlib patches extended to allow time() to work on the DS
* argv has been added - this will require support from the homebrew launcher menu on various cards
* ndstool now uses the default arm7 core distributed with libnds in preference to an embedded one
* Now working on Vista/Vista64 - users who were impatient and modified paths should now remove those changes

Keep note that devkitARM will require libnds 20071023 to run properly. libnds 20071023 carries these latest changes:

* some freeBSD fixes to makefiles
* added RTC setup and sound initialisation to arm7 core
* corrected glViewport for openGL consistency ( old spelling was glViewPort) , correct angle for gluPerspective and corrected glFrustum matrix
* IRQ nesting now works properly
* other more general fixes detailed in the changelog on SF
* DS examples updated for latest libnds

Downloads for both software will be provided for here, although we strongly advise readers to visit the devkitPro website for further information regarding this developer's tool.