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OpenWrt 8.09

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OpenWrt Kamikaze 8.09.2

The OpenWrt team would like to announce the release of Kamikaze 8.09.2

The official binaries, generated from the 8.09.2 svn tag, can be found here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09.2/

This is the last update of the 8.09 release series, with the following notable changes:

  • pptp nat contracting removed on brcm-2.4, cause of dnat off-by-one port forwarding bug
  • added antenna gpio support for nanostation loco2
  • backported swconfig and IP-175C support for DIR-300 and similar atheros devices
  • added a combined atheros image format with sysupgrade support
  • fixed ethernet issues on fonera+
  • fixed wgt634u regresssion introduced in 8.09.1
  • disabled tcp ecn by default
  • improved sysupgrade reliability
  • added mtd support for fis table layout on redboot based systems
  • add support for creating VMware VMDK images for x86
  • fixed ipv6 interface setup on boot
  • numerous madwifi fixes
  • fixed ImageBuilder and SDK
  • fixed failsafe mode on fonera+ and fonera 2.0
  • fixed memory leaks in miniupnpd
  • fixed escaping issues in ddns-scripts
  • update X-Wrt to 8.09.2
  • update LuCI to v0.8.8
  • security fixes for openswan, tiff, libpng, kernel, curl, gnutls, openssl and dnsmasq

For a complete list of changes refer to https://dev.openwrt.org/milestone/Kamikaze%208.09.2

Note: The brcm47xx still won’t work for those of you needing broadcom wifi, stick to brcm-2.4.
We will tell you when it does work.

Yours truly,
–
The release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill

OpenWrt Kamikaze 8.09.1

The OpenWrt team would like to announce the release of Kamikaze 8.09.1

The official binaries, generated from svn r16278, can be found here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09.1/

The source code repository URL is svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/tags/8.09.1
If necessary, updates will be committed at svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/8.09
Packages were built from svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/packages_8.09

List of supported platforms:

  • AMCC Taishan
  • AMD Alchemy (MeshCube)
  • Atheros AR531x/231x based routers
  • Atmel AVR32
  • Broadcom 47xx based routers (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)
  • Infineon/ADMtek ADM5120
  • IXP42x/43x
  • MagicBox
  • MikroTik RouterBoard 532
  • RDC SoC
  • Texas Instruments AR7
  • User-Mode Linux (source only)
  • x86 based boards

List of notable changes since 8.09:

  • broken mac80211 drivers removed, updated versions will be available in next release
  • fix port forwarding NAT issues in brcm-2.4
  • use latest stable 2.6.25 & 2.6.26 linux kernels
  • include hostapd fixes
  • include madwifi updates & fixes
  • include sysupgrade enhancements & fixes
  • include udhcpc DHCP client enhancements
  • remove support for madwifi on 2.4
  • enable multicast routing by default
  • switch rb532 to 2.6.23
  • ADSL Annex-A firmware added to AR7 images
  • allow static routes without gateway in config
  • allow overriding of DNS servers assigned by DHCP
  • enable PXE-boot support in dnsmasq
  • add libnl-tiny & wprobe backported from trunk
  • include most ethernet drivers in x86 images
  • update LuCI to v0.8.7

For a complete list of changes refer to https://dev.openwrt.org/milestone/Kamikaze%208.09.1

OpenWrt Kamikaze 8.09

The long awaited 8.09 release is finally done. We took some extra time to give it a lot of testing, to make sure that it’s stable.

You can find it here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09/

The source code repository URL is https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/tags/8.09
If necessary, updates will be committed at https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/8.09
Packages were built from https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/packages_8.09 with SVN revision r14365

List of supported platforms:

  • AMCC Taishan
  • AMD Alchemy (MeshCube)
  • Atheros AR531x/231x based routers
  • Atmel AVR32
  • Broadcom 47xx based routers (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)
  • Infineon/ADMtek ADM5120
  • IXP42x/43x
  • MagicBox
  • MikroTik RouterBoard 532
  • RDC SoC
  • Texas Instruments AR7
  • User-Mode Linux (source only)
  • x86 based boards

Changes from RC2 to 8.09:

  • Fixes for LuCI
  • More toolchain fixes for PowerPC
  • A small madwifi bugfix
  • Tx power handling fixes for multiple 802.11 drivers
  • Firewall fixes

Changes from RC1 to RC2:

  • Stability fixes for MadWiFi
  • Firewall fixes
  • Lots of package updates
  • PPPoE hotplug fixes
  • Atheros AR231x ethernet driver fixes
  • PowerPC fixes
  • ADM5120 support for both little and big endian
  • AVR32 compiler upgrade
  • Fixes for Broadcom 2.4 (stability, support for fixed bssid in ad-hoc mode)
  • Improved ethernet driver performance for Broadcom 47xx (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)

List of major changes from 7.09 to 8.09:

  • Busybox upgraded to 1.11.2
  • Kernel upgrades for all targets
  • uClibc upgraded to 0.9.29
  • Firewall rewrite, fully modular netfilter/iptables support
    1. Syntax of /etc/config/firewall converted to UCI
  • ipkg package manager replaced with opkg
    1. package lists moved to ramdisk, lists are not retained between reboots.
    2. ‘opkg update’ must be run after each reboot before new packages are installed
  • Broadcom 47xx running reliably with the new Kernel, including b43 wireless driver
    1. WEP, WDS and multi-SSID not yet supported
    2. AP mode and STA mode are supported with WPA, WPA2, or no encryption
  • IMQ and Traffic shaping fixed with newer kernels (2.6.25+)
  • Sysupgrade for x86, broadcom and adm5120
  • New web interface (LuCI, Lua Configuration Interface)
  • New HAL and driver for Atheros based WiFi cards
  • Attention towards the integration of security updates
  • Build system cleanup
  • Package maintaining and updates between releases

List of known issues:

  • The b43 driver included in 8.09 is still not fully stable, so it’s not suitable for production use yet.

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