From 0a0105307fd7ff1b45d8b85a408db981939212ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:09:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs, README: Gluon v2017.1.7 --- README.md | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 38 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 00d3f2e0..e1404ff4 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ the future development of Gluon. Please refrain from using the `master` branch for anything else but development purposes! Use the most recent release instead. You can list all releases by running `git tag` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2017.1.6 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2017.1.7 && make update`. If you're using the autoupdater, do not autoupdate nodes with anything but releases. If you upgrade using random master commits the nodes *will break* eventually. diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index d864279a..aa14c690 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ Several Freifunk communities in Germany use Gluon as the foundation of their Fre :caption: Releases :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2017.1.7 releases/v2017.1.6 releases/v2017.1.5 releases/v2017.1.4 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst b/docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b06cc7d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Gluon 2017.1.7 +============== + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Fix boot failure on many Ubiquiti devices + (`#1370 `_) + + A kernel update in Gluon 2017.1.6 led to boot failures on Ubiquiti Airmax M2/M5 + (NanoStation, Bullet, etc.) if the device had been running AirOS 5.6 before + installing Gluon/OpenWrt. The XW hardware revision is unaffected. + + While the root cause is a bug in Ubiquiti's bootloader, the issue is mitigated in + Gluon 2017.1.7. + + +Known issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. + +* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 `_) + + This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed). + +* Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 `_) + + The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while. + +* Frequent reboots due to out-of-memory on weak hardware in larger meshes + (`#1243 `_) diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst index ab252106..3ec932f5 100644 --- a/docs/user/getting_started.rst +++ b/docs/user/getting_started.rst @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Gluon's releases are managed using `Git tags`_. If you are just getting started with Gluon we recommend to use the latest stable release of Gluon. Take a look at the `list of gluon releases`_ and notice the latest release, -e.g. *v2017.1.6*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2017.1.7*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it as a Zip archive as the archive will be missing version information. Please keep in mind that there is no "default Gluon" build; a site configuration @@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2017.1.6*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2017.1.7*. ::