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docs: add v2015.2 release notes
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New features
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kernel module opkg repository
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
We've not been able to keep ABI compatiblity with the kernel of the official OpenWrt images.
Therefore, Gluon now generates a opkg repository with modules itself.
The repository can be found at `output/modules/` by default, the image output directory has
been moved from `images/` to `output/images/`. See the updated :doc:`../user/getting_started` guide
for information on the handling of the signing keys for this repository.
The `opkg_repo` site.conf option has been replaced to allow specifying this and other additional repositories.
New status page
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The new status page provides a visually pleasing experience, and displays all important information
on a node in a clear manner. It also contains a real-time signal strength graph for all neighbouring
nodes to aid with the alignment of antennas.
802.11s mesh support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Gluon now supports using 802.11s for its mesh links instead of IBSS (Adhoc). This will allow supporting
WLAN hardware which can't to AP and IBSS mode simultaneously in the future (like Ralink/Mediatek).
Note that batman-adv is still used on top of 802.11s (and 802.11s forwarding is disabled), the mesh routing protocol
provided by 802.11s is not used.
Multicast filter extension
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The `gluon-ebtables-filter-multicast` package has been extended to filter out multicast
ICMP and ICMPv6 Echo Requests (ping) and Node Information Queries (RFC4620). This prevents
pings to multicast addresses like ff02::1 to cause traffic peaks
(as all nodes and clients would answer such a ping).
French translation
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
A French translation for the Config Mode/Expert Mode has been added.
Bugfixes
~~~~~~~~
* Update kernel code for the QCA953x
Might improve statility of the TP-Link TL-WR841N/ND v9.
* Fix model detection on some Netgear WNDR3700v2
The broken devices will identify as "NETGEAR ".
This also breaks the autoupdater, making a manual upgrade necessary.
* Ensure that `odhcp6c` doesn't spawn multiple instances of ``dhcpv6.script``
* Fix support for Buffalo WZR-600DHP
A flashable factory image is generated now. The sysupgrade image is still shared
with the WZR-HP-AG300H.
Site changes
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* ``site.conf``
- New WLAN configuration
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Internals
~~~~~~~~~
* OpenWrt has been updated to Chaos Calmer
* mac80211 has been backported from OpenWrt trunk r47249 (wireless-testing 2015-07-21)
This allows us to support the TL-WR940N v3/TL-WR941ND v6, which uses a TP9343 (QCA956x) SoC.
* Several packages have been moved from the Gluon repo to the packages repo, removing references to Gluon:
- gluon-cron -> micrond (the crontabs are now read from ``/usr/lib/micron.d`` instead of ``/lib/gluon/cron``)
- gluon-radvd -> uradvd
- gluon-simple-tc -> simple-tc (the config file has been renamed as well)
* Some of the Gluon-specific i18n support code in the build system has been removed, as LuCI now provides
similar facilities
* The C-based `luci-lib-jsonc` library is now used for JSON encoding/decoding instead of the pure Lua `luci-lib-json`
Known Issues
~~~~~~~~~~~~
* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/94>`_)
Reducing the TX power in the Expert Mode is recommended.
* batman-adv causes stability issues for both alfred and respondd/announced (`#177 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/177>`_)
* The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/496>`_)
This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed).
* Inconsistent respondd/announced API (`#522 <https://github.com/freifunk-gluon/gluon/issues/522>`_)
The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced in the next release. The old API will still be supported for a while.