From 75b70b70820067219a0298ea93bfb9874a4de982 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2018 15:09:19 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add v2017.1.7 release notes --- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2017.1.7.rst diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 6d0de3fa..1e744d6c 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ 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 `_)