diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst index ca43e61b..64e4e96a 100644 --- a/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.rst @@ -85,24 +85,30 @@ New features site texts. They should always be used when including user-provided information like hostnames and contact information in HTML code or URLs. -* Dropbear is updated to a newer version, enabling new SSH crytpo methods and removing +* Dropbear has been updated to a newer version, enabling new SSH crypto methods and removing some old ones like DSA. This reduces the time needed for the first boot and makes SSH logins faster (`#223 `_) * WLAN basic and supported rate sets have been made configurable, to allow disabling 802.11b rates (`#810 `_) -* ath10k-based devices are now officially supported, it's possible to choose between +* ath10k-based devices are now supported officially; it's possible to choose between IBSS- and 11s-capable firmwares in site.mk (`#864 `_) -* The ``prefix4`` and ``next_node.ip4`` site.conf options are now optional. +* The ``prefix4`` and ``next_node.ip4`` site.conf options are optional now. Bugfixes ~~~~~~~~ +* The stability of the ath9k WLAN driver has been improved significantly + (`#605 `_) + + mac80211, hostapd and other related drivers and services have been backported from LEDE ``42f559e``. + * Extremely slow downloads could lead to multiple instances of the autoupdater - running concurrently. Use lockfile to prevent this and add timeouts to download - processes. (`#582 `_) + running concurrently (`#582 `_) + + A lockfile is used to prevent this and timeouts have been added to download processes. Other changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @@ -141,8 +147,6 @@ Inside of URLs, ``urlescape`` must be used instead of ``escape``. Internals ~~~~~~~~~ -* mac80211, hostapd and other related drivers and services have been backported from LEDE ``42f559e`` - * Mesh interfaces are now configured in a protocol-independent way in UCI (`#870 `_) The MAC address assignment of all mesh and WLAN interfaces has been modified to prepare for support of