From cbb1f804f0780b1c6a6ce2ac57e8f0a7dbba974e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 01:07:20 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] docs, README: Gluon v2016.1.5 --- README.md | 2 +- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/user/getting_started.rst | 4 +-- 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 321817b6..3ef1f420 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 relaseses by running `git branch -a` -and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.1.4 && make update`. +and switch to one by running `git checkout v2016.1.5 && 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 6123a1e7..242e96bc 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ Releases .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2016.1.5 releases/v2016.1.4 releases/v2016.1.3 releases/v2016.1.2 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e5ee1a00 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.1.5.rst @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Gluon 2016.1.5 +============== + +Added hardware support +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ar71xx-generic +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* OpenMesh + + - MR600 (v1, v2) + - MR900 (v1, v2) + - OM2P (v1, v2) + - OM2P-HS (v1, v2) + - OM2P-LC + - OM5P + - OM5P-AN + +* Ubiquiti + + - Rocket M XW + +* TP-LINK + + - TL-WR841N/ND v11 + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* build: fix race condition caused by using certain make targets (like *clean*, *images* or *package/\**) + with parallel build options without doing a full build before +* build: fix package dependency issue causing "recursive dependency" warning + + This dependency issue could lead to broken configurations and reportedly caused failed builds in some cases + when additional (site-specific) packages were used. +* build: Gluon will now build correctly with GCC 6 as host compiler +* Fix configuration of batman-adv when VLANs are used on top of IBSS interfaces (regression due to netifd update in :doc:`v2016.1.4`) +* Add back missing ath10k firmware (regression due to mac80211 update in :doc:`v2016.1.4`) +* Gluon can now be used on all supported Ubiquiti AirMAX devices without downgrading to AirOS 5.5.x before + + :doc:`v2016.1.1` added support for most Ubiquiti AirMAX devices with AirOS 5.6.x without downgrading AirOS, + but left some devices (at least some PicoStations and Bullets) with unwritable flash. This issue has been + resolved (`#687 `_). +* Add upgrade script to automatically remove whitespace from configured geolocation + + The new respondd implementation included in :doc:`v2016.1` is stricter about the number format than the + old one and doesn't accept trailing whitespace (so one or both coordinates are missing from the output). + + The Config Mode has been fixed to strip whitespace from numeric fields in new configurations since :doc:`v2016.1.1`. + This still left old configurations, which are now fixed by this script. + +Known Issues +~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +* Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Expert Mode 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. diff --git a/docs/user/getting_started.rst b/docs/user/getting_started.rst index abb8f8ba..c7519cf0 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. *v2016.1.4*. Always get Gluon using git and don't try to download it +e.g. *v2016.1.5*. 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 @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Building the images ------------------- To build Gluon, first check out the repository. Replace *RELEASE* with the -version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.1.4*. +version you'd like to checkout, e.g. *v2016.1.5*. ::