From df9df3d1b4b104736bcefc17c1b954ce883efddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 03:42:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add v2015.2 release notes --- docs/releases/v2015.2.rst | 77 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 77 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/releases/v2015.2.rst b/docs/releases/v2015.2.rst index f330090f..e2ac7250 100644 --- a/docs/releases/v2015.2.rst +++ b/docs/releases/v2015.2.rst @@ -40,13 +40,66 @@ x86-64 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 @@ -172,6 +225,30 @@ Site changes 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 `_) + + Reducing the TX power in the Expert Mode is recommended. +* batman-adv causes stability issues for both alfred and respondd/announced (`#177 `_) +* 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/announced API (`#522 `_) + + The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced in the next release. The old API will still be supported for a while.