From f031db18704f97c891b05c4f87d01e6f3acc09ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthias Schiffer Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2016 01:23:58 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add v2016.2.1 release notes --- docs/index.rst | 1 + docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 38 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst index 0ddd1878..0ef31113 100644 --- a/docs/index.rst +++ b/docs/index.rst @@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Releases .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 + releases/v2016.2.1 releases/v2016.2 releases/v2016.1.6 releases/v2016.1.5 diff --git a/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4ad00dac --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releases/v2016.2.1.rst @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +Gluon 2016.2.1 +============== + +Added hardware support +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +ar71xx-generic +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + +* TP-Link + + - TL-WA901ND v4 + +Bugfixes +~~~~~~~~ + +* Make status page work with disabled cookies/local storage + (`#912 `_) + +* Update kernel to 3.18.44 + + Fixes CVE-2016-5195 and CVE-2016-7117. It is unlikely that these issues pose + a threat to usual Gluon setups, but installing additional packages may make a + system vulnerable. In any case, updating is highly recommended. + +* Downgrade mac80211 to an earlier state + + Unfortunately, a mac80211 update that was done shortly before the release of + Gluon v2016.2 (that seemed necessary to properly support ath10k devices) had + again caused severe ath9k stability issues that remained unreported until v2016.2 + was out. + + We have now reverted mac80211 to an earlier state that was reported to be very + stable (while keeping the ath10k-specific changes); in addition, some patches + that were reported to cause connection or performance issues with certain clients + have been reverted. While is it still not perfectly stable, is should be at least + as good as (and probably better than) the v2016.1.x release series.