Release Candidate 1 for Kamikaze 8.09

[elgatoz]

http://openwrt.org/

It is well known fact that it takes time to build quality, and sometimes
more time than expected. The OpenWrt developers would like to announce
the availability of OpenWrt Kamikaze 8.09 RC1.
You can find it at http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09_RC1

Release Candidate 1 for Kamikaze 8.09

New changes/features include:

* Busybox upgraded to 1.11.2
* Kernel upgrades for all targets
* uClibc upgraded to 0.9.29
* Firewall rewrite, fully modular netfilter/iptables support
- Syntax of /etc/config/firewall converted to UCI
* ipkg package manager replaced with opkg
- package lists moved to ramdisk, lists are not retained between reboots.
- `opkg update' must be run after each reboot before new packages are installed
* Broadcom 47xx running reliably with the new Kernel, including b43 wireless driver
- WEP, WDS and multi-SSID not yet supported
- AP mode and STA mode are supported with WPA, WPA2, or no encryption
* IMQ and Traffic shaping fixed with newer kernels (2.6.25+)
* Sysupgrade for x86, broadcom and adm5120
* New web interface (LuCI, Lua Configuration Interface)
* New HAL and driver for Atheros based WiFi cards
* Attention towards the integration of security updates
* Build system cleanup
* Package maintaining and updates between releases

Supported targets:

* AMD Alchemy (MeshCube)
* Atheros AR531x/231x based routers
* Atheros AR71xx based routers
* Atmel AVR32
* Broadcom 47xx based routers (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)
* Infineon/ADMtek ADM5120
* Infineon Danube/TwinPass
* Intel IXP42x/43x
* MagicBox
* MikroTik RouterBoard 532
* RDC SoC
* Texas Instruments AR7
* User-Mode Linux (source code release only)
* x86 based boards

Known Issues:
* New uClibc version breaks ABI compatibility with older releases.
* Wireless no longer supported on older Broadcom devices (bcm4710/bcm94702)
- Support was dropped in upstream Broadcom wl driver and b43
- b43legacy (which adds support for such hardware) might be added in a future release

The OpenWrt Team

i just wanted to post the news, what do you think?, anyone tried it on the wl700?

greetz

[hal2k1]

http://openwrt.org/

i just wanted to post the news, what do you think?, anyone tried it on the wl700?

greetz

As far as I know, the wl700 has especially small flash, and so the standard version of Kamikaze does not run on the WL700ge.

I am currently running Kamikaze 7.09 (the previous stable version), but the kamikaze image I had to use was a minimalist version specially prepared for the WL700ge.

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/portal/content/view/29/30/

Perhaps with a few encouraging words member back2basic can be convinced to prepare a similar version for the WL700ge for Kamikazhe 8.09.

I find that flattery and begging also sometimes helps.

[back2basic]

already working on it

http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/221

[back2basic]

If you are using the USB option in kam7.09 It is easy to upgrade to 8.09rc1
I'm now testing the firmware and writing new tutorials about it
can be found here http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/221 still a lot of work todo
more to come

It probably also will be available for ya people who are using hdd as root but I think it will require a format of you data partiaion. This is needed to free up space for the new image.
More to come

[zwirek75]

Did you try to migrate to kernel version 2.6 ?
I have managed to compile and install Kamikaze 8.09rc1, everything works except wireless interface ... it seems that current version of b43 driver does not support wl-700ge ...
Regards
Tomasz

If you are using the USB option in kam7.09 It is easy to upgrade to 8.09rc1
I'm now testing the firmware and writing new tutorials about it
can be found here http://wl700g.homelinux.net/drupal/?q=node/221 still a lot of work todo
more to come

It probably also will be available for ya people who are using hdd as root but I think it will require a format of you data partiaion. This is needed to free up space for the new image.
More to come

[back2basic]

Did you try to migrate to kernel version 2.6 ?
I have managed to compile and install Kamikaze 8.09rc1, everything works except wireless interface ... it seems that current version of b43 driver does not support wl-700ge ...
Regards
Tomasz

I have tryed the 2.4 and the 2.6 but on both wireless doesn't work ...////...
for me it not that a problem the only thing I sometimes wireless connect is my mobile.
But for the must user this will be downside
gonne ask some help on Openwrt I think.


EDIT: maybe I found something after some digging http://wiki.openwrt.org/OpenWrtDocs/...c6b36ba92e6ba3 and here http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=17762
gonne try it out lets see if it works..

[zwirek75]

Well. I have managed to install Kamikaze 8.09 based on 2.4 kernel on my WL-700ge yesterday. But I had to reduce the kernel to 1,3 MB (it means that even fs tools did not fit ...) and to install everything manually ... Hope its going to be stable


Tomasz