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- Ben NanoNote fueled by OpenWrt
- Backfire 10.03 Beta
- Wireless Battle Mesh v3 (02-06 June 2010, Bracciano, Italy)
- OpenWrt developers at Fosdem 2010
- Kamikaze 8.09.2
- 26c3 - 26th Chaos Communication Congress
- Second Wireless Battle Mesh WBM2009 v2 (Brussels, 17-18 October)
- OpenWrt joins SPI as associated project
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What is OpenWrt?
OpenWrt is described as a Linux distribution for embedded devices.
Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developer, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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Freifunk Wireless Community Weekend 2010
Starting Friday May 14th till Sunday May 16th, 2010 freifunk.net, c-base and the German wireless community invites everyone to the "Freifunk Wireless Community Weekend" at the c-base space station in Berlin (www.c-base.org).
As in previous years, the organizers will provide open spaces for the participants in the c-base to discuss and work on projects. Later at night there will be a number of special guests presenting the latest creative projects and innovative hits - and of course it will be a must to attend legendary freifunk BBQ.
Several OpenWrt developers will attend the event, and they will have time for work and socializing.
Further information is found at:
http://wiki.freifunk.net/Wireless_Commu … ekend_2010
Neufbox4 and OpenWrt
The Neufbox4 is a BRCM63xx based DSL router the french ISP SFR (www.sfr.fr) provides to its customers, and more than 3 million units are currently in use. The device is developed by Efixo (www.efixo.net) and the OpenWrt based sources are available through a subversion repository and documentation is placed in a Trac wiki (http://dev.efixo.net).
Efixo has shown a commitment for openness and have in the past been providing development sources (www.efixo.com/neufbox4/freesoftware).
Some sources are not directly available, but proprietary binary drivers are downloaded and integrated in the firmware during the default build process. Now, everyone can checkout the OpenWrt based sources, compile and install a firmware version which includes complete services, such as VoIP and television.
~$ svn co http://svn.efixo.net/trunk/ neufbox
~$ cd neufbox/
~$ make nb4-main
Further details (mainly in french) is found in the unofficial Neufbox4 community (www.neufbox4.org), which offers information on how to build a serial JTAG, reflashing the Neufbox4 and more.
Backfire 10.03 Released
OpenWrt Release 10.03, codename Backfire.
The OpenWrt team will humbly like to announce the final version of the
10.03 release, codenamed Backfire.
The OpenWrt 10.03 "backfire" source code can be checked out at:
svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire/
Further information on how to checkout the Backfire source code is found
at:
/dev/wiki/GetSource
Highlights and changes since last stable release:
* Linux 2.6.32 long term support kernel, uClibc 0.9.30
* Support for mac80211 based drivers, such as ath5k, ath9k and b43
* Support for alternative libc implementations
* New web server "uhttpd" (busybox httpd now disabled, as default)
* Extended support for X.org with GTK+, QT etc.
* New switch configuration format for Broadcom devices.
See: http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/network#switch
* New wpa-supplicant and hostapd multicall binary "wpad"
* Initial mac80211 wireless support for Broadcom radios
* Modular preinit system
* Optional support for rootfs on external media
* Support for the TRX v2 format required by newer devices such as the
Linksys WRT54G3GV2-VF
* New /etc/openwrt_release machine-readable file with detailed release
version information
New platforms:
* Atheros AP81: Ubiquiti Router Station Pro, TP-Link TL-WR1043ND,
Netgear WNDR3700, etc. (ar71xx)
* Broadcom ADSL modem/router chipsets (brcm63xx)
* Cavium Networks Octeon based boards (octeon)
* Cobalt Networks MIPS-based servers (cobalt)
* Infineon Danube/TwinPass with open DSL & VoIP drivers (ifxmips)
* Ingenic XBurst: QI Ben NanoNote (xburst/qi-lb60)
* Intel Tolapai SoC (x86/ep80579)
* Marvell Kirkwood: SheevaPlug, GuruPlug, OpenRD... (kirkwood)
* Marvell Orion SoC (orion)
Known Issues:
* Currently 5 GHz channels do not work with mac80211 based drivers due
to DFS regulatory issues.
More detailed information available at:
/dev/milestone/Backfire%2010.03
Special thanks to marcant.net for offering buildbot assistance
Yours truly,
--
The release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill
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*** Release Candidate 3 ***
The OpenWrt Team is pleased to announce the third and last release
candidate (RC3) of the next stable release, codenamed Backfire. Testing
of this build will help refine the code in preparation of the final
release.
Binaries can be downloaded at
/downloads/backfire/10.03-rc3/
OpenWrt Trunk has now been branched and named "backfire" within the
repository.
The Backfire branch source code can be checked out at
svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire/
Changes since Backfire RC2:
* support for Infineon Danube/TwinPass (ifxmips)
* support for Intel Tolapai SoC (ep80579)
* experimental ImageBuilder files back again and available
* new /etc/openwrt_release machine-readable file with detailed release
informations
Known Issues:
* Encounters of spurious log messages every second on some brcm-2.4 &
brcm47xx installs
* Kernel modules missing on ixp4xx
* There have been reports that sysupgrade can fail on brcm-2.4 and
brcm47xx under certain conditions
More detailed information available at
/dev/milestone/Backfire%2010.03-rc3
Special thanks to marcant.net for offering buildbot assistance
Yours truly,
--
The release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill
Backfire 10.03-rc1
*** Release Candidate 1 ***
The OpenWrt Team would like to announce a release candidate (RC1) of the next major release, codenamed Backfire. Testing of this build will help refine the code in preparation of the final release.
Binaries can be downloaded at /downloads/backfire/10.03-rc1/
Highlights:
* brcm-2.4 updated to 2.4.37 kernel
* other targets updated to 2.6.30 or 2.6.32
* gcc updated to 4.3.3 for arm/mips targets, 4.4.3 for powerpc
* uClibc updated to 0.9.30.1
* b43 wireless driver for Broadcom 11g chipsets on the 2.6 kernel
* ath9k wireless driver for Atheros 11n chipsets
* support for many new ar71xx devices
* magicbox target folded into ppc40x
New targets:
* brcm63xx - Broadcom ADSL modem/routers chipset
* cobalt - MIPS-based servers from Cobalt Networks
* octeon - Cavium Networks Octeon
* orion - Marvell Orion devices
Known Issues:
* ipv6 resolution via uClibc can produce segfaults (already fixed, but not available in this release)
* busybox httpd occaisionally segfaults or hangs, but luci uses lucid instead of httpd by default. kill -9 should be used if it refuses to die
* luci is still being worked on for this release, some pages may be broken
More detailed informations available at /dev/milestone/Backfire%2010.03-rc1
Note: After a long development phase, Broadcom wireless should now be working on brcm47xx, start testing. This would finally move all OpenWrt platforms to current 2.6 kernels.
Special thanks to eNovance for making uploads a breeze :)
Yours truly,
--
The release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill
OpenWrt joins Open Invention Network
Founded in 2005 by IBM, NEC, Novell, Philips, Red Hat and Sony, Open Invention Network (www.openinventionnetwork.com) is a collaborative enterprise that enables innovation in Linux by acquiring and licensing patents. Patents owned by Open Invention Network are available royalty-free to anyone that agrees not to assert its patents against the Linux System. By developing a network of Linux developers, distributors, sellers, resellers and end-users that license its patent portfolio, Open Invention Network is creating a shielded ecosystem to ensure the growth and adoption of Linux.
“We are pleased that OpenWrt, an influential distribution for embedded devices, has become a licensee of Open Invention Network,” said Keith Bergelt, CEO. “By doing so, OpenWrt affirms that it values the continued openness of Linux. We applaud their foresight in taking this step to support both OpenWrt and Linux broadly.”
The OpenWrt developers believe that openness and collaboration across domains is the groundwork which nurtures Linux development. "The new partnership with Open Invention Network will be one of the building blocks pushing OpenWrt forward and advance Linux innovation in general," states Gregers Petersen, OpenWrt Relationship Manager.
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