Backfire 10.03

The OpenWrt team will humbly like to announce the final version of the 10.03 release, codenamed Backfire.

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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: https://dev.openwrt.org/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: https://dev.openwrt.org/milestone/Backfire%2010.03

Special thanks to marcant.net for offering buildbot assistance

Yours truly,
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The release management team
Andy Boyett & Nicolas Thill