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