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| - | ====== LEDE 17.xx First Stable Release - MMM 2017 ====== | + | ====== LEDE 17.01.0-rc1 - First Stable Release |
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| \ LE \ / ----------------------------------------------------------- | \ LE \ / ----------------------------------------------------------- | ||
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| - | **THIS IS THE FINAL DRAFT. LAST CHANCE TO MAKE IT BETTER.**\\ | + | The LEDE Project (“Linux Embedded Development Environment”) is a Linux operating system emerged |
| - | //Final changes include updating " | + | |
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| - | The LEDE Project (“Linux Embedded Development Environment”) is a Linux operating system emerged | + | |
| Get LEDE Firmware at: http:// | Get LEDE Firmware at: http:// | ||
| - | ===== Highlights In LEDE 17.xx ===== | + | ===== Highlights In LEDE 17.01.0-rc1 |
| - | The LEDE Community is proud to announce the first stable | + | The LEDE Community is proud to announce the first release |
| * Linux kernel updated to version 4.4.42 (from 3.18 in Chaos Calmer) | * Linux kernel updated to version 4.4.42 (from 3.18 in Chaos Calmer) | ||
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| * RELRO protection (Full) | * RELRO protection (Full) | ||
| * Improved Networking Support | * Improved Networking Support | ||
| - | * Smart Queue Management (SQM) minimizes bufferbloat by using the cake and fq_codel qdisc' | + | * Smart Queue Management (SQM) minimizes bufferbloat by using the cake and fq_codel qdisc' |
| * Improvements to the WiFi stack eliminating bufferbloat on ath9k, mt76 and some ath10k chipsets | * Improvements to the WiFi stack eliminating bufferbloat on ath9k, mt76 and some ath10k chipsets | ||
| * Airtime fairness scheduler for ath9k to prevent slow stations from hogging too much airtime | * Airtime fairness scheduler for ath9k to prevent slow stations from hogging too much airtime | ||
| * Various stability and regression fixes to the Linux wireless stack and ath9k in particular | * Various stability and regression fixes to the Linux wireless stack and ath9k in particular | ||
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| - | * //Nothing specific.// | + | * IPv6 hardening |
| * Updated toolchain | * Updated toolchain | ||
| * musl 1.1.15 | * musl 1.1.15 | ||
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| * layerscape (NXP Layerscape) | * layerscape (NXP Layerscape) | ||
| * zynq (Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoCs) | * zynq (Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoCs) | ||
| - | | + | * Reorganized x86 target: |
| - | * Build system fixes and improvements | + | * Drop dedicated Xen DomU target, merged with x86/ |
| - | * Introduced | + | * Enable AES-NI support |
| + | * Removed targets: | ||
| + | * realview, replaced by armvirt | ||
| + | * ppc44x, disabled due to code brokeness | ||
| + | * netlogic, dropped due to no available hardware | ||
| + | * Build system improvements | ||
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| + | * Fixes and enhancements | ||
| + | * Per-device rootfs images to better tune package | ||
| + | * New image build code improving compilation times and simplifying device profile declarations | ||
| + | * New package/ | ||
| + | * Support for fetching sources using Curl | ||
| + | * Generate reproducible source tarballs when packing SCM checkouts | ||
| + | * Image Builder / SDK | ||
| + | * Rework library bundling to allow for better portability between different Linux distributions | ||
| + | * Add support for building kernel modules using the SDK | ||
| * Added support for a many new routers and boards | * Added support for a many new routers and boards | ||
| - | * And lots and lots of other advancements... | ||
| As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, | As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, | ||