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--- releases:24.10:notes-24.10.0-rc2 [2024/12/04 21:48] – fix hauke
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-====== OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc2 - First Release Candidate - 4. December 2024 ======
+====== OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc2 - Second Release Candidate - 4. December 2024 ======
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-{{page>meta:infobox:attention_wiprelease&noheader&nofooter&noeditbtn}}
+/* {{page>meta:infobox:attention_wiprelease&noheader&nofooter&noeditbtn}} */
-The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming OpenWrt 24.10 stable series.
+The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the second release candidate of the upcoming OpenWrt 24.10 stable series.
 **This is just a release candidate and not the final release yet.**
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 We have a new mailing list for this, as well as RSS options: see [[:contact#announces|Important changes and announcements]].
+===== Changes between OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc1 and 24.10.0-rc2 =====
+ * Fixed opkg installation of kernel modules. The path to the kernel module packages was fixed.
+For a detailed list of changes since OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc2 see the [[changelog-24.10.0-rc2|24.10.0-rc2 changelog]].
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 OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc2 incorporates over 5100  commits since branching the previous OpenWrt 23.05 release and has been under development for over one year.
 /* number of commits: git log --oneline 38c150612cc9be488527e342db92d5c74093213f...origin/openwrt-24.10 | wc */
-Only the main changes are listed below.  See [[changelog-24.10.0-rc2]] for the full changelog.
 === General changes ===
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   * Activate POSIX Access Control Lists and file system security attributes for all file systems on devices with big flash sizes. This is needed by docker nowadays.
   * Activate kernel support for Multipath TCP on devices with big flash sizes.
+  * Improved support for WiFi6 (802.11ax) and initial support for WiFi7 (802.11be)
+    * Not many Wifi7 devices are supported by OpenWrt yet
+  * Improved Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) support
   * OpenWrt 24.10 uses OPKG only, APK packages are *not* supported. Only main branch was changed to APK.
+==== Many new devices added ====
+OpenWrt 24.10 supports over 1950 devices. Support for over 100 new devices was added in addition to the device support by OpenWrt 23.05.
+/* supported devices was counter like this: "git grep ^TARGET_DEVICES -- target/linux/ |wc" */
+ * Added support for [[:toh:openwrt:one|OpenWrt One]]
 === Target changes ===
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   * Removed octeontx target. It supported the Octeon-TX CN80XX/CN81XX based boards.
   * Removed oxnas target. It supported the PLXTECH/Oxford NAS782x/OX8xx.
+  * The qoriq target for the NXP QorIQ (PowerPC) SoCs is build
-==== Many new devices added ====
+  * The ipq806x target for Qualcomm Atheros IPQ806X SoCs was converted to DSA
-OpenWrt 24.10 supports over 1950 devices. Support for over 100 new devices was added in addition to the device support by OpenWrt 23.05.
-/* supported devices was counter like this: "git grep ^TARGET_DEVICES -- target/linux/ |wc" */
- * Added support for OpenWrt One
 ==== Core components update ====
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 :!: Sysupgrade from 22.03 to 24.10 is not officially supported.
-:!: User of the Linksys E8450 aka. Belkin RT3200 running OpenWrt 23.05 or earlier will need to run installer version [[https://github.com/dangowrt/owrt-ubi-installer/releases/tag/v1.1.3|v1.1.3]] or later in order to reorganize the UBI layout for the 24.10 release. Updating without using the installer will break the device. Sysupgrade will show a warning before doing an incompatible upgrade.
+:!: There is no configuration migration path for users of the ipq806x target for Qualcomm Atheros IPQ806X SoCs because it switched to [[docs:guide-user:network:dsa:start|DSA]]. You have to upgrade without saving the configuration.
+''Image version mismatch. image 1.1 device 1.0 Please wipe config during upgrade (force required) or reinstall. Config cannot be migrated from swconfig to DSA Image check failed''
+:!: User of the Linksys E8450 aka. Belkin RT3200 running OpenWrt 23.05 or earlier will need to run installer version [[https://github.com/dangowrt/owrt-ubi-installer/releases/tag/v1.1.3|v1.1.3]] or later in order to reorganize the UBI layout for the 24.10 release. [[https://forum.openwrt.org/t/belkin-rt3200-linksys-e8450-wifi-ax-discussion/94302/6214|A detailed description is in the OpenWrt forum.]] Updating without using the installer will break the device. Sysupgrade will show a warning before doing an incompatible upgrade.
 :!: Users of the Xiaomi AX3200 aka. Redmi AX6S running OpenWrt 23.05 or earlier have to follow a [[:toh:xiaomi:ax3200#upgrading_from_2305_and_earlier_to_upcoming_2410_or_snapshot|special upgrade procedure described in the wiki]]. This will increase the flash memory available for OpenWrt. Updating without following the guide in the wiki break the device. Sysupgrade will show a warning before doing an incompatible upgrade.