Kamikaze 8.09

The long awaited 8.09 release is finally done. We took some extra time to give it a lot of testing, to make sure that it's stable.

You can find it here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09/

The source code repository URL is https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/tags/8.09
If necessary, updates will be committed at https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/8.09
Packages were built from https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/packages_8.09 with SVN revision r14365

List of supported platforms:

AMCC Taishan
AMD Alchemy (MeshCube)
Atheros AR531x/231x based routers
Atmel AVR32
Broadcom 47xx based routers (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)
Infineon/ADMtek ADM5120
IXP42x/43x
MagicBox
MikroTik RouterBoard 532
RDC SoC
Texas Instruments AR7
User-Mode Linux (source only)
x86 based boards

Changes from RC2 to 8.09:

Fixes for LuCI
More toolchain fixes for PowerPC
A small madwifi bugfix
Tx power handling fixes for multiple 802.11 drivers
Firewall fixes

Changes from RC1 to RC2:

Stability fixes for MadWiFi
Firewall fixes
Lots of package updates
PPPoE hotplug fixes
Atheros AR231x ethernet driver fixes
PowerPC fixes
ADM5120 support for both little and big endian
AVR32 compiler upgrade
Fixes for Broadcom 2.4 (stability, support for fixed bssid in ad-hoc mode)
Improved ethernet driver performance for Broadcom 47xx (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)

List of major changes from 7.09 to 8.09:

Busybox upgraded to 1.11.2
Kernel upgrades for all targets
uClibc upgraded to 0.9.29
Firewall rewrite, fully modular netfilter/iptables support
1. Syntax of /etc/config/firewall converted to UCI
ipkg package manager replaced with opkg
1. package lists moved to ramdisk, lists are not retained between reboots.
2. 'opkg update' must be run after each reboot before new packages are installed
Broadcom 47xx running reliably with the new Kernel, including b43 wireless driver
1. WEP, WDS and multi-SSID not yet supported
2. AP mode and STA mode are supported with WPA, WPA2, or no encryption
IMQ and Traffic shaping fixed with newer kernels (2.6.25+)
Sysupgrade for x86, broadcom and adm5120
New web interface (LuCI, Lua Configuration Interface)
New HAL and driver for Atheros based WiFi cards
Attention towards the integration of security updates
Build system cleanup
Package maintaining and updates between releases

List of known issues:

The b43 driver included in 8.09 is still not fully stable, so it's not suitable for production use yet.