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LEDE Project – RC1

Herzlichen Glückwunsch ans LEDE Projekt. RC1 ist erschienen
Lede ist ein Fork des beliebten OpenWRT. Allerdings steht, zumindest laut Changelog, OpenWRT seit 7 Monaten still. 

Hier das Log dazu. 

Some selected highlights since the OpenWrt Chaos Calmer release are:

  • Linux kernel updated to version 4.4.42 (from 3.18 in Chaos Calmer)
  • Update of essential software:
    • dnsmasq updated to 2.76 (from 2.73 in Chaos Calmer)
    • busybox updated to 1.25.1 (from 1.23.2 in Chaos Calmer)
    • mbedtls version 2.4.0 (updated from polarssl 1.3.14 in Chaos
      Calmer)
    • openssl updated to 1.0.2k
  • Improved Security Features
    • Use SHA256 instead of MD5 to validate source code for upstream
      packages
    • mbedtls: disable SSLv3 support
    • OpenSSL: disable support for compression, heartbeats, NPN,
      Whirlpool, and J-PAKE
    • Memory Corruption Mitigation Methods
      • gcc -Wformat -Wformat-security
      • User space Stack-Smashing Protection (Regular)
      • Kernel space Stack-Smashing Protection (Regular)
      • buffer-overflows detection (FORTIFY_SOURCE) (Conservative)
      • RELRO protection (Full)
  • Improved Networking Support
    • Smart Queue Management (SQM) minimizes bufferbloat by using the
      cake and fq_codel qdisc’s. //[[:docs:howto:sqm|More…]]//
    • 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
    • Various stability and regression fixes to the Linux wireless
      stack and ath9k in particular
    • Provide alternative Candela-Tech ath10k-ct driver
  • Updated toolchain
    • musl 1.1.15
    • gcc 5.4.0
    • binutils 2.25.1
  • Platform and Driver Support
    • Lantiq
      • Added redistributable DSL firmware
      • Updated DSL phy drivers
    • Added new targets:tickets
      • apm821xx (AppliedMicro APM821xx)
      • arc770 (Synopsys DesignWare ARC 770D)
      • archs38 (Synopsys DesignWare ARC HS38)
      • armvirt (QEMU ARM Virtual Machine)
      • ipq806x (Qualcomm Atheros IPQ806X)
      • layerscape (NXP Layerscape)
      • zynq (Xilinx Zynq 7000 SoCs)
    • Reorganized x86 target:
      • Drop dedicated Xen DomU target, merged with x86/generic
      • 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
    • Separation of base system and community feeds to simplify
      distribution of binary package updates
    • Fixes and enhancements in package dependency handling, better
      support for virtual provides
    • Per-device rootfs images to better tune package selection to each
      individual device profile
    • New image build code improving compilation times and simplifying
      device profile declarations
    • New package/…/check make target to run a series of standard
      diagnostics on Makefiles
    • 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

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