KP Kirchdoerfer wrote: > After a long time of silence the LEAF Bering-uClibc team announces the > first beta version of LEAF Bering-uClibc 4.0. > > Bering-uClibc 4.0 is basically Bering-uClibc 3.x brought up to date > with the latest versions of the main software components. But the most > important changes are: > - The Linux kernel is upgraded from 2.4.x to 2.6.x. > - The uClibc library is upgraded from 0.9.28 to 0.9.30. > - Upgrade of shorewall to the perl-based current version incl. shorewall6. > > Obviously an easy upgrade path can't be provided - we're sorry for > that. > > These changes bring both advantages and disadvantages compared to > Bering-uClibc 3.x. The main disadvantage is that the distribution is much > larger which means it no longer has any chance of being hosted on floppy > disk media. The main advantages are: > > - Hardware-specific kernel module loading has been partially automated, > resulting in less of a requirement to understand which combination of > modules is required on a particular hardware platform. > - The upgraded version of Shorewall requires a full installation of the > Perl interpreter. This makes it possible to run other services which > require Perl. > - Proper stateful connection tracking for IPv6 is only supported from > kernel version 2.6.24 onwards. > > As important as the software and infrastructure work (see below) looks > like, even more we appreciate to welcome new developers, who signed for the > biggest tasks moving LEAF Bering-uClibc forward. Namely Andrew, who became > lead developer for the kernel, uclibc and all the related hard stuff and > DavidMBrooke, who mainly worked on (building) the new images and moving the > documentation to mediawiki. > > Work on Bering-uClibc 4.x started in April 2010, with Andrew as the lead > developer and contributions from kapeka, Erich Titl and davidMbrooke among > others. The development was mostly completed beginning November 2010, with > multiple Alpha test systems "in production" for weeks. So it can't be that > bad :) > > For bug reports, requests, etc. please use the new TRAC interface: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/leaf/ > > Please let us know if you run into issues using TRAC. > > The documentation has been moved to mediawiki: > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Main_Page > > The documentation is still work in progress, though it's a lot easier to > maintain current documentation and create new chapters/pages than before - > feel free to help improving it. > > See also > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_4 > .x_-_Changelog > > for a complete Changelog. > > This first version after that major changes has some shortcomings: > read > https://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/leaf/index.php?title=Bering-uClibc_4 > .x_-_Known_Issues > > for currently known issues. > > We know that saying goodbye to the floppy version may hurt, on the other > hand we provide new images that has been optimized for different > architectures: > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_geode_syslinux_ser.tar.gz - optimized for Geode > CPU and seriell interface (e.g. ALIX Boards) > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i686_isolinux_vga.iso - CD image optimized for > i686 CPU with VGA interface > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i486_isolinux_vga.iso - CD image optimized for > i486 CPU with VGA interface > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i686_syslinux_vga.tar.gz - optimized for i686 CPU > with VGA interface to load from hd/cf > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_i486_syslinux_vga.tar.gz - optimized for i486 CPU > with VGA interface to load from hd/cf > > Bering-uClibc_4.0-beta1_src.tar - the complete sources tarball (as > required by SF) > > You can download the images from FRS: > https://sourceforge.net/projects/leaf/files/ > > Thanks for your attention. > > kp > > Bravo, LEAF team!
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