OpenWrt 23.05.0-rc1 first release candidate
Hi, The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first release candidate of the upcoming OpenWrt 23.05 stable series. OpenWrt 23.05.0-rc1 incorporates over 3900 commits since branching the previous OpenWrt 22.03 release and has been under development for over one year. This is just a release candidate and not the final release yet. Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector: * https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.0-rc1 Download firmware images directly from our download servers: * https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.0-rc1/targets/ Highlights in OpenWrt 23.05.0: == Many new devices added == OpenWrt 23.05 supports over 1750 devices. Support for over 160 new devices was added in addition to the device support by OpenWrt 22.03. * The ipq807x target for the Qualcomm IPQ807x Wifi 6 SoCs was added Highlights of device support * Switched ipq40xx target to DSA * VDSL support on AVM FRITZ!Box 7530 * Support for devices with 2.5G PHYs * Netgear WAX206 (MT7622) * Asus (TUF Gaming) AX4200 (MT7986A) * Netgear WAX218 (IPQ8074) * Xiaomi AX9000 (IPQ8074) * Dynalink DL-WRX36 (IPQ8074) * Improved DSL statistics on ubus and in LuCI Switch from wolfssl to mbedtls as default = OpenWrt switched the default cryptographic library from wolfssl to mbedtls. This library is used for HTTPS/TLS in the Webserver providing LuCI and for the cryptographic operations in hostapd. mbedtls provides security updates in their LTS branch without changing the application binary interface (ABI) of the library. wolfssl provides a stable ABI only for a very limited subset of functions. mbedtls allows us to update only mbedtls without the need to recompile and upgrade all users of mbedtls. Core components update == Core components have the following versions in 23.05.0-rc1: * Updated toolchain: * musl libc 1.2.4 * glibc 2.37 * gcc 12.3.0 * binutils 2.40 * Updated Linux kernel * 5.15.114 for all targets * Network: * hostapd master snapshot from March 2023 * dnsmasq 2.89 * dropbear 2022.82 * cfg80211/mac80211 from kernel 6.1.24 * System userland: * busybox 1.36.1 - Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0-rc1 In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before upgrading: https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0-rc1#known_issues For a detailed list of all changes since 22.03.0, refer to https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/changelog-23.05.0-rc1 To download the 23.05.0-rc1 images, navigate to: https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.0-rc1/targets/ Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download: https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.0-rc1 As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers, testers, documenters and supporters. Have fun! The OpenWrt Community --- To stay informed of new OpenWrt releases and security advisories, there are new channels available: * a low-volume mailing list for important announcements: https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-announce * a dedicated "announcements" section in the forum: https://forum.openwrt.org/c/announcements/14 * other announcement channels (such as RSS feeds) might be added in the future, they will be listed at https://openwrt.org/contact ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
Switching 22.03 build base to Debian 11 as well [Was: Re: Upgrading buildbot and switching to Debian 11]
Hi, > Petr Štetiar [2023-05-15 17:35:04]: > > > FYI, just started moving master buildbot server to a new hardware and will > > move snapshot builds there first to iron out any remaining issues. > > > > While at it I'm updating it to the latest buildbot 3.8.0 release and > > switching > > base container images from Debian 10 to Debian 11[1]: > > > > "Debian 10 LTS support ends on 6/2024, so it makes no sense to use it as > > a base for 23.05 release, so lets switch to Debian 11 which should've > > LTS support till 6/2026." > > > > I'll try to keep you updated during transition. > > So snapshot phase1/images just finished one full build cycle on the new > setup[1] and images should be ready for download and testing. > > Currently phase2/packages are being crunched[2] and should should be > available in ~12h or so. > > The next steps are roughly following: > > * prepare the infra for 23.05 > * migrate over 22.03 it has been a month already, so it seems like a switch to Debian 11 as a base went fine, without regressions, so IMO we're probably good to go and use the same Debian 11 base for 22.03 as well? Any objections? BTW speaking about Debian 11, I was made aware on IRC, that there is Debian 12 around the corner: < dwfreed> also, before putting in all this effort to move to debian 11, why not wait a month or so and move to debian 12 once the post-release dust settles? < dwfreed> it literally releases in a 3 days (barring last minute emergencies, Debian 12 will be released on the 10th) < dwfreed> realistically, you could most likely move to debian 12 now < dwfreed> most of the post release bugs are going to be in desktop, which is obviously not applicable here Since we're still in RC phase for 23.05 it might be worth considering? Cheers, Petr ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
armvirt -> armsr target rename [Was: Re: EFI / SystemReady support for OpenWrt on arm64]
Hi, FYI there is an ongoing effort[1] to rename armvirt target to armsr (Arm SystemReady) armvirt/32 becomes armsr/armv7 (title: 32-bit (armv7) machines) armvirt/64 becomes armsr/armv8 (title: 64-bit (armv8) machines) BOARDNAME:=Arm SystemReady compliant (EFI) armv7/armv8 subtarget seems like a good fit for possibly upcoming armv9. Should you've any objections or better ideas, please speak now otherwise I'm going to merge this during a weekend, there is a plan[2] already to backport this new naming scheme into the 23.05 as well. 1. https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/12832 2. https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/12817 Cheers, Petr ___ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
