Bering-uClibc 4.x - Changelog

Changes between 4.0-beta2 and 4.0-rc1 (or 4.0-beta3, depending on what the next release is called)

(not yet released)

libpcap, tcpdump 

patch to the makefile for libpcap to fix a tcpdump bug (Trac ticket #25)

hdparm (part of hdsupp) 

updated to latest upstream version (6.9 -> 9.37)

pcre 

updated to the latest upstream version ( 6.7 -> 8.12)

ebtables 

updated to the latest upstream version 2.0.9-2

Changes between 4.0-beta1 and 4.0-beta2

(released 23 January 2011)

general 

update syslinux to version 4.03

new image Bering-uClibc_i486_syslinux_ser (e.g for WRAP boards)

add UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC and UCLIBC_HAS_REENTRANT_RPC in uClibc config (for NFS server)

changed syslog-ng.conf to reduce the appearance of log messages in various log files

bootstrapping into tmpfs for rootfs - enables df -h and spacecheck for rootfs and prevents out-of-memory errors for rootfs (like in Bering-uClibc 3.x)

busybox 

enable mktemp

enable less

new upstream version 1.18.2

initrd 

move busybox ntpd configuration files to a seperate package (bbntpd.lrp)

images 

add mawk.lrp to leaf.cfg LRP list (required by iptables)

add the lwp files for webconf to the images

buildtool 

fix kernel version

kernel 

kernel updated to 2.6.35.10

enabled kernel panic (& reboot if specified in sysctl.conf) on soft-lockup

added warnings about hung tasks

added ESFQ support

added pata_sc1200 Module for PC Engines WRAP IDE controller

shorewall 

new upstream version 4.4.15.3

add missing tcrules config skeleton

change macro syntax in LEAF default settings to current shorewall layout

added new packages shorewall-lite and shorewall6-lite for review and testing

openssl 

new upstream version 0.9.8q

quagga,zebra,ripd, ospfd, etc. 

remove requirement of librt.lrp (lib's already included in initrd)

ipset 

fix requires and help section

iptables 

add mawk.lrp as requirement

hdsupp 

fix /sbin/fdisk

fix segfault in mke2fs

new upstream version 1.41.14

ppp-hsh 

modified to work with 2 upstream interfaces (for ex., one - for Internet and one - for local traffic-exchange point or LAN), now incoming traffic is sorted by iptables and then classified by fwmarks (mark 1 - high-priority, mark 2 - IX traffic); outgoing traffic is redirected to IFB (if there is no need of speed differentiation) or shaped on 2 outgoing interfaces separately.

libevent 

upgrade to latest stable upstream version (1.1a -> 1.4.14b) for development of nfs server code (libevent is currently only used by tor package)

devtools 

new Package devtools.lrp containing /bin/ldd and /usr/bin/strace (probably only of interest to LEAF developers)

moddb 

add libraries for xt_string.ko

add act_police.ko, cls_flow.ko and sch_tbf.ko required for shorewall traffic shaping

iproute 

add ESFQ support

pppoesrv 

update to new upstream version rp-pppoe 3.10

add new package for pppoe relay daemon

portmap 

new Package portmap.lrp containing an ONCRPC Port Mapper daemon required for an NFS Server

libnfsidmap 

new Package libnfsidmap.lrp containing ID mapping code required for rpc.idmapd (part of NFS Server)

nfs-utils 

new Package nfs-utils.lrp containing the user-space utilities for the kernel's NFS Server capability. In conjunction with portmap, libnfsidmap and the relevant kernel Modules (included in modules.tgz) this enables Bering-uClibc to act as an NFS v2, v3 or v4 file server

ethtool 

update to new upstream version 2.6.37

rsync 

update to new upstream version 3.0.7

tor 

update to new upstream version 0.2.1.29

privoxy 

update to new upstream version 3.0.17 (adds ipv6 support)

radvd 

update to new upstream version 1.7

module-init-tools 

update to new upstream version 3.12 for compatibility with make 3.82

dmidecode 

update to new upstream version 2.10

drivers 

Linux driver for Intel® 82575/6 and 82580-based network connections using kernel version 2.4.21 through 2.6.x.

Changes between 3.1 and 4.0-beta1

(released 28 November 2010)

general 

updated kernel to 2.6.35.8

updated uClibc to 0.9.30.3

updated busybox to 1.17.1

added busybox patch to change default modprobe behavior if there are two or more modules that corresponds to one modalias (it'll load module that have longest 'prefix' before first asterisk in it's modalias)

updated iproute2 to 2.6.35

used syslog-ng as logger

updated gcc in build environement to 4.4.5

updated automake to 1.9.6

updated autoconf to 2.68

provides different images optimised for i486, geode and i686

provides images with vga or serial support

core scripts/kernel options changes 

removed support of paging file

disk subsystem moved from old ATA/MFM/RLL drivers to new ATA/SATA (SCSI-like)

root FS migrated from initrd to initramfs; so syst_size option becomes obsolete (initramfs uses up to half of physical memory)

included automatic module loading by modaliases in init script and in boot-time modprobe script

added kernel variable KMODULES that specify modules from initrd that must be loaded before autoprobing for modaliases

added mdev for automatic creation of device nodes in /dev

added firmware for NICs in firmware.tgz

save firmware in moddb.lrp

other packages changes 

included full-weight perl 5.12.1

included accel-pptpd 0.8.5 (kernel-mode PPTP client/server)

included packages for automatically backup system partition and update .lrp packages if fresh ones are present on update server

replaced 6wall with (perl-based) Shorewall6

added igmpproxy.lrp, libnl.lrp

ppp 

included ifb-based shaper for PPP connections (for outgoing traffic)

added patch for pppd for enabling mppe-128 encryption (allow-mppe-128 instead of require-mppe-128) - that will help to accept both pap/chap/mschap and mschapv2 authentication

pppoe-discovery added

busybox 

added ntpd and traceroute applet, replacing openntpd.lrp and traceroute.lrp

package updates 

iptables to 1.4.9.1

quagga to 0.99.17

hostapd to 0.7.3

net-snmp to 5.4.3

shorewall to (perl-based) 4.4.14

ipvsadmin to 1.25

kismet to 2010-07-R1

mysql to 5.0.91

elvis to 1.4-22

bash to 3.2.48

tcpdump to 4.1.1

libpcap to 1.1.1

keepalived to 1.1.20

dhcpcd to 4.0.15

linux-atm to 2.5.1

vsftpd to 2.2.2

wpa_supplicant to 0.5.11

e2fsprogs to 1.41.12

openvpn to 2.1.3

lmsensors to 3.2.0 (plus improved auto-detection)

tinyproxy to 1.8.2

libtool to 2.4

e3 to 2.8