Bering-uClibc 4.x - Changelog

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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