| First OpenWrt kamikaze build released ! |
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| Written by macsat | |
| Sunday, 03 June 2007 | |
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The very first official build of OpenWrt Kamikaze is released. Kamikaze is the next generation OpenWrt firmware, which supports a LOT more platforms than the previous WhiteRussian Branch. The most important changes from the WhiteRussian Branch are theese (from the official release.txt file) :
Build system.
We've made a radical change and tossed away NVRAM based configuration
The build - dubbed 7.06 can be found here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/7.06/
Click "Read More" for the entire readme file. Kamikaze 7.06, June 2007======================== This marks the first official release of Kamikaze. What's new in Kamikaze? Build system. Our build system (aka buildroot) has been completely rewritten since the whiterussian releases. There's tons of new packages, and adding support for new packages has never been easier. Platforms. There are 8 supported architectures listed below, with support for many more in progress. Almost all of these platforms are based on 2.6 kernels with the exception of Broadcom -- Sorry; we couldn't get a stable wifi connection on 2.6. Configuration. We've made a radical change and tossed away NVRAM based configuration in favor of a much more robust set of config files. Platforms --------- atheros-2.6 - Fon Fonera, Ubiquiti LiteStation 2/5, Ubiquiti PowerStation2 Atheros AR231x/AR5312 based devices. au1000-2.6 - Access/Meshcube (aka 4G Systems MTX-1) brcm-2.4 - Broadcom devices requiring Broadcom wifi (everyone migrating from Whiterussian) brcm47xx-2.6 - Netgear WGT634U, Broadcom Devices without Broadcom wifi (you can use this instead of brcm-2.4 but wifi won't work) ixp4xx-2.6 - Adi Engineering Pronghorn Metro, Compex NP18A, Compex WP18, Gateworks Avila, Iomega StorCenter, Linksys NSLU2* (NSLU2 avaiable via http://www.slug-firmware.net/) magicbox-2.6 - Magicbox v1.1 / v2.0 rb532-2.6 - Mikrotik RouterBoard 532 x86-2.6 - x86 based devices (eg. WRAP) Configuration ------------- All of the configuration data is now kept within the filesystem, under the /etc/config directory. This means that when installing or reflashing, the configuration will be reset to default values as the filesystem is replaced. LAN: 192.168.1.1/24 WAN: DHCP WIFI: Disabled Telnet: Enabled until root password set SSH: Used after setting root password The new configuration files are built in sections, each section begins with a "config" keyword defining the section, followed by one or more "option" keywords defining values for that section. config <type> <name> option <name> <value> option <name> <value> ... Configuration can be done either by editing the configuration files directly or by using the "uci" tool in a manner similar to the previous nvram util. uci show uci show <config file> uci show <config file>.<config name> uci get <file>.<config>.<option> uci set <file>.<config>.<option>=<value> uci del <file>.<config>.<option> uci commit Example: root@OpenWrt:~# uci show network.lan network.lan=interface network.lan.ifname=eth0.0 network.lan.proto=static network.lan.ipaddr=192.168.1.1 network.lan.netmask=255.255.255.0 root@OpenWrt:~# uci set network.lan.ipaddr="192.168.1.20" root@OpenWrt:~# uci get network.lan.ipaddr 192.168.1.20 root@OpenWrt:~# uci commit root@OpenWrt:~# /etc/init.d/network restart Packages -------- Additional features or utilities can be added via the ipkg system. ipkg update ipkg list ipkg install <package> ipkg remove <package> Note, there are two compressed filesystems, squashfs and jffs2. The squashfs partition is readonly and contains all the files shipped with the firmware. The jffs2 partition is writable, and stores changes to squashfs. - Reinstalling or upgrading packages contained on squashfs is not recommend; the old package will simply be hidden, not deleted. - Because the filesystems are compressed, ipkg cannot determine if you have enough free space, and consequently may run out. If this happens you should try to manually delete files. Misc. ----- Support: http://forum.openwrt.org/ http://irc.openwrt.org/ Bug reports: https://dev.openwrt.org/ (New Ticket/View Ticket) (Please try support first) |
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