OpenWrt 23.05.0 - First stable release
Nicholas Smith
nicholas at nbembedded.com
Fri Oct 13 03:28:30 PDT 2023
Congratulations on an epic release
All the best,
Nicholas
All the best,
Nicholas
Nicholas Smith
NB Embedded Pty Ltd
nicholas at nbembedded.com
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On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 at 19:26, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The OpenWrt community is proud to announce the first stable release of
> the OpenWrt 23.05 stable series.
> OpenWrt 23.05.0 incorporates over 4300 commits since branching the
> previous OpenWrt 22.03 release and has been under development for over
> one year.
>
> Download firmware images using the OpenWrt Firmware Selector:
> * https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.0
> Download firmware images directly from our download servers:
> * https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.0/targets/
>
> Highlights in OpenWrt 23.05.0:
> ==============================
>
> Many new devices added
> ======================
>
> OpenWrt 23.05 supports over 1790 devices. Support for over 200 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
> * The mediatek/filogic subtarget for the Mediatek Filogic 830 and 630
> SoCs was added
> * The sifiveu target for the HiFive RISC-V Unleashed and Unmatched
> boards
>
> Highlights of device support
> ============================
>
> * Switched ipq40xx target to DSA
> * VDSL support on AVM FRITZ!Box 7530
> * Support for devices with 2.5G PHYs
> * Acer Predator W6 (MT7986A)
> * Mercusys MR90X v1 (MT7986BLA)
> * Netgear WAX206 (MT7622)
> * Netgear WAX220 (MT7986)
> * ZyXEL NWA50AX Pro (MT7981)
> * Asus (TUF Gaming) AX4200 (MT7986A)
> * Netgear WAX218 (IPQ8074)
> * Xiaomi AX9000 (IPQ8074)
> * Dynalink DL-WRX36 (IPQ8074)
> * GL.iNet GL-MT6000 (MT7986A)
> * Netgear WAX620 (IPQ8072A)
> * ZyXEL EX5700 (MT7986)
> * Support for Wifi 6E (6GHz)
> * Acer Predator W6 (MT7986A)
> * ZyXEL EX5700 (MT7986)
> * 2 Gbps WAN/LAN NAT Routing on ramips MT7621 devices (See OpenWrt
> forum)
> * Improved DSL statistics on ubus and in LuCI
> * Added Arm SystemReady (EFI) compliant target replacing the armvirt
> target
>
>
> Switch from wolfssl to mbedtls as default
> =========================================
>
> OpenWrt has transitioned its default cryptographic library from wolfssl
> to mbedtls. This shift brings several changes and implications:
>
> * Size Efficiency: mbedtls is considerably smaller, making it an
> optimal choice for systems where storage space is paramount.
> * LTS and ABI Stability: mbedtls consistently provides updates via its
> Long Term Support (LTS) branch, ensuring both security and a stable
> application binary interface (ABI). In contrast, wolfssl does not
> offer an LTS release, and its stable ABI is limited to a specific set
> of functions.
> * TLS 1.3 Support: Users should be aware that mbedtls 2.28 no longer
> supports TLS 1.3.
>
> While mbedtls is now the default, users who have specific needs or
> preferences can still manually switch back to wolfssl or choose openssl.
>
>
> Rust Package Support
> ====================
>
> This release introduces the ability to include rust-written programs
> into the OpenWrt package infrastructure. Examples are: bottom, maturin,
> aardvark-dns and ripgrep.
>
>
> Core components update
> ======================
>
> Core components have the following versions in 23.05.0:
>
> * Updated toolchain:
> * musl libc 1.2.4
> * glibc 2.37
> * gcc 12.3.0
> * binutils 2.40
> * Updated Linux kernel
> * 5.15.134 for all targets
> * Network:
> * hostapd master snapshot from September 2023
> * dnsmasq 2.89
> * dropbear 2022.82
> * cfg80211/mac80211 from kernel 6.1.24
> * System userland:
> * busybox 1.36.1
>
>
> Upgrading to 23.05.0
> ====================
>
> Sysupgrade can be used to upgrade a device from 22.03 to 23.05, and
> configuration will be preserved in most cases.
>
> * Sysupgrade from 21.02 to 23.05 is not officially supported.
> * ipq40xx EA6350v3, EA8300, MR8300 and WHW01 require tweak to the
> U-Boot environment on update from 22.03 to 23.05. Refer to the Device
> wiki or the instruction on sysupgrade on how to do this change.
> Config needs to be reset on sysupgrade.
>
>
> Known issues
> ============
>
> * lantiq/xrx200 target is not build because the DSA driver for the
> integrated GSWIP switch shows some error messages.
> * bcm53xx: Netgear R8000 and Linksys EA9200 Ethernet is broken
>
> See up to date information here:
> https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0#known_issues
>
>
> -----------------
>
> Full release notes and upgrade instructions are available at
> https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0
>
> In particular, make sure to read the regressions and known issues before
> upgrading:
> https://openwrt.org/releases/23.05/notes-23.05.0#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
>
> To download the 23.05.0 images, navigate to:
> https://downloads.openwrt.org/releases/23.05.0/targets/
> Use OpenWrt Firmware Selector to download:
> https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=23.05.0
>
> As always, a big thank you goes to all our active package maintainers,
> testers, documenters and supporters.
>
> Have fun!
>
> The OpenWrt Community
>
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