Firmware update: OpenWrt 14.07

OpenWrt is an alternative open source firmware for a large number various routers and embedded devices. By means of the opkg package management system there is the possibility to determine for yourself what the router can and cannot do. Also on GoT some people are actively working on this, for example for the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. After a lot of tinkering, the development of version 14.07, which has been given the name Barrier Breaker, has reached its end. Below are the release notes for this release.

Highlights since Attitude Adjustment

• Linux kernel updated to version 3.10
• Procd: new preinit, init, hotplug and event system written in C
• Native IPv6 support
  • RA & DHCPv6+PD client and server
  • Local prefix allocation & source-restricted routes (multihoming)
• File system improvements
  • Added support for sysupgrade on NAND-flash
  • Added support for filesystem snapshot and rollback
  • Rewritten mounting system in C for rootfs and block devices
• UCI configuration improvements
  • Support for testing configuration and rollback to working last working state
  • Unified change trigger system to restart services on demand
  • Added a data validation layer
• Networking improvements
  • Netifd now handles setup and configuration reload of wireless interfaces
  • Added reworked event support to allow obsoleting network hotplug scripts
  • Added support for dynamic firewall rules and zones
  • Added support for transparent multicast to unicast translation for bridges
  • Various other fixes and improvements

Additional highlights selectable in the package feeds or SDK

• Extended IPv6 support
  • Added DS-Lite support and improved 6to4, 6in4 and 6rd support
  • Experimental support for Lightweight 4over6, MAP-E and MAP-T
  • Draft support for self-managing home networks (HNCP)
• rpcd: new JSONRPC over HTTP frontend for remote access to ubus
• mdns: new lightweight mdns daemon (work in progress)
• Initial support for the musl C standard library
• Support for QMI-based 3g/4g modems
• Support for DNSSEC validation
• Added architecture for package signing and SHA256 hashing
• …and many more cool things