Diffs between 1.00.06.5 and 1.00.07

[omega]

Hi everybody.....

Finally I've updated my N5200 to firmware 1.00.07.... ;D

As always, I've checked all the differences between the four ROM images. Here is a short overview:

Files below /opt:
No changes.

Files below /lib/modules:
* ICH4_GPIO watchdog module was changed
* new module md/dm-ksnapshot.ko
* md/dm-snapshot.ko and md/md-mod.ko changed
* some of the ethernet drivers (e100, e1000, tg3, tun, 8139too, bnx2, r8169) changed
* some of the USB network drivers changed (gadget/g_ether.ko, catc.ko, kaweth.ko, pegasus.ko, rtl8150.ko, usbnet.ko)

Files below /img/bin:
* btn_reset was changed so it restores the admin password and the DHCP start and end IP's on a N5200 reset.
* logevent/email script was changed to use angle brackets around the email addresses and they added a message template for the new fsck feature.
* logevent/event was augmented for two additional log event ids
* rc/rc.ipx: the IPX startup script was corrected
* sysdown.sh: the wol_suspend flag is set for eth0 on system shutdown
* The udpr binary was changed

Files below /img/www:
* There are new files batch.htm, batch.html and batch_edit.htm: these files implements a new batch feature, but the code is not activated yet, I assume it's status is between alpha and beta :-)
* delshare.html: after deleting a share the IPX daemon is restarted too
* fsck.htm, fsck.html fsck_ui.htm: these files adds support for the new fsck feature
* setaddshare.html: IPX is restarted after adding a share
* wlchange.html: the WAN/LAN change dialog was somehow beautified
* Additions to the language catalogs
* Some minor bug fixes, mostly typos and minor things

That's all!

I hardly could suppress my feeling that the changes between 1.00.06.5 and 1.00.07 are somehow too small. Most of my bug fixes a suggestions haven't been added yet...

But I've heard that at least some of them are scheduled for 1.00.08 though....

Andreas

[Arctra]

Thanks for the analysis. Yeah, I gotta say I didn't think the move from 06.5 to 07 was much of a change, but at least it hasn't broken anything of mine! ;D

If only they'd show us a feature/change roadmap for the next releses

[jamis]

Well.. considering 6.5 was a beta, its not THAT surprising to me that there aren't a ton of differences between it and the official release that followed (7.0).

Not to say that I wouldn't like to see the bugfixes/features added faster though...

[omega]

Hi Jamis,

I disagree.....

Due to the fact that in 1.00.06.5 they already started to add SNMP, module support and some other features and regarding the announcement that the snapshot feature will be available soon I'm still a little bit surprised to see almost cosmetic changes.

There is no busybox executable even though Thecus know that the current one will create an endless loop under special conditions. The module support has been added but still the link to the module properties is not working, the module update feature is not working. I have no doubt that it will be done in 1.00.08 but like you I thought they would have been integrated the bug fixes more faster. It is not the reason they don't know about these issues: I've told them everything, most of the time including my proposals how to fix the bugs.

Andreas