Gluon 2017.1.2 (in development) =============================== New features ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Preserve *gw_mode* on sysupgrades (`#1196 `_) When a Gluon node is used as uplink (for example by connecting it to a router with a DHCP server directly, instead of using non-Gluon servers for the internet uplink), the *gw_mode* must be set to *server* on that node. The changed *gw_mode* is now preserved on upgrades. * Allow configuring the batman-adv routing algorithm (*BATMAN IV* or *BATMAN V*) in *site.conf* (`#1185 `_) *BATMAN V* still hasn't received extensive testing (and is incompatible with *BATMAN IV*). This new option allows to set up *BATMAN V*-based test meshes. If unset, the routing algorithm will default to *BATMAN IV*. Configuration: .. code-block:: lua mesh = { batman_adv = { routing_algo = 'BATMAN_V' } } * New *show-release* Make target The command ``make show-release`` can be used to print the release number defined by *GLUON_RELEASE* to the standard output. This can be useful for build scripts when a ``$(shell ...)`` expression is used in *site.mk* to generate the release number. Bugfixes ~~~~~~~~ * The image build code used for some devices has been fixed, solving multiple issues (`#1193 `_) Problems caused by this issue include: - sysupgrade rejecting Allnet images - OpenMesh devices losing their configuration on upgrades This is a regression in Gluon v2017.1. * Improve sysupgrade error handling (`#1160 `_) If for some reason processes don't react to SIGKILL (usually because of a kernel bug), a node could hang forever in sysupgrade, requiring a power cycle. This has been fixed, triggering a reboot instead. * Also display *gluon-config-mode:novpn* message when Tunneldigger is installed, but disabled (`#1172 `_) It was only displayed on nodes with fastd before. Known issues ~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Default TX power on many Ubiquiti devices is too high, correct offsets are unknown (`#94 `_) Reducing the TX power in the Advanced Settings is recommended. * The MAC address of the WAN interface is modified even when Mesh-on-WAN is disabled (`#496 `_) This may lead to issues in environments where a fixed MAC address is expected (like VMware when promicious mode is disallowed). * Inconsistent respondd API (`#522 `_) The current API is inconsistent and will be replaced eventually. The old API will still be supported for a while. * Sporadic segfaults of busybox (ash) when running shell scripts on ar71xx (`#1157 `_) The workaround added in Gluon v2017.1.1 has greatly reduced the frequency of segfaults, but did not make them disappear completely.