OpenWrt 24.10 release status

[Hauke Mehrtens]

On 1/15/25 00:24, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We released OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc5 last week. The OpenWrt 24.10 branch 
> looks good so far.
> 
> I am planning an OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc6 next weekend and then the final 
> release about 1 week later if nothing big breaks. Feel free to backport 
> stuff if needed.
> 
> 
> There are still some regression compared to 23.05.
> These are the big regressions affecting multiple people I am aware of.
> 
> ath10k: 5 GHz radio not detected:
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/14541
>      This affects multiple devices with ath10k radio.
> 
> mt7621: Periodic link down+up since 24.10.0-rc*
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17351
>      It looks like there is a regression in the PHY driver for
>      mt7621. When people deactivate EEE it works more stable.
> 
> Ruijie RG-X60 Pro WAN Port Not Working - (Realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG)
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17183
>      The Realtek RTL8221B-VB-CG PHY does not work at all on some
>      devices.
> 
> 6.6: NAT64 and NAT66 performance degradation
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/15857
>      NAT64 and NAT66 performance degradation since kernel 6.6
> 
> 
> All issues reported for OpenWrt 24.10:
> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues? 
> q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+sort%3Aupdated-desc+label%3Arelease%2F24.10
> 
> 
> I would like to promote attended sysupgrade more.
> I would like to add luci-app-attendedsysupgrade by default into the 
> images to make more people aware of it.
> Can we handle the extra load?
> What do you think?
> 
> I think it still has a problem with 24.10, see:
>      attended sysupgrade does not show RC5 release:
>      https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17595
> 
> Hauke


Hi,

I had a look at the current issues for 24.10. Most of them are looking 
harmless.

Since 24.10.0-rc7 eeprom paring is broken for some devices, see:
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17818

I think this broke it: 
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/150aa9aeee509dba5255885618d8df372670e8f3

I would just revert to tomorrow if no one comes up with a real fix. Then 
the MAC address is wrong, but at least the wifi comes up.


Linksys EA7500v1 and Linksys EA8500 do not get correct mac addresses and 
then network is not working, see:
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/issues/17157


I am planning to tag 24.10.0 final on Monday evening.

Hauke