WHITE RUSSIAN RC1 ----------------- What is this? We got sick of calling the builds "experimental" and created a new branch called "whiterussian". This contains all your favorite toys from the old experimental branch but has a focus on stablity instead of trying to be bleeding edge. What the heck are all these files? If you've been using OpenWrt you'll probably already know this, but for the benefit of those using OpenWrt for the first time: Squashfs files: The firmwares with "squashfs" in the filename use a combination of a readonly squashfs partition and a writable jffs2 partition. This gives you a /rom with all the files that shipped with the firmware and a writable root containing symlinks to /rom. Jffs2 files: The firmwares with "jffs2" in the name are jffs2 only; all of the files are fully writable. The "4M" and "8M" in the filenames is a reference to the flash block size; most 4M flash chips use a block size of 64k while most 8M chips tend to use a 128k block size -- there are some exceptions. The jffs2 partition needs to be formatted for the correct block size and hence the two versions. NOTE: With the jffs2 versions you'll get a "disk full" error message attempting to modify anything durring the initial bootup; this is a side effect of the initial setup and will go away after a reboot. Which version should I use? The squashfs versions give you slightly more jffs2 space and are capable of booting even when the jffs2 filesystem is broken or corrupted. Unless you specifically require the jffs2 version, use the squashfs version. If you later decide you needed the jffs2 version you can easily convert on the fly -- just replace all the symlinks pointing to /rom with actual files, run "jffs2root --move" and reboot. TRX extension: These are the firmware in raw format, suitable for writing directly to the flash or for vendors that don't require a BIN file. BIN extension: Same as above but with a vendor specific header. Errata - /sbin/wifi: Does not support WDS; has issues if wl0_crypto is set and WPA is not used.