The long awaited 8.09 release is finally done. We took some extra
time to give it a lot of testing, to make sure that it's stable.

You can find it here: http://downloads.openwrt.org/kamikaze/8.09/

The source code repository URL is https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/tags/8.09 
If necessary, updates will be committed at https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/8.09
Packages were built from https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/packages_8.09
with SVN revision r14365


List of supported platforms:
   * AMCC Taishan
   * AMD Alchemy (MeshCube)
   * Atheros AR531x/231x based routers
   * Atmel AVR32
   * Broadcom 47xx based routers (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)
   * Infineon/ADMtek ADM5120
   * IXP42x/43x
   * MagicBox
   * MikroTik RouterBoard 532
   * RDC SoC
   * Texas Instruments AR7
   * User-Mode Linux (source only)
   * x86 based boards 

Changes from RC2 to 8.09:
   * Fixes for LuCI
   * More toolchain fixes for PowerPC
   * A small madwifi bugfix
   * Tx power handling fixes for multiple 802.11 drivers
   * Firewall fixes

Changes from RC1 to RC2:
   * Stability fixes for MadWiFi
   * Firewall fixes
   * Lots of package updates
   * PPPoE hotplug fixes
   * Atheros AR231x ethernet driver fixes
   * PowerPC fixes
   * ADM5120 support for both little and big endian
   * AVR32 compiler upgrade
   * Fixes for Broadcom 2.4 (stability, support for fixed bssid in ad-hoc mode)
   * Improved ethernet driver performance for Broadcom 47xx (Linux 2.4 and 2.6)

List of major changes from 7.09 to 8.09:
    * Busybox upgraded to 1.11.2
    * Kernel upgrades for all targets
    * uClibc upgraded to 0.9.29
    * Firewall rewrite, fully modular netfilter/iptables support
        - Syntax of /etc/config/firewall converted to UCI
    * ipkg package manager replaced with opkg
        - package lists moved to ramdisk, lists are not retained between reboots.
        - `opkg update' must be run after each reboot before new packages are installed
    * Broadcom 47xx running reliably with the new Kernel, including b43 wireless driver
        - WEP, WDS and multi-SSID not yet supported
    - AP mode and STA mode are supported with WPA, WPA2, or no encryption
    * IMQ and Traffic shaping fixed with newer kernels (2.6.25+)
    * Sysupgrade for x86, broadcom and adm5120
    * New web interface (LuCI, Lua Configuration Interface)
    * New HAL and driver for Atheros based WiFi cards
    * Attention towards the integration of security updates
    * Build system cleanup
    * Package maintaining and updates between releases 

List of known issues:
    * The b43 driver included in 8.09 is still not fully stable,
	  so it's not suitable for production use yet.