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OpenWRT 14.07 RC1 Supports Native IPv6, Procd Init System

Posted by Unknown on from the bofh-excuse-#3847-replacing-router-os dept.

An anonymous reader writes Release Candidate One of OpenWRT 14.07 "Barrier Breaker" is released. Big for this tiny embedded Linux distribution for routers in 14.07 is native IPv6 support and the procd init system integration. The native IPv6 support is with the RA and DHCPv6+PD client and server support plus other changes. Procd is OpenWRT's new preinit, init, hotplug, and event system. Perhaps not too exciting is support for upgrading on devices with NAND, and file system snapshot/restore so you can experiment without fear of leaving your network broken. There's also experimental support for the musl standard C library.

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  1. Why not systemd? by Gothmolly · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's all modern and D-Bussy and neckbeardy. Why not use systemd since init is old school?

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  2. Why not systemd? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    because systemd is not and init system. It's and everything system.

    Look at the comparison with procd in the openwrt to get an idea of the unbounded nature of systemd.

    systemd is not suitable for and embedded system because it's too fat.
    systemd is not suitable for an non-embedded system, because the performance gains over the lighter alternatives are insignificant on a desktop system.

  3. Re:Something is broken by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's on the list. Right after adding SSL and UNICODE support, and before fixing Beta.

  4. Re:Something is broken by xcyther · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously. I've been wondering why (especially in this day and age) this site - for nerds, mind you - hasn't implemented SSL or IPv6. It boggles my mind.

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