Linux & Main
- Update Linux (buildroot) to v2021.02. So pretty much all packages got updated. Actually i'm not a big fan of updating the whole OS as MiSTer is not a PC and doesn't need upgrade without a good reason. Anyway it's worth to upgrade after 4 years.
- Some optimisation in boot sequence: connman has been removed in favor of traditional dhcpcd. Connman was used only for ethernet configuration but caused some disruptions in WiFi and BT while booting. So disk statistics utils were added (dstat, iostat, iotop).
- BlueZ (bluetooth stack) update to v5.61.
- Fixed: disk LED in previous release showed false disk activity.
- Added USB WiFi drivers: RTL8188EU, RTL8188FU
- Input: removed use of motion sensor in DualShock/DualSense.
- C64: fixed T64 format handling.
- Menu: arrange status icons dynamically.
Note: Linux release now uses 7zip compression due to size restriction on github.
Comments (11)
Thank you for all your hard work on the MiSTer project
Legend! Thanks for this amazing update!
I had random disruptions with my wifi dongle, sometimes it did not loaded correctly and had to reboot to have it working again. I agree with not updating Linux components too often for stability reasons but 4 years is reasonable time to update, thanks for your work and dedication.
it's hard to find out as it seems ok for me. You may enable kernel debug messages on USB console to see what's happening when wifi doesn't start or gets disconnected. May be WiFi reception isn't good in your place..
Thanks for your great job! Did the LFTP program disappear with this update? I was using it for scripts.
there is another ftp client - ncftp. Actually i wanted to remove all ftp clients as it's something not related to MiSTer. There are also curl and wget utils to download files from urls.
Great work!!!
7zip archiver has been added to repo in case if you want to extract it on MiSTer. Script probably needs update
I do like the updates because the longer you wait the harder it gets when it's actually needed. I really like how the vanilla kernel now works. Also my USB wifi dongle I had lying around now works!
I dislike the full OS updates because I have to reset samba to enable access to my usb hard drive as detailed here https://misterfpga.org/viewtopic.php?p=1199#p1199
New Linux releases start linux/user-startup.sh script if found. So you can add customizations there. You can add check if changes have been vanished and re-do them automatically from the script. You do it once and then forget.