Broadcom WAN Agnostic Residential Gateway
Embedded System Source
Router Release Packages 5.20.x

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System Requirements

Operating Systems:

• Linux 2.4.20 kernel
• Linux 2.6.22 kernel
• VxWorks Tornado 2.1(END)

Hardware:

• BCM94705LGR, BCM94704agr, BCM94704mpcb  -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94321 MiniPCI card -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94322 MiniPCI card -or-
• Base Reference Design with a BCM94312 SDIO module -or-
• Vendor Equivalent

Current Known Limitations, Problems and Notices 

• Customer shall (i) obtain all government approvals and registrations for Customer's use of the software and (ii) comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations in connection therewith (including, without limitation, regulatory requirements under Title 47 CFR Part 15, Industry Canada RSS-210, European Directive 1999/5/EC, and regulations related to RF exposure). Customer understands and acknowledges that the software is subject to all pertinent import and export laws of the United States.
• Linux: Application triggered port forwarding should only be disabled while traffic is not currently running.
• Linux: Afterburner mode does not support fragmentation. Customer  web pages will need to ensure that this combination is not set. The Broadcom sample web pages does not currently do this.
• Linux and VxWorks: CFE is the only supported boot loader 
• This package includes code used in SES from an SSL implementation written by Eric Young. Please note Eric Young's software includes the following restrictions:

  • Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Young (eay@cryptsoft.com)
    All rights reserved.
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    Copyright remains Eric Young's, and as such any Copyright notices in the code are not to be removed. If this package is used in a product, Eric Young should be given attribution as the author of the parts of the library used. This can be in the form of a textual message at program startup or in documentation (online or textual) provided with the package. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

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What's New in Release 5.20.29?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.9
• Include .ko files in Linux 2.6 open-router releases
• EVM and SM improvements
• Fix fallback RTS's plcp header to address tx phy error (0x10) problems
• For 4717/18 if G-band AND BFLEXTLNA boardflag set, Force "ext_lna_5g_gain_0/GPIO_12 pin" to be "1"

What's New in Release 5.20.28?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.8
• New 5GHz Tx gain table for use with 4716/17/18 extPA designs
• Fixes for CDD vs. SISO tx in legacy rates
• Updates to the rate/antenna selection
• Aggregate frames for mcs0 and mcs1
• Transmit CCK rate using two cores
• 4716/17/18 G-band: improve 6 Mbps rx_sensitivity by ~0.7 dB in 20in40 mode
• By default use only 1 and 2 mbps as basic rates (remove 11mbps)
• Country/Locale Matrix 2.0/2.1/2.1.1 updates
• DFS radar detection tuning (20MHz) for Japan MIC test setup
• DFS AP during pre-ism scan, block any phy cal that required turning on the transmitter
• Update NVRAM/SROM entries to set different transmit powers for 40 MHz rates independent of 20 MHz
• 4717 A-band: Updated rxgainctrl settings
• Fix WMF error messages on linux and vxworks

What's New in Release 5.20.27?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.6
• Rate selection improvements
• USB storage automount changes
• Fix BPHY Tx spectrum mask/ACPR failures for 4716/17/18 at high powers
• Fix 4718 VxWorks issue
• Fix PCIe crashes on 4718, most prominently seen with Linux 2.6

What's New in Release 5.20.26?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.5
• Initial 4716 VxWorks support
• Fix for ethernet crash during initialization
• Fix for SROM variables "bw40po", "cddpo", and "stbcpo" not getting applied properly

What's New in Release 5.20.25?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.4
• Update external LNA gain table
• DFS update: null points for radar detection on 4321
• DFS update: Radar changes to reduce false detections
• Fix for CFE mini-http using Internet Explorer
• Fix AP kernel panic when WMF turned off then back on
• Fix mcs-7 SISO power
• Fix antdiv setting in wl down and wl up sequence
• Add configuration option for Cone/Symmetric NAT to pass Vista Router Certification
• Fix 2o3 Antenna selection in 5GHz

What's New in Release 5.20.23?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.56.3
• Fix for reading phy registers on 4716/17/18
• Enhancements to auto STF mode
• ACI and Tx Power Control enhancements
• Added mimo_premable configuration option for 4716/17/18
• Fix PLCP mismatch in packet body and header when using fixed rates in 2.4GHz
• Fix issue where AP failed to respond to probe request on primary BSS in MBSS mode
• Performance enhancements due to cache optimizations
• Fix issue with setting "A" band channel on 4718

What's New in Release 5.20.22?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.54
• Fix calibration instability for all 802.11n chips
• Add auto-single-stream STF mode (STBC/SISO/CDD) selection support
• Fix WiFi TGn 4.2.22 test failures
• Radar detection enhancements
• Enable 2o3 antenna selection for 4716/17/18

What's New in Release 5.20.20?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.49
• WPS fixes for MS Win 7
• 4322 DFS Updates
• 4716 ethernet driver changes for symmetric uplink/downlink performance

What's New in Release 5.20.19?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.47
• Only advertise mcs32 in 40 MHz mode
• USB-AP - move to new PMQ management with split driver support
• TGn: AP crashes during data transfer test 4.2.21 step 7 with 4322 radio.
• Fix for WPS over WET with security enabled

What's New in Release 5.20.17?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.45
• Initial 43221 support
• Enable 2o3 for 4322 if hardware supports it
• Fix spatial probing rateselection conflicts
• Fixes for rmmod of wl driver
• Fix for WPS Test 4.2.3 failure
• Fix for Microsoft "XBoxLive Router Certification (2Nic)" Vista Router test

What's New in Release 5.20.16?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.41
• Use the blockACK for the A-MPDU transmitted at the fallback rate
• Fixed fragment length of an AMPDU/AMSDU may not have been set, which caused kernel panic
• Fixes for general failure of Microsoft Vista Router WCN tests
• Fix for DHCP failure in WDS when security set to WPA2-PSK

What's New in Release 5.20.15?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.39
• Initial 4716/17/18 support
• Enable MBSS16 for 5354
• DFS fixes - radar detention NULL points
• Setting the drivers rateset may clear the BSS MCS rate set

What's New in Release 5.20.13?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.35
• Fixes for 4322 40mhz aci detection

What's New in Release 5.20.11?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.32
• 4322 aci detection/mitigation
• Only allow rssi cal during first nphy_init

What's New in Release 5.20.10.?

• Based on wl driver version 5.10.29
• Test candidate

 Support

• If you have questions, please send email to hnsupport@broadcom.com.
• If you would like to report a bug, please go to our partner support site at http://support.broadcom.com, and select the "Bug Reporting" button once logged on with your company specific username/password provided to you by Broadcom. Be sure and use the appropriate category (partner_hw for hardware issues, partner_sw for software issues).

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