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 
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What's New in Release 5.70.34?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.99+
• 4313: change for tssi based txpwrctrl

What's New in Release 5.70.33?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.98
• Fix low performance on 5357 when MBSS enabled.
• 4313 : updated phy code which has cck power adjustment for tssi based tx pwr ctrl

What's New in Release 5.70.32?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.96
• CLM updates for 5357

What's New in Release 5.70.31?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.95
• 5357/43236/6362: Tx and calibarion phy code updates
• Changes to fix the unallocated buffer free issue incase of et IOVAR's
• Fix to allow the pci probe function to accept the device ids 43xxx.

What's New in Release 5.70.30?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.
• 5357: update on gainctrl
• Add auto channel support for 4313.
• 5357: Increasing the DMA buffers from 256 TO 320, to overcome ET rxoverflow issue.
• WiFi TGn: Test4.2.28 Spatial Multiplexing Power Save Operation is failing due to no RTS/CTS packets
• Add support for 4313 for VxWorks router

What's New in Release 5.70.29?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.91
• 4331 sample driver candidate with all calibration and tx power control
• Fixnig the wrong noise level reporting because of wrong index calculations.
• Increase the NRXBUFPOST to overcome frequent rxoflow issue seen with 5357.
• 4313: Fix not restoring ntssi_delay, nvbat_delay, ntemp_delay and intg_log2 values for tempsense based tx pwr ctrl

What's New in Release 5.70.28?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.88
• 5357: Update Gainctrl, complete Noise Mitigation, update ACI mitigation
• CTF: Changes to avoid possible pkt leak, specially for the slow packets

What's New in Release 5.70.27?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.85
• 5357B0 external PA Tx tuning and gain table update
• 5357/43236/6362: Spur avoidance enabled

What's New in Release 5.70.26?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.84
• Ensure that the AFE Bandgap never get shut down un-intentionally during Tempsense
• Fix EMF is blocking uPnP traffic
• Add BCM4748 chip support
• 5357 PLL settings for spur avoidance modes.
• For extLNA based designs, make init gain backoff parameterizable based on nvram field elna2g/5g.
• When re-assembling the TKIP encrypted packet fragments, don't adjust the body_len for WEP IV when LINUX_CRYPTO is defined, because the kernel tkip_decrypt() has already stripped off the WEP IV from the 802.11 header.

What's New in Release 5.70.25?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.79
• Drop Tx gain on 5357B0
• AP ACS: provide an option to treat 11B APs equally.
• Fixing issues related to power save enable for non-brcm stas.

What's New in Release 5.70.24?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.78
• Fix for the tput dip issue seen on 5357 NREPA

What's New in Release 5.70.23?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.76
• 43236/5357: Update for Tempsense + Rx Gain Control Updates
• MFGC: Non aggregated traffic may be sent during the first second of a new IBSS.
• WiFi WPA2: Test 4.2.3.6 and 4.2.3.7.2 fails due to Use_Protection (B1) bit not being set. (Changes to enable the BCN_POMISC bit for AP.)

What's New in Release 5.70.22?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.75
• PHY changes for 6362
• Add spur-avoidance support for HTPHY

What's New in Release 5.70.21?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.73
• First 4331 driver with 3 streams rate working.
• We will not generate extra VLAN TAG (required for 53115 WAR for Vista router test case) if TOS of IP packet has non-zero priority.
• Perform PHYCAL only if the temperature delta exceeds a certain threshold specified in the SROM.
• 5357: Adjust WL_LED_NUMGPIO from 16 to 32.
• Do not prevent selecting 40MHz channel when detecting interference (ACS related).
• Initialize the fallback rate set properly for 4331.
• 4331: need to expand rssi calculation for 3x3
• Enable 4331 as supported chip
• Enable 20/40 Coexistence by default.

What's New in Release 5.70.18?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.69
• New phy code for 5357 epa testing
• Updates to chanim feature implementation.
• Merge ethernet power save changes to 5.60 driver branch
• Incorporate BCM5357 EPHY register settings for IEEE conformance tests.
• Fixes for unexpected tx-status and psm watchdog.
• Remove brcm proprietaryy extch ie from bcn and prb response frames

What's New in Release 5.70.15?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.66
• Remove the brcm ht cap and additional info ies from bcn and prb response frames. When sending assoc response don't include brcm prop ht ies.
• Fix to properly merge the bss rateset and hw rateset. Previous code was not clearing the unsupported mcs rates from the bss rateset.
• Incorporate optimized 5357 EPHY register settings.
• Arbitrary mcs ratset configuration.
• SROM rev9 is acceptable now.
• Support 43236 HSIC on 5357
• Introduce new power-per-rate from sromrev>=9.
• Fix to configure the rxchain, radio power save params on the primary interface only.

What's New in Release 5.70.14?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.61
• Do not receive the PAUSE pkts from switch to softwar driver, to keep the driver/CPU offloaded from handling PAUSE pkts.
• Merge the DMA fifo limits from 5.22 releases
• Use SGI for mcs 7 and highest mcs rate
• Extend rate spec table and window/threshold tables to add support for 3-stream rates
• Initial support for Radio On/Off Duty Cycle for power save.

What's New in Release 5.70.13?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.59
• When a HT STA associates with TKIP force it in to legacy mode.
• Fix 4313 PM=1 fails to pass any traffic.
• Fix the DMA64 descriptor protocol errors problem due to descriptor tables cross over 8KB boundaries on vxWorks/eCos platforms. Make sure the address extension bits are not lost when enabling the DMA engines.
• 4331 Updates

What's New in Release 5.70.12?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.56
• 5357 2o3 support
• Fix 4717, 4718+4322 locks up during afterburner test.

What's New in Release 5.70.11?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.55
• Reject WEP auth request for WPA-enabled AP to avoid misusing WPA key for WEP decrytion.
• Support clock changes in DLL bypass mode.
• Enable switch LEDs in the driver instead of CFE.

What's New in Release 5.70.10?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.54
• 5357 "pre-alpha" support
• Allocate fifo sz dynamically based on MBSS enable/disable
• Check bcn and probe template buffer length before writing IE to buffer, to prevent overrun.

What's New in Release 5.70.9?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.52
• Fix getIE not copying IE data back correctly
• 5357 Updates
• WAR to handle zero length packet on 4718nrl/43224 platform in 5GHz.
• Remove the etc47xx driver when building the minimal-sized CFE with GMAC support
• Fix for Problem with afterburner when tx antena diversity is enabled for lcnphy.

What's New in Release 5.70.8?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.50
• Initial 6362 support
• Fix for PSK TKIP low throughput issue

What's New in Release 5.70.6?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.44
• Fix DHCP memory leak
• Support newer linux kernels (> 2.6.30)
• Added Rx pkt stats functionality to pkteng
• 4313 Updates

What's New in Release 5.70.1?

• Based on wl driver version 5.60.31
• Initial router support using driver branch 5.60

 Support

• If you have questions, please send email to hnsupport@broadcom.com.
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