White Rabbit Switch Firmware
Introduction
This page hosts all CERN stable firmware releases for the WR switch, the main component of the White Rabbit project. Each release is a package containing FPGA gateware (wr-switch-hdl repository) and software (wr-switch-sw repository) running in the embedded Linux.
Project information
- Current firmware release
- FAQs List of Frequently Asked Questions for the switch.
- Version Compatibility Tells which HW, SW & GW is compatible.
- Complete documentation and pre-built binaries for the switch
Roadmap for software releases
v5.0.1 | v6.0 | v6.0.1 | v6.0.2 | |
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Release date | 25-08-2017 | 12-06-2020 | 07-07-2021 | 26-01-2023 |
Fixed USB flashing broken in v5.0 | x | |||
make menuconfig fixes [1518], [1525], [1584] | x | |||
SNMP fixes [1590], [1632] | x | |||
Webinterface fixes [1528], [1570] | x | |||
PPSI pre-master fix | x | |||
New gateware with LPDC and LJD features | x | |||
PPSi compatibility with standard PTP improved (#115 (closed), #116 (closed)) | x | |||
Fixed PPSi BMCA and leap-seconds handing | x | |||
Syslog improvements (#20 (closed), #79 (closed)) | x | |||
Leap-second file handling and updating | x | |||
Kerberos for authentication | x | |||
Reorganized dot-config, more PTP parameters exposed | x | |||
SNMP improvements (e.g. SFP DOM exports) | x | |||
Automated regression test for WRPTP, PTP and VLAN | x | |||
PPSi reorganization to prepare for IEEE1588 HA profile | x | |||
Hotfix to v6.0 to prevent losing sync every ~49.7 days | x | |||
Hotfix to v6.0.1 to fix the build on Ubuntu 20.04LTS | x | |||
Hotfix to v6.0.1 to disable web interface by default | x |
For pre- v5.0.1 features please check previous releases wiki page.
Status
Date | Event |
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21-09-2010 | Start of project. |
07-08-2012 | First release of wr-switch-sw-v3.0 (called V3 as runs on V3 hardware. |
20-12-2012 | Release 3.1, that fixes issues in v3.0 (now deprecated) |
26-07-2013 | Release 3.3, first official release for hardware version 3.3 |
10-07-2013 | Release 4.0rc1, release-candidate for 4.0 sw/gw on 3.3 hardware |
08-08-2014 | Stable v4.0 release |
19-08-2014 | Hotfix for v4.0 release (v4.0.1) |
04-10-2014 | Release 4.1, with support for new main board |
28-08-2015 | Release 4.2 is out |
16-12-2016 | Release 5.0 is out |
25-08-2017 | Release 5.0.1 is out |
12-06-2020 | Release 6.0 is out |
07-07-2021 | Release 6.0.1 is out |
26-01-2023 | Release 6.0.2 is out |