@RMerlin Please clarify some version details from the changelog.
Let's take RT-AC68U.
Given the following, from the changelog:
I have the following questions:
- Merged GPL 384_81918 for mainline models.
- Merged SDK + binary blobs 385_20490 for RT-AC68U (code is identical to 384_81846)
- What is the SDK (soft dev kit) component? Is it distinct from GPL releases and binary blobs? Where does it come from?
- RT-AC68U has GPL 384_81918 (which is from RT-AC86U)? Despite the lower version it's newer than 385_20433 from RT-AC68U?
- What does "code is identical to 384_81846" mean? Which code (GPL, SDK, blobs)? And what is the significance/implication of this equivalence?
except for the RT-AC88U (no up-to-date, compatible GPL release for that model).
I don’t suppose ASUS has given you any kind of clue when they’ll update the GPL for the AC88U?
What happens if they don’t do so you plan to release?
Trying to work something out with them on this, we just couldn't get it done in time for this beta release (the GPL they sent me last night was the same I already had).
If I can't get what I need in the coming weeks, then 384.18 will ship without the RT-AC88U. Not gonna delay 10 other models just for this one.
I think this might be just normal variation for you... https://www.snbforums.com/threads/384-18_alpha-builds-testing-all-variants.63954/page-27#post-593684Dirty Flash from second Alpha. All looks fine in the desert ..... The signal coverage is 4% better than the Alpha.
Indeed, it looks like that. But given the fact that I have two routers, exactly the same (except that the firmware on one is the previous version) I notice that sometimes a firmware has a far weaker signal. The current beta is in fact the one that demonstrates the best signal coverage I have ever had (and the signal is steady great). If I look at the second Alpha I see a steady but weaker signal (hence less coverage). I can only share what I observe, irrespective whether something changed/not changed on the wifi part).I think this might be just normal variation for you... https://www.snbforums.com/threads/384-18_alpha-builds-testing-all-variants.63954/page-27#post-593684
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