Most of the “modules” of 1.02.21 is outdated and the firmware itself is still based on the Linux 2.6.22.19 kernel.
Even the upcoming Android 2.2 is already set on the 2.6.32 kernel, why then are the program components of the current firmware so outdated ?
I have reason for our firmware developers really put together a list of links where they get all the current modules her.
Release Date: | Name/Version: | Versions in 1.02.21
28.03.2010 | busybox-1.16.1 | 1.10.0
31.12.2002 | dhcpcd-1.3.22-pl4 | 1.3.22-pl1
??.??.??? | wireless_tools.29 | .26
18.04.2010 | wpa_supplicant-0.7.2 | 0.4.8
14.04.2010 | curl-7.20.1 | 7.19.3
31.01.2010 | dosfstools-3.0.9 | 2.11-6
??.??.??? | flickcurl-1.18 | 1.2
27.04.2010 | fuse-2.8.4 | 2.7.4
16.09.2002 | gdbm-1.8.3 | 1.8.3
??.??.??? | gettext-0.17 | 0.14.3
16.03.2010 | glib-2.22.5 | 2.18.0
11.04.2010 | gphoto2-2.4.9 | 2.4.4
30.07.2007 | gphotofs-0.4.0 | 0.4.0
25.05.2005 | howl-1.0.0 | 1.0.0
05.02.2008 | libcx-1.1.1-devel | 1.1.1
13.11.2009 | libexif-0.6.19 | 0.6.17
18.04.2010 | libgphoto2-2.4.9.1 | 2.4.4
??.??.??? | libiconv-1.13.1 | 1.12
18.02.2004 | libid3tag-0.15.1b | 0.15.1b
??.??.??? | libtool-2.2.6b | 1.5
19.04.2010 | libusb-1.0.7 | 0.1.12
26.04.2010 | Linux Kernel 2.6.33.3 | 2.6.22.19
23.04.2010 | mips-4.4-203-mips-linux-gnu.src.tar.bz2 | 4.3-51
19.04.2008 | mt-daapd-0.2.4.2 | 0.2.4.2
??.??.??? | mxml-2.6 | 2.6
29.03.2010 | openssl-1.0.0 | 0.9.8k
12.04.2009 | popt-1.15 | 1.10.4
07.04.2010 | smbtrr1127 (NEW Samba 3.5.2) | Samba 3.0.28a
22.08.2007 | wol-0.7.1 | 0.7.1
19.04.2010 | zlib-1.2.5 | 1.2.2
It would be good if one could make a statement at WD to why we rely on rather outdated modules or kernel ?
The new kernel would use less RAM for example, and so would be an advantage for better performance or you could use the available resources for something else.