Flint firmware update

No major CVE’s have been patched forcing them to update the whole stack at once.

Brume 2 will get 4.8.x eventually, but at least got 4.7.0 & 4.7.4

Flint had issues with 4.7 so stayed on 4.6.8 until it gets 4.8.x at some point.

Opal should be considered on maintenance, GL should discontinue it already; there is no way it ever gets 4.8, but a 4.3.28 release will probably happen when CVE’s warrant it, do not expect any additional features, these aren’t like iPhone apps that need an update once a week…

Flint does not have plans to update the op version for now.
If you need the latest op version, please flash Vanilla OpenWRT directly.

Well I sure hope there will be an update soon for the Flint 2 router. It has trouble maintaining the SQM setup which parameters are correct, but it either doesn’t shape the traffic, allowing for variations in latency or it does for a while, and then will randomly stop working until I go in and fix it either with a manual restart or full reboot.

Very disappointing as this is one of the reasons I got this router in the first place. Tinkering with upnp when installed through luci is also unreliable as it doesn’t seem to open the ports necessary for instance an online game.

A more straight forward way of updating the built in AdGuard UI without having to use a script for those not a tech savvy with cmd lines and linux, etc. Not sure if this is possible, but would be awesome.

And security updates like other manufacturers out there do for there network devices? Just throwing this out there, wanting to see the device to continue to get support and love since I recently got it about a couple months ago. :slight_smile:

The last stable one I see is from 9/1 of last month which I'm currently on. I suppose you're referring to the beta on 9/25 4.8.3.

Don't want to risk it with the snapshot variants as stability is very important for my network.

Thank you, I hope to see continued support for this model. Curious though, what do the snapshot versions have included that different on the daily? Just daily internal tweaks and changes? I always look for release notes :slight_smile:

Just reserved for 2B customization version.
There is actually no SMD Bluetooth chip in 2C standard version.
It is actually not used for network sharing but originally planned for IoT.

I updated and made a separate post... having some serious issues with getting back online and running. Can't install packages like luci-SQM, can't update current packages due to incompatibility.. This thing is a mess...

Edit: Rolled back to the latest stable again. Seems to have restored functionality.. going to continue setting up from scratch.

Sure, there will continue to be firmware updates and releases.

This is due to some reasons of the supplier, and it is difficult for us to improve it on SDK layer.

I will share this to the PM team for evaluation.

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There are related plans for the GL firmware release, but the OpenWRT version may not be updated.

Please wait a moment.

It should say in the release notes.

It's also unlikely that the flint 1 will ever get a release based on 24.10.x

It's now being tested for community openwrt 25.12.x which if successful, the gl-inet release will likely be based on that branch.

Yes, there's a reason that it's in release candidate stage, they need people to test it.

Hopefully you reported this to the community openwrt developers.

IPQ6XXX just got mainstream support as of 25.12.x, before this, it was in snapshot phase with limited support at all.