Thread border router github release tag

[nav87]

Hello, I'm working with the thread v0.10.0 sdk release and I would like to customize and add some new packages to the border router.

I see that there is a release tag for v0.9.0 and v0.8.0 but not for the last two releases. github.com/.../master

is there any information on what changed between Thread SDK 0.9.0 and 0.10.0 for the border router?

Thank You, Nav

[Piotr Szkotak]

Hi Nav, Thank you for your interest in the Thread Border Router.

Generally we provide information about changes in the release notes which can be found in the SDK documentation on our infocenter.

You can be sure that every release the wpantund, which is a deamon responsible for communication between Linux OS and the Network Co-processor which is NRF52840 chip, is updated. It is one of the most important parts of the design and it is crucial to keep the wpantund up to date especially that the OpenThread stack running on the NCP gets updated as well.

I do not recall any other changes when it comes to 0.9.0 -> 0.10.0.

The next release provided support for MQTT-SN Gateway for on the Border Router required by the new SDK examples and changes required to provide better interoperability required for the NCP with the native USB connection.

If you would like to build custom openwrt image basing on Nordic Thread Border Router the easiest way would be to clone the repo you mentioned in your post add packages you want and build it in that environment. Please note that it provides a complete toolchan and helper scripts to do so. As we commit fixes to this repo you can get them before they are released in an official release by building your own image from the NordicPlaygroung/thread_border_router github repository.

Thanks for pointing out the missing tags, we will fix it ;).

In case you have any more questions feel free to ask.

Kind regards, Piotr Szkotak