Kernel modules
Available from here

opt-ware for ext3-boot
Available from http://b-rad.cc/optware-for-wdtv

• Requires ext3-boot version 0.8.5 or later
• Mounts in /opt, provides ipkg system. Bonus: includes bash
• This is intended primarily for advanced users and developers.

• If you have problem upgrade from USBkey or if upgrading failed from USBHDD try USBKey and use FAT16/FAT32 filesystem
  you can use for formating process this USB FORMATER
  

ext3-boot release 0.9.2

• Imported 1.02.07 changes
• Added lots of missing symbolic links for busybox
• Official ext3 support
• You should be able to use an ext3 drive to boot now (untested)

• If this is the first time you upgrade your device to an ext3-boot release, please follow the provided instructions.
• If your device is currently running ext3-boot.0.8.7.x or later firmware, all you have to do is replace the root.bin file on your boot usb-key and boot the device again.

Available from here
Mirror here

ext3-boot release 0.9.1

• Imported 1.02.06 changes
• Made list mode wider (longer filenames)
• There are still some missing symlinks (busybox utilities such as /bin/date)

Available from here

ext3-boot release 0.9

• Now using the official 1.02.00 firmware as a base
• EXPERIMENTAL – Some things may not work right.
  

• /sbin/reboot seems to be back at it's original symlink behavior
• Video takes significantly longer to start playing (up to 15 seconds).
• /bin/date command is gone
• Many other commands are gone
• Idle CPU Load Average is now 1.05 (previous release sat at 0.05) (2.0 ~ 200% CPU - meaning you need twice as much CPU)
  • dmaosd seems to be killing the cpu.
  • HD video playback now causes 2.5 CPU Load Average.

• Auto-Scroll is back (pressing up/dn arrows on remote on media-file lists)

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.7.2

• No longer uses kload to load an alternate linux kernel by default.
  • Too many issues with the new linux kernel
• Added wireless-ext.ko to add wireless extensions to the running kernel
• Yes, we now have wireless USB network adapters without loading a new kernel
• Cosmetic fix to /sbin/reboot
• Fix for etc/init.d/rc20netmodules.sh (net.config LOAD= command)

• File-list auto-scroll (by holding up/dn keys) does not work.

• None

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.7.1

• Minor changes from disk0's WDLXTV-0.1 release
• replaced busybox hdparm with full hdparm utility
• added required library for iwconfig
• added required library files for wpa_supplicant
• patched /sbin/reboot to unmount drives first to fix a kernel OOPS condition
• Shiny new logo and background image.

Availiable from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.7

• Now using the kload-1.0 bootloader to load a new linux kernel!
• kload-1.0 breaks the front LED support. Don't know why.
• You can use pivot_root's wdtv.bin instead if you wish
• fuse.ko updated to fuse-2.7.4
• ntfs-3g updated to ntfs-3g-2009.2.1
  • Sorry, this does NOT fix performance issues with NTFS writes.
  • It DOES make it mount drives nicer (recovers journal, instead of deleting it)
• Updated usbnet.ko with jumbo packet MTU support.
  • This affects asix, mcs7830, cdc_ether, cdc_subset,
  • plusb, gl620a, and rndis_host. Not rtl8150, dm9601, or pegasus.
• Fix djmount (UPnP) to work when media library is disabled
• I no longer distribute lightppd.app.bin.
  • You should try webserver.app.bin.
• I've included several kernel modules that are UNTESTED (fbcon,etc)
• I've also included two other usb wireless drivers:
  1. arusb_tv.ko (modified arusb_lnx.ko) aka zd 1221
  2. zd1211b.ko
  • I've only tested the zd1211b.ko driver. It works, but is slow.
• Wireless drivers are NOT loaded by default. (they are BIG)
• Add a “LOAD=zd1201” to load the zd1201 driver, etc to net.config.
• wpa_supplicant is also included but not started by default.
  • If anyone gets wpa working, let me know. *NEEDS TESTING*.
• The zd1201 wireless driver require a firmware file (not included).
• Added MTU= to net.mounts for jumbo frames
• Added NM= to net.mounts for classless netmasks

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.6

• Updated asix.ko (should fix gigabit asix ethernet support)
• Fix smb.dynamic-opts to be read-write
• Added portmap (no longer need “nolock” when mounting nfs drives)
• Added knfsd support and nfs-utils
• Added NLS Codepages
• *EXPERIMENTAL* automatic drive exporter for samba and nfs
• *EXPERIMENTAL* UPnP client support (djmount)

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.5.3 (b-rad.cc maintenance)

• added /opt/sbin to PATH – this update only applies to Optware.

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.5.2

• integrated fixes from b-rad.cc
• added rofs-php fuse filesystem, mounts /osd in /osd-php

Available from here.

ext3-boot release 0.8.5.1 (maintenance release by b-rad.cc)

• fixed typo in /bin/crazymount to load *.bin files
• added udf to /etc/filesystems
• updated to cd-manager-0.6
• changed /opt from symlink to directory
• chmod +x lighttpd's init.d script

Available from Rapidshare or the mirror at MediaFire

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.8.5

• This version now looks for *.app.bin files and mounts them in /apps/*
• You can also create an empty fs image named opt.bin and it will mount in /opt
• Same thing with osd.bin (mounts over /osd)
• The “bin” directory in all app bin's are added to system-wide path
• The “lib” directory is added to ld.so.conf and ldconfig is executed
• This is all before running all the startup files:
• I now call /etc/init.d/rcS (modified)
• It will scan /etc/initd, as well as etc/init.d directories on all mounted app.bin files, sort them by number, and start them in order.
• Now prefers settings in net.config over settings in flash, including hostname (HOST=)
• Includes b-rad.cc's cd-manager-0.5 for automatic cd/dvd-rom support. Probably does NOT support copy protected discs!

Available from here.

IMPORTANT: The lighttpd.app.bin provided in 0.8.5 doesn't work properly. Get a fixed version here

ext3-boot Firmware experimental release 0.8.4

• Fixed init so it boots again

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware experimental release 0.8.3

• Fixed calls to dos2unix from net.agent added in 0.8.1
• Added back in support for /boot/hostname (0.8.1)

Available from here. DO NOT USE, DOES NOT WORK

ext3-boot Firmware experimental release 0.8.2

• Added syslog/klog to file “messages.txt” on boot drive
  

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware experimental release 0.8.1

• Experimental support for booting from NTFS filesystem (buggy)
  
• Shadow passwd file in /conf
  
• Added dropbear ssh server
  

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.8

• Yes, I realize that these have been coming out fast, and fast approaching version 0.10.
• Fixed: folder browsing of auto-mounted ext2/ext3 drives and network drives
• Added: backported 2.6.20 asix driver (gigabit chips added)
• Fixed: modules.dep updated to include dm9601
• Added: experimental, untested usb cdrom/dvd drive support
• pivot_boot 0.5, bugfix to mount root.bin as ext3
• Made root.bin into an ext3 partition again

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.7

• Yet another bugfix for xmount and ext2-automount

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.6

• Fixed: xmount command now actually works
• Fixed: auto-mounting ext2 partitions
• Setup/About now reflects version as “1.01.02.ext3-boot.0.6”

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.5

• root.bin is now 96meg, to make room for more additions
• net.mounts extended with xmount command – makes mounting network shares easier
• Added support for yet more usb network chips
• Added the “bin” directory on the usb flash boot drive to path, and added the “lib” directory to ldconfig

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.4

• Added some fs utilities, such as mkfs.ext2,mkfs.hfs,mkfs.xfs,blkid
• xmounter module — auto-mounts ext2,ext3,xfs,reiserfs drives
  • Mounts files under the boot filesystem, so that the media library auto-scans content
  • You will get a message about unknown device plugged in, just hit OK on the remote

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.3

• Now working: samba server!
  
• Hostname defaults to “WDTV”
  
• You can set the Hostname by creating a file named “hostname” in the same location as root.bin
  
• Only one file share is available: “media”. From there, you have access to the full /tmp/media/* tree.
  
• User authentication is disabled
  

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.2

• Minor update: added pure-ftpd and configured to start it automatically.
  

Available from here.

ext3-boot Firmware release 0.1

First public release:

• USB ethernet support: asix, pegasus, rtl8150, mcs7830, and others
• busybox recompiled with many applets added
• eth0 autoconfigures with DHCP (configurable to static IP)
• Able to mount windows file shares (cifs) as well as nfs shares
• Ability to auto-mount file shares on startup from net.mounts

Available here.