djGrrr/8311-was-110-firmware-builder v2.3.0

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Added updated busybox, dropbear and libc + timezone and ntp settings

• Added support for installing (extracting) ipk packages into image, must be compiled with nomips16
• Added fping, htop, lszsz, nand-utils, nano, zoneinfo and zstd packages
• Replaced libc with package version for better crypt() support
• Updated default password hashing algorithm to sha512
• Created copy_packages.sh helper script for copying packages out of openwrt build folder
• Reworked create.sh script to support both local-upgrade.img and local-upgrade.tar files
• Reworked build.sh script to require both bfw and basic firmware images, with options to select the type of image to build
• Added --bfw-kernel / --basic-kernel and --bfw-bootcore / --basic-bootcore to select the kernel/bootcore to use during build
• Updated rx_los daemon to turn off RX_LOS by default and support monitoring LOS when RX_LOS is enabled
• Updated vlans daemon with logging to console
• Improved the urngd init script to ensure it starts properly, and start it early during preinit

** IMPORTANT Reminder **

There are now 2 variants of the firmware:

1. basic - This is based on the much cleaner Potrontec firmware and implements a custom LuCi based WebUI. I now recommend this version for all users. NOTE: This variant has no root password by default, set it under System > Administration in the WebUI
2. bfw - This is based on the same Azores/BFW firmware as all releases before 2.0.0.

Upgrade Instrstructions

If on Azores/BFW firmware, use local-upgrade.img in the WebUI. If on 2.1.0 or higher, local-upgrade.tar can also be used from the 8311-firmware-upgrade.sh cli tool.
If on the Basic firmware variant, use local-upgrade.tar in the WebUI or CLI tool. If already on a version before 2.1.0, a manual update will be required.
Note: You can switch between firmware variants using these upgrade methods, both firmware variants are fully compatible with one another.

Full Changelog: v2.2.1...v2.3.0