On 6.1 swconfig is not showing up and there's a splat: | ------------[ cut here ]------------ | WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1 at genl_register_family+0xb4/0x81c | Modules linked in: | CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 6.1.29 #0 | Hardware name: Netgear WNDR4700/WNDR4720 Series APM821XX [...] | NIP: c0599370 LR: c0599344 CTR: c08c9950 | REGS: c0c21cb0 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (6.1.29) | MSR: 00029000 <CE,EE,ME> CR: 48000888 XER: 00000000 | | GPR00: c0002678 c0c21da0 c0c2cd80 [...] | NIP [c0599370] genl_register_family+0xb4/0x81c | LR [c0599344] genl_register_family+0x88/0x81c | Call Trace: | [c0c21d80] [c0c21df4] 0xc0c21df4 (unreliable) | [c0c21e10] [c08c9988] swconfig_init+0x38/0x64 | [c0c21e30] [c0002678] do_one_initcall+0x50/0x260 This is due to it failing to register the netlink family since changes to upstream linux in patch. | commit 9c5d03d362519f36cd551aec596388f895c93d2d |Author: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> |Date: Wed Aug 24 17:18:30 2022 -0700 | | genetlink: start to validate reserved header byte this is fixed by adding the proper value to the introduced "resv_start_op" parameter. Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
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Download
Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.
If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -a
to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -a
to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfig
to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
make
to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg
. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrt
on oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-devel
on oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0