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While experimenting with the AUTOREMOVE option in search of a way to use prebuilt host tools in different buildroot, it was discovered that the md5 generated by find_md5 in depends.mk is not reproducible. Currently the hash is generated by the path of the file in addition to the file mod time. Out of confusion, probably, there was an idea that such command was used on the package build_dir. Reality is that this command is run on the package files. (Makefile, patches, src) This is problematic because the package Makefile (for example) change at each git clone and base the hash on the Makefile mtime doesn't really reflect if the Makefile actually changes across a buildroot or not. A better approach is to generate an hash of each file and then generate an hash on the sort hash list. This way we remove the problem of git clone setting a wrong mtime while keeping the integrity of checking if a file changed for the package as any change will result in a different hash. Introduce a new kind of find_md5 function, find_md5_reproducible that apply this new logic and limit it only with AUTOREMOVE option set to prevent any kind of slowdown due to additional hash generation. (cherry picked from commit 53a08e37437972ba0a8fbf953a93a70a6b784ef4) [ reworked mkhash to old implementation ] Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@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.
Sunshine!
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.
gcc binutils bzip2 flex python3 perl make find grep diff unzip gawk getopt
subversion libz-dev libc-dev rsync which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo 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.
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
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0