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Hauke Mehrtens 2f20266f63 scripts/ext-tools.sh: set all prebuilt tool files to same timestamp
The GitHub CI was sometimes still building some tools again even when
the same version was already pre-built. This change fixes the problem
and should improve the speed of the GitHub CI actions. The duration of
the "Build tools" step will be reduced from 5 to 20 minutes down to
10 to 15 seconds.

make also checks that dependencies are not more recent than the target
it wants to build. Previously find returned files in an arbitrary order
and touch set the current timestamp. Since touch is called per file the
timestamps differ in fractional seconds, so not all files got the same
time. make detected a more recent dependency and started to rebuild.
Now all files are set to the same timestamp and make will assume
everything is up to date.

It is sufficient to only touch the stamp files to prevent rebuilding.

Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22888
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
(cherry picked from commit cd6cb9f765df46eea7aefaab9d61e143c3996423)
(cherry picked from commit 44df9972d59ea1ec9365bc821af974f1e8686e02)
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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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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 macOS 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

  1. Run ./scripts/feeds update -a to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default

  2. Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/

  3. Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

  4. 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.

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.

  • LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.

  • OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.

  • OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.

  • OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).

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For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database

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