ea9x00_openwrt

Compile steps for Linksys EA9200

Prerequisites

Source: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/install-buildsystem

Debian/Ubuntu

sudo apt update && sudo apt install build-essential clang flex bison g++ gawk gcc-multilib g++-multilib gettext git libncurses-dev libssl-dev python3-distutils rsync unzip zlib1g-dev file wget
sudo apt install libboost-dev libxml-parser-perl libusb-dev bin86 bcc sharutils gcc-multilib b43-fwcutter zip openjdk-8-jdk-headless libpam0g-dev liblzma-dev libsnmp-dev libpcre2-dev libacl1-dev libattr1-dev
#pcre2-dev python-tomli python-poetry-core python3-editables python3-pathspec python3-trove-classifiers python-pluggy python-typing-extensions

Build system usage

Source: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/use-buildsystem

Steps

1. Pull in openwrt source code (~191MB)

git clone https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git

2. Find what version of openwrt you want to use

git branch -a && git tag

3. Checkout that version

git checkout opernwrt-22.03

4. Update and install the feeds (whatever this means) (~240MB)

./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

5. Ensure the EA9200 target is enabled

nano +276 target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile

6. Configure the firmware image

make menuconfig

• Target System --> BCM47XX/53XX (ARM)
• Target Profile --> Linksys EA9200 v1
• Right arrow to "Save"
• See my.config for all the packages I (pre-)installed

7. Download all sources upfront

make download

8. Build the image

make -j $(($(nproc)+1)) V=s

9. Your new build will be in the bin/targets/bcm53xx/generic folder

cd bin/targets/bcm53xx/generic
ls -lh