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Wondering if someone out there could able to figure out a way to create a firmware image after compiling the GPL source?

Thanks
 
Wondering if someone out there could able to figure out a way to create a firmware image after compiling the GPL source?

Thanks

The GPL drop by itself doesn't have all of the code needed to build an image - it's just the code that is GPL licensed.
 
Wondering if someone out there could able to figure out a way to create a firmware image after compiling the GPL source?

Thanks
See the discussions on OpenWRT forums. They've done exactly this. Source for drivers were eventually released allowing for supported OpenWRT releases.
 
Looking back... for a 4 year old architecture - it still does well... WRT's never did the sexy CTF/NAT flow accel - always brute force....

This is NAT'ed ethernet Gigabit connection... shows that WRT is...

Astro is MacBook Air 2014 with Thunderbolt Gigabit adapter - the sink is Intel NUC7i5BNB
Source is 192.168.16.104, Sink is 192.168.1.20
Current factory firmware for WRT1900ac V2...

Code:
astro:~ $ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.20 -Z
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.16.104 port 54392 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   113 MBytes   949 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec              
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   941 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   108 MBytes   902 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   111 MBytes   932 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   941 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   940 Mbits/sec                
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   937 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   935 Mbits/sec                  receiver
iperf Done.

Upload...

astro:~$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.20 -Z -R
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.1.20 is sending

[  5] local 192.168.16.104 port 54390 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  76.8 MBytes   644 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  78.4 MBytes   657 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  78.5 MBytes   659 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  78.6 MBytes   659 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  78.5 MBytes   659 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  78.2 MBytes   656 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  78.4 MBytes   658 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  78.3 MBytes   657 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  78.2 MBytes   656 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  79.2 MBytes   664 Mbits/sec                
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   785 MBytes   659 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   783 MBytes   657 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

And Wifi on the same setup...Which is pretty decent for an AC1900 class device...

Note that the MacBook Air 2014 is a 2-stream NIC...

Code:
astro:~ $ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.20 -Z
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
[  5] local 192.168.16.114 port 54603 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.01   sec  74.2 MBytes   618 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.01-2.00   sec  77.1 MBytes   650 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  79.0 MBytes   663 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  78.5 MBytes   659 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  75.2 MBytes   629 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  65.8 MBytes   554 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  67.2 MBytes   563 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  71.8 MBytes   602 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  72.7 MBytes   609 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  75.9 MBytes   637 Mbits/sec                
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   737 MBytes   619 Mbits/sec                  sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   736 MBytes   618 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

astro:~$ iperf3 -c 192.168.1.20 -Z -R
Connecting to host 192.168.1.20, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.1.20 is sending
[  5] local 192.168.16.114 port 54605 connected to 192.168.1.20 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec  61.0 MBytes   511 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec  72.4 MBytes   607 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec  72.9 MBytes   611 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec  71.8 MBytes   602 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec  68.6 MBytes   575 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec  70.7 MBytes   593 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec  71.5 MBytes   600 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec  71.8 MBytes   603 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec  72.4 MBytes   608 Mbits/sec                
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec  72.4 MBytes   607 Mbits/sec                
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   714 MBytes   599 Mbits/sec   84             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec   705 MBytes   592 Mbits/sec                  receiver
iperf Done.
astro:~ $
 
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