Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
hi Jason, On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Jason Self wrote: Thanks, Jaromil. It appears that there are a few different issues going on. It looks like you're trying to compile FreeWRT, not LibreWRT. Our project is located at http://librewrt.org. hoeps, sorry :) i'll look at LibreWRT then. FWIW, i've been up all night with FreeWRT without success: their firmware-packaging server doesn't works and i can't compile the firmware now i'm actually happy is not your project. Even if you turn your attention to LibreWRT, it looks like the device you're referring to requires proprietary software for full functionality. As a matter of policy [1] we can't support that device. Please see our website for more more information on devices that are supported at present. yes! exactly. as i know well this Asus device and saw it on the list of freewrt i was wondering. your behaviour of not supporting it is correct. i cannot go further in trying libreWRT, but i'll have a look at its code and report here my observations. Perhaps it's time to consider replacing your hardware with something more freedom respecting? :) There are some people that are looking at the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. The initial review of that device appears to indicate that it's a good candidate for a 100% free system and will likely be the first WiFi router that is officially supported. great! yes indeed i prefer to go for liberated devices. when i've bought my WL500G second hand a couple of years ago there wasn't any option that included a wifi chip and a usb 2.0 host in the same 12v powered box. yours is a very useful project! i work in the video field and i'm stuck with WDTV Live boxes having the ignominious Sigma chip for HD video decoding that is fenced so, despite they run uClinux and busybox, a single closed component in them prevents me to complete a project ... this just to say how much is important to know when a device can be 100% free even before embarking into the adventure of customising. ciao [1] http://librewrt.org/index.php?title=LibreWRT:About signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
Jaromil wrote: Jason: is openfwwf already in LibreWRT? it seems that openfwwf supports the Asus WL500g series. Not currently, but it could be added. We're getting ready to do a new release on March 19th at the upcoming LibrePlanet 2011 [1]. It's too late for that, I think, but perhaps for our next release after that. Stay tuned... [1] http://libreplanet.org/wiki/LibrePlanet2011
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:47:25 -0700, Jason Self ja...@librewrt.org wrote: Perhaps it's time to consider replacing your hardware with something more freedom respecting? :) There are some people that are looking at the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. The initial review of that device appears to indicate that it's a good candidate for a 100% free system and will likely be the first WiFi router that is officially supported. Recently I bought a Linksys WRT160NL which is Atheros based and Work In Progress for OpenWRT: http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/linksys/wrt160nl It should be fully free. In case it will be supported I could test LibreWRT for that. This time maybe I should get an anti-brick cable BEFORE trying anything.. ;) -- Graziano Sorbaioli Founder, LibrePlanet Itaila http://libreplanet.org/wiki/Group:LibrePlanet_Italia
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
re all, On Fri, 04 Mar 2011, risci_atom wrote: I would like to request that the gnu-linux-libre community review LibreWRT GNU/Linux-libre [0]. The LibreWRT project would like to get on the FSF's Approved Distro list, so I would like the community to review the distro before we request such an approval. i didn't knew about this before, so far i always ended up running openwrt on my devices. i'm just now giving this librewrt a spin on a WL500gd at home. the distribution looks good: source distributed with a 'make menuconfig' a la linux kernel, offers squashfs or jffs based installs. this project already has all my sympathy, looks pretty much targeted to experts that like to use it for building a system and redistribute it, as a toolkit for further development rather than a finished product, which makes much more sense for a 100% free project IMHO. but now i'm stuck at two problems: 1) the Asus WL500* devices have a BCM43x chip for the wireless which AFAIK is not free: the b43x driver needs a 'fwcutted' blob from the windoz drivers, while the broadcom-wl which seems to be redistributed by freewrt (downloaded via ipkg scripts) is proprietary. 2) a compilation problem right after make (excuse the long lines): j@dyne ~/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3 make V=99 /bin/bash /home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/scripts/scan-pkgs.sh /home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/lbin/gmake -f mk/build.mk tools/install toolchain/install target/compile package/compile root_clean package/install target/install package_index /home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/lbin/gmake -C tools install cc -O2 -Isrc -I/home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/scripts -include /home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/scripts/param.h -DLONG_OFF_T -D_STRLCPY_DEFNS -o /home/jrml/src/WRT/freewrt_1_0_3/tools_build/paxmirabilis/pax strlfun.c strmode.c fgetln.c src/ar_io.c src/ar_subs.c src/buf_subs.c src/cache.c src/cpio.c src/file_subs.c src/ftree.c src/gen_subs.c src/getoldopt.c src/options.c src/pat_rep.c src/pax.c src/sel_subs.c src/tables.c src/tar.c src/tty_subs.c src/options.c:78: error: conflicting types for 'getline' /usr/include/stdio.h:651: note: previous declaration of 'getline' was here hope this helps, ciao! -- Jaromil, Frank Zappa look-alike, http://jaromil.dyne.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
the Asus WL500* devices have a BCM43x chip for the wireless which AFAIK is not free: the b43x driver needs a 'fwcutted' blob from the windoz drivers, while the broadcom-wl which seems to be redistributed by freewrt (downloaded via ipkg scripts) is proprietary. Doesn't it work with openfwwf?
Re: [GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
Thanks, Jaromil. It appears that there are a few different issues going on. It looks like you're trying to compile FreeWRT, not LibreWRT. Our project is located at http://librewrt.org. Even if you turn your attention to LibreWRT, it looks like the device you're referring to requires proprietary software for full functionality. As a matter of policy [1] we can't support that device. Please see our website for more more information on devices that are supported at present. Perhaps it's time to consider replacing your hardware with something more freedom respecting? :) There are some people that are looking at the TP-Link TL-WR1043ND. The initial review of that device appears to indicate that it's a good candidate for a 100% free system and will likely be the first WiFi router that is officially supported. looks pretty much targeted to experts that like to use it for building a system and redistribute it, as a toolkit for further development rather than a finished product, which makes much more sense for a 100% free project IMHO. We absolutely intend for this to be usable by anyone, and do plan to offer precompiled images for people to just flash and reboot at some future point. [1] http://librewrt.org/index.php?title=LibreWRT:About
[GNU-linux-libre] LibreWRT : A 100% FOSS GNU/Linux-libre Distro
Hello, I would like to request that the gnu-linux-libre community review LibreWRT GNU/Linux-libre [0]. The LibreWRT project would like to get on the FSF's Approved Distro list, so I would like the community to review the distro before we request such an approval. LibreWRT is a GNU/Linux-libre distribution for embedded devices. It is based upon OpenWRT, but has all non-free or irrelevant software stripped out. With this said, I hope that some community members would be willing to try LibreWRT. Instructions: 0. Install Prerequisites: gcc GNU Compiler Collection *gcc-multilib * patch * perl * flex * GNU awk or gawk * ncurses-dev * subversion * libghc6-zlib-dev 1. Get sources : svn co http://svn.librewrt.org/librewrt/trunk 2. configure : make defconfig make menuconfig please note that LibreWRT is optimized for the Ben Nanonote [1], but the x86 version does work from a built cd image. Also, 3. make [0] LibreWRT - http://librewrt.org [1] Ben Nanonote - http://qi-hardware.com Thanks. -- RISCi_ATOM FSF member #8115 Robert Call (Bob) signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
