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lem
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 15:59 Post subject: compile own programs
hi, i'd like to compile a small ansi c program for dd-wrt. i think it's not possible to compile directly on the router. what is to do for cross compiling this? rg martin

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 16:42 Post subject:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/down.php?path=downloads%2Fsourcecode%2F&download=toolchains.x86.debian.sp1.tar.bz2 _________________ - WRT54gs v4 @ 225 Mhz - DD-WRT V24 vpn - - SD/MMC Mod 128 MB - Serial port & JTAG - - Diversity switch removed -

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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 17:43 Post subject:

Ok. Here is a simple helloword example:

1. The helloworld.c source

Code:

#include <stdio.h>

int main ( void ) {
printf( "Hello world!\n" );
}

2. Get and unpack the toolchain in your homedir

Code:

cd ~
wget ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/sourcecode/toolchains.x86.debian.sp1.tar.bz2
tar -jxf toolchains.x86.debian.sp1.tar.bz2

3. Add the path to your cross-compiler executable to your path environment variable and compile helloworld.c

Code:

PATH=~/toolchains/4.1.0-uclibc-0.9.28/bin:$PATH mipsel-linux-uclibc-gcc helloworld.c -o helloworld

4. Check if its correctly compiled with the cross-compiler

Code:

file helloworld
helloworld: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, MIPS, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

5. Finally, transfer the helloworld binary file to your router, set the executable bit and run it.

Tested with Ubuntu 6.06.1 LTS.

To build DD-WRT from source see The DD-WRT v23 SP1 Final building guide.

montesq
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Joined: 21 Oct 2006
Posts: 3

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 15:11 Post subject:

Code:

PATH=~/toolchains/4.1.0-uclibc-0.9.28/bin:$PATH mipsel-linux-uclibc-gcc helloworld.c -o helloworld

Ok that's good to compile a simple file!
But in the case where I need compile a more complex project!
Normally (with linux) you make :

Code:

./configure
make

Where do I indicate that is a cross compilation? Where do I specify the executable is not for my pc but for the router?

Thanx for any answer...

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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 15:36 Post subject:
DD-WRT sucks. Why? See http://www.bitsum.com/about-ddwrt.htm Last edited by on Tue Nov 28, 2006 15:55; edited 2 times in total

montesq
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Joined: 21 Oct 2006
Posts: 3

Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 15:50 Post subject:

forum2006 wrote:

montesq, I'd recommend you take look at OpenWrt's buildroot and X-Wrt's webif^2. DD-WRT's build system is horrible and a piece of crap.

Go and test OpenWrt, perheps you like it. With OpenWrt's buildroot crosscompilation is very easy. F.e. if you like to build your own OpenWrt images you just have to check out svn branch and run:

Code:

make menuconfig
make

Takes about an hour or so and you have ready to use images in the bin/ folder.

I've already "played" with openwrt, and it's true that compiling kernel sources is easier but that's not my problem!!
I only want to compile an application (e.g. openssh) and add it in the firmware of dd-wrt, it's why I need know how to cross-compile with the procedure : ./configure & make ...

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Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2006 15:52 Post subject:
DD-WRT sucks. Why? See http://www.bitsum.com/about-ddwrt.htm Last edited by on Tue Nov 28, 2006 15:55; edited 1 time in total

DiablodeMorte
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Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 8

Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 0:35 Post subject:

Anybody want to humor me and help me? I want to compile a script I have for GCC on the DDWRT. it's a tutorial script as I am pretty dang new to the Linux comunity. Anyway. I didn't understand the post a couple of posts above and would like to know what I need to do to get the script working on the DD-WRT. I tried compiling in under normal GCC and it simply won't run on my router. What do I need to do? I would really appreciate SIMPLE instructions. Right now I have GCC installed(On my linux box) and the toolchain that was in the link downloaded(To my linux box)

My Linux Box is running CentOS 4.2

Thanks in Advance

P.S. Oh yea. the script: http://sage.mc.yu.edu/kbeen/teaching/networking/resources/tcp-server.cc

Martijn_Donath
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Joined: 30 Aug 2008
Posts: 1

Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:45 Post subject: It's not difficult...

The procedure as described by 'sagichnict04' worked for me with a few corrections:

step 2: The toolchain is located at: ftp://ftp.dd-wrt.com/others/sourcecode/toolchains/

The toolchain is used to make a binary which runs on your router. This is necessary due to different processor architectures.

When using a Makefile, look for an option called 'CROSS':
CROSS = mipsel-linux-uclibc-

Then run 'make'.

Tested with Mandriva Spring 2008.1 Free.

I used it to compile a newer version of p910nd (0.92) because ipkg has version 0.7.

ggp81
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Joined: 07 Feb 2007
Posts: 45

Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 8:59 Post subject:

I have successfully compiled and tried DD-WRT from trunks.
Now I would like to make some modifications, for example adding some files, for example in the /etc directory.
How to do that?

I have tried to add an "hello world" file directly to src/router/mipsel-uclibc/target directory, but the image created didn't work.
I also have tried to add it to src/router/misc directory, but looks like that directory is not taken in consideration during the building process.

Any suggestion is appreciated.
Thank you.

furang
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Joined: 18 Oct 2010
Posts: 6

Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2010 9:48 Post subject:
Guys this toolchain is for x86-64 machines. And how should I compile on simple x86 i386 machine?

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