Changes between Version 47 and Version 48 of OpenWrt/building

Timestamp:

01/22/2026 05:50:08 PM (25 hours ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added OpenWrt 25.12 build instructions and changed all '-j8' to '-j$(nproc)'

OpenWrt/building

@@ -56 +56 @@
 
 Instructions vary depending on what version of OpenWrt you are building:
- * Upstream OpenWrt 24.10 (recommended for IMX based Venice / Ventana)
-{{{#!bash
+ * Upstream OpenWrt 25.12 ('''release candidate for IMX based Venice''')
+  - For imx8m SoC based Gateworks Venice boards you can use the instructions for OpenWrt 24.10 below and set VER=25.12 to build an OpenWrt 25.12 image
+ * Upstream OpenWrt 24.10 ('''recommended for IMX based Venice / Ventana''')
+{{{#!bash
+VER=24.10
 # get source
-git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git openwrt -b openwrt-24.10
+git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git openwrt -b openwrt-$VER
 cd openwrt
 # create a feeds.conf containing the gateworks feeds and upstream feeds:
 cat <<EOF > feeds.conf
-src-git gateworks https://github.com/Gateworks/gw-openwrt-packages.git;24.10
-src-git packages https://git.openwrt.org/feed/packages.git;openwrt-24.10
-src-git luci https://git.openwrt.org/project/luci.git;openwrt-24.10
-src-git routing https://git.openwrt.org/feed/routing.git;openwrt-24.10
-src-git telephony https://git.openwrt.org/feed/telephony.git;openwrt-24.10
+src-git gateworks https://github.com/Gateworks/gw-openwrt-packages.git;$VER
+src-git packages https://git.openwrt.org/feed/packages.git;openwrt-$VER
+src-git luci https://git.openwrt.org/project/luci.git;openwrt-$VER
+src-git routing https://git.openwrt.org/feed/routing.git;openwrt-$VER
+src-git telephony https://git.openwrt.org/feed/telephony.git;openwrt-$VER
 EOF
 # update package feeds
 ./scripts/feeds update -a
 ./scripts/feeds install -a
-# (optional) fetch and apply Gateworks patches from https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/24.10/patches/ (you may want to skip this unless you know you need a patch)
-curl -s https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/24.10/patches/ | grep -o 'href="[^"]*\.patch"' | cut -d'"' -f2 | xargs -I {} wget https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/24.10/patches/{}
+# (optional) fetch and apply Gateworks patches from https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/$VER/patches/ (you may want to skip this unless you know you need a patch)
+curl -s https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/$VER/patches/ | grep -o 'href="[^"]*\.patch"' | cut -d'"' -f2 | xargs -I {} wget https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/$VER/patches/{}
 git am *.patch
 # start with an example config (for ventana use diffconfig.ventana)
-wget https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/24.10/diffconfig.venice -O .config
+wget https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/$VER/diffconfig.venice -O .config
 make defconfig
 # (optional) customize config
 make menuconfig
 # build
-make -j8 V=s
+make -j$(nproc) V=s
 # copy disk image
 cp bin/targets/imx/cortexa53/openwrt-imx-cortexa53-gateworks_venice-squashfs-img.gz /tftpboot/openwrt-venice.img.gz
 }}} 
-  * For Ventana use https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/24.10/diffconfig.venice and target NAND ubi images will be bin/targets/imx/cortexa9/openwrt-imx-cortexa9-gateworks_ventana-large-squashfs-nand.ubi and bin/targets/imx/cortexa9/openwrt-imx-cortexa9-gateworks_ventana-squashfs-nand.ubi 
+  * For Ventana use https://dev.gateworks.com/openwrt/$VER/diffconfig.venice and target NAND ubi images will be bin/targets/imx/cortexa9/openwrt-imx-cortexa9-gateworks_ventana-large-squashfs-nand.ubi and bin/targets/imx/cortexa9/openwrt-imx-cortexa9-gateworks_ventana-squashfs-nand.ubi 
   * Video: [https://youtu.be/cnObX6tErhw]
 
@@ -105 +108 @@
 # NOTE: If adding a lot of packages, it may outgrow the default partition size of 104mb. Adjust the CONFIG_TARGET_ROOTFS_PARTSIZE kernel param to grow the partition size appropriately
 # build
-make -j8 V=s
+make -j$(nproc) V=s
 # copy disk image
 bin/targets/imx/cortexa53/gateworks-imx-cortexa53-gateworks_venice-squashfs-img.gz /tftpboot/openwrt-venice.img.gz
@@ -168 +171 @@
 OpenWrt can be customized by running the {{{make menuconfig}}} command. In this new window, you can select/deselect packages you want installed. If kernel customization is required, a {{{make kernel_menuconfig}}} will open the make menu for the kernel.
 
-Once complete, a simple {{{make -j8 V=s}}} will re-run the make command to re-create the rootfs.
+Once complete, a simple {{{make -j$(nproc) V=s}}} will re-run the make command to re-create the rootfs.
 
 Please read more at this page [wiki:OpenWrt/Configuration here].
@@ -202 +205 @@
  1. **Finding an Error** - Often the error will be 'reported' at the end of the build. However, the error will have actually occurred earlier on. Scroll up in the logs and look for an error. Typically it is from a package or dependency that was not able to be downloaded.
  2. **Missing Dependencies** - The build will pull files from mirrors around the web including a Gateworks mirror at ​http://dev.gateworks.com/sources. If for some reason you can't download dependencies then you likely have a network issue. Note that files can be placed manually in the dl directory to avoid downloading.
- 3. **Errors** - By default, the build is ran on many threads with the parameter -j8. To achieve better debugging information after a failure, re-run the build with the following -j1 flag from the trunk directory:
+ 3. **Errors** - By default, the build is ran on many threads with the parameter -j$(nproc). To achieve better debugging information after a failure, re-run the build with the following -j1 flag from the trunk directory:
 {{{#!bash
 make -j1 V=s