I did a Luci sysupgrade on my EU/RU Archer C6 using the official .bin with zero custom changes. The only box I checked before the upgrade is the one on logging the list of installed packages. After the upgrade, I ended up with only 140KB free, which leaves no room for two extra packages I had on OpenWrt 23. Is this normal? If not, what could I try to address it?
Download package list and sysupgrade again. should be 200-300kB in default config, not 700
One easy space saver is substitute wpad-xxx to hostapd-xxx or wpa-supplicant-xxx , ie if you need wifi client or access point.
Probably add luci-app-attendedsysupgrade to avoid mistake of installing packages with no space.
Yeah, it was my bad. It's between 200-300 after a sysupgrade. The rest came from attempting to install luci-app-sqm, which couldn't be completed because its dependency, pkg iptables-mod-ipopt needs 920, and there is only 140k available after the rest. How did it work through the prior OpenWrt versions though?
After downgrading to 23.05.5, I see that the total space it provides is 1.31 MB, whereas the 832KB of 24.10 is not enough for qosmate with its dependencies either. Searching for a firmware upgrade via attended sysupgrade from 23.05 finds nothing.
I went the route of https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/ and added luci-app-sqm to that. Only 332KB left after flashing, but I can live with it for now. Thanks for the tips!