Hello,
I'm new to OpenWRT and I've successfully installed it in a Linksys WRT1900AC (v1) which has two USB ports.
I'm trying to experiment with the USB over IP provided by the usbip-server package, but when I try to install it, it shows a dependency problem with the kernel version:
The very last line shows my kernel version 4.14.71, and these packages seem to require 4.14.73-1-57915b076d0a209a436caaf133006cd0). Those are very specific kernel specifications. Can I build the package myself and install it? What would be advised in this situation?
Thank you!
I should use a stable release.
Will/should my configuration (i.e.: wifi setup, firewall rules, openvpn setup etc.) be preserved or should I backup my files and start over configuring everything?
Thank you again for your help!
A backup other than blind trust is always a good idea. It can be done from the command line (sysupgrade with no arguments gives "help"), or through LuCI. I've had my cat pull the plug on a device at the most inopportune time!
It took me a while to have a slot of free time (where I could potentially break my router) and it worked without problems. It took a couple of reboots make cablemodem work again but everything (I caread about) was preserved.
I installed usbip but unfortunately it seems broken in 18.06.1 in my hardware and some people are reporting similar issues, but at least having a long time support firmware will save me time looking for snapshot packages.