Compiling/Building for USG3P - Help!

yesterdaysbuddha · May 16, 2022, 5:40am

Hi-
I'm trying to make use of an old USG3P I have and would like to use OpenWrt. I found this patch from MartB:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/MartB/99e30df35cb41af7f8f9130cb41c6ddd

0001-Octeon-usg3p-support.patch

From 8d16d252932f7d2e874c1666b5f53da26f68fc65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MartB <mart.b@outlook.de>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2018 22:39:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Octeon: usg3p support

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 target/linux/octeon/Makefile                       |  2 +-
 .../linux/octeon/base-files/etc/board.d/01_network |  4 ++
 .../linux/octeon/base-files/lib/preinit/01_sysinfo |  4 ++
 .../octeon/base-files/lib/preinit/79_move_config   |  2 +-

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However, I'm having trouble figuring out how to add the patch to the base code. I was able to clone the repository and compile a test using this HowTo:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/chankruze/dee8c2ba31c338a60026e14e3383f981

Compile-Vanila.md

## Checking out Source
- clone latest source repository by `git clone https://www.github.com/openwrt/openwrt -b branch_name`
- Now change directory to openwrt by `cd openwrt`.This is our `<buildroot dir>` for this guide.
## Updating Feeds
- Update feeds: `./scripts/feeds update -a`
- Make downloaded package(s) available in make menuconfig:
    - single package : `./scripts/feeds install <PACKAGENAME>`
    - all packages : `./scripts/feeds install -a`

## Image Configuration

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I'm trying to read through the documentation, but I'm just not getting how to incorporate the patch. Are there any HowTos or other walkthroughs on this subject? Has anyone reported getting OpenWrt working on the USG3P "in the wild"? IT seems like there are people interested in this, but I cannot seem to find anything about a successful deployment.

Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

yesterdaysbuddha · May 17, 2022, 2:53pm

I guess it would be more helpful if I said where I'm getting stuck. The documentation says that I need to add the patch to a package directory. What package would this patch be targeting?
Thanks!

frollic · May 17, 2022, 3:49pm

Depends on the patch, doesn't it?

But the name of the file being patched, is in the patch file, so you should be able to figure it out pretty easily.

yesterdaysbuddha · May 17, 2022, 4:54pm

Indeed it does ;-), the patch in question is the one referred to in my first post. But your hint got me where I needed to be. I thought that the patch needed to be in the packages directory, but it is actually patching the octeon makefile. I'll try compiling with the the patch tonight.
Thanks!