thanks, so i guess the only option is to build a custom image?
find it a little odd and disappointing that i need to go down that route when other third parties still support this devices just fine; dd-wrt for example. Unifying on a single OS/firmware across all my devices would definitely be ideal.
regarding the options mentioned at the bottom, i think more thought should go into them, as certain packages perhaps shouldn't be default/classified in those - example not everyone uses ipv6 at all.
would be awesome if you could for example pick a router, pick a few options, and it "builds" the file for you; example: device, wifi, ipv6, gui, vpn, pppoe to name a few major ones.
on that note, is there a "simple coles notes" sort of speak regarding the image builder?
is it possible to essentially mimic a current release build (the options and/or command(s) and such) but strip out what i don't need?
thinking further, would be nice to possibly build a custom image which ultimately works for all my routers i use, if that's even possible?
would the same image/name work across multiple devices?
is it mainly just the drivers which differ from device to device?
thanks, will check that out along with some of the links within.
regarding the "device to device", if i run the same packages command for the different devices, is the result the same, or do some devices include/exclude different packages and therefore even this needs to be unique across devices when even building an image?
also, how "regularly" should i be building new images? when are images released? is it possible to update the various packages regularly within the image builder?
example there is an update to luci or a wireless driver or something, and although i could check/update the packages via ssh on the router, perhaps its better to update those in the image builder and build a new image with those updates "baked in"?
also, is there a way to see "all" the standard/main packages there are which we can add/remove so it's easy to pick what exactly we need or don't need?
however to note, i did notice that various sections/sub-menus i can remove certain packages and in others i can't; for example "nat", "ppp" to name a few.
example; seems like mostly all references to "ppp" i am not able to remove (un-check) for some reason, but specifically under "Network" from the main menu, i am able to. seems odd to me, and i'm not sure if all, some or none of it will be included now. my guess would be for the packages which i could not un-select ppp, it will be