I have built a 17.01.4 image that works on my Netgear R7900. The config has some software built as packages, and those are stored at ...bin/targets/bcm53xx/generic/packages. However, it looks like the default build tries to make images for several devices besides the R7900, and one of them (ARCHER-C5-V2) has a small flash, so the installed packages I've selected won't fit in that image.
Unfortunately, the build process dies after that, and before creating Packages.gz. So I can't add my bin/targets directory as a repository for my router, because there's no Packages.gz.
Is there an easy way to proceed with the build after an image-creation fails? Make -k doesn't do it.
`make -k -j1 V=s`
...
/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin/trx -o /home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin.trx -m 33554432 -f /home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tplink-archer-c9-v1-kernel.bin -a 1024
mjn3's trx replacement - v0.81.1
WARNING: maxlen exceeds default maximum! Beware of overwriting nvram!
/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/staging_dir/host/bin/tplink-safeloader -B ARCHERC9 -k /home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin.trx -r /home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin -j -o /home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin.new
file-system partition too big (more than 12582912 bytes): Success
Makefile:288: recipe for target '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin' failed
make[5]: *** [/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/build_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/linux-bcm53xx/tmp/lede-bcm53xx-tplink-archer-c9-v1-squashfs.bin] Error 1
make[5]: Target 'install' not remade because of errors.
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/target/linux/bcm53xx/image'
Makefile:31: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[4]: *** [install] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/target/linux/bcm53xx'
Makefile:13: recipe for target 'install' failed
make[3]: *** [install] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/target/linux'
target/Makefile:22: recipe for target 'target/linux/install' failed
make[2]: *** [target/linux/install] Error 2
make[2]: Target 'target/install' not remade because of errors.
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt'
target/Makefile:18: recipe for target '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/staging_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/stamp/.target_install' failed
make[1]: *** [/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/staging_dir/target-arm_cortex-a9_musl-1.1.16_eabi/stamp/.target_install] Error 2
make[1]: Target 'world' not remade because of errors.
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt'
/home/dhm/code/openwrt/openwrt/include/toplevel.mk:198: recipe for target 'world' failed
make: *** [world] Error 2
dhm@htpc:~/code/openwrt/openwrt$ find bin -name "*ackage*"
bin/packages
bin/packages/arm_cortex-a9/packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.gz
bin/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.sig
bin/packages/mips_24kc/telephony/Packages.manifest
bin/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.gz
bin/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.sig
bin/packages/mips_24kc/luci/Packages.manifest
bin/packages/mips_24kc/packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.gz
bin/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.sig
bin/packages/mips_24kc/packages/Packages.manifest
bin/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.gz
bin/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.sig
bin/packages/mips_24kc/base/Packages.manifest
bin/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages
bin/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.gz
bin/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.sig
bin/packages/mips_24kc/routing/Packages.manifest
bin/targets/bcm53xx/generic/packages
bin/targets/ipq806x/generic/packages
bin/targets/ipq806x/generic/packages/Packages
bin/targets/ipq806x/generic/packages/Packages.gz
bin/targets/ipq806x/generic/packages/Packages.sig
bin/targets/ipq806x/generic/packages/Packages.manifest
bin/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages
bin/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages
bin/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.gz
bin/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.sig
bin/targets/ar71xx/generic/packages/Packages.manifest
dhm@htpc:~/code/openwrt/openwrt$
Did you by any chance tick all the models under bcxm53xx? Just tick your R7900 and the buildroot should only generate images for that model.
I tried various options, including just R7900. I ended up deleting the tree, downloading a fresh copy, and building the default configuration. (Even though I selected R7900, the system built a bunch of targets.) But the default selections are apparently small enough to fit in any router, so it all worked out.
Thanks!
jeff
February 26, 2018, 6:36pm
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Perhaps, from https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/use-buildsystem
IGNORE_ERRORS=1 make <make options>
I find it useful when building package repositories, but you'd want to make sure there weren't any errors associated with your target image.
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