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[lordwerther]

hi,

a quick question: i was using 18.06.04 build on tplink 1043nd v.2 and there was no option for flow offload in firewall settings? because of that i've migrated to @gwlim 's fork.
How can i enable flow offload option in 18.06.04 build if there is no checkbox to enable it ????

thx

[slh]

You can't, flow-offloading depends on kernel >= 4.14, but ar71xx in 18.06.x is on kernel 4.9.

[lordwerther]

so as i understand it, to make use of flow offload i need to stay with @gwlim 's fork ? i ask this because i can't update packages (total noob) and i don't know what to do with the kmod-packages file that comes with gwlim's image.. i wan't to setup extroot but i can't because i can't install fs-ext4 and so on...
is there no other way to use flow offload with an official build ?

sorry if my questions seem stupid but i'm learning all of this on the go.

[Router]

I'm personally waiting for the new @shunjou build to come out.

[lordwerther]

Hi,
Can someone point me in the right direction ?
I;m trying to set up extroot for the 1043nd v2 router with gwlim's september image.
I'm following this guide extroot guide , but for some reason my usb stick is not seen when issuing the command block info.
I have installed the kmod-usb-storage provided in the image tarball but i get the folowing error:

OpenWrt - Software - LuCI
Kernel support for USB Mass Storage devices
*** The installed version of package kernel is not compatible, require 4.19.69-1-cc50d72d… while 4.19.69-1-67fb2830… is installed.**

What can i do to add support for usb ?

thx

[fgimenezm]

This build gave new life to my wdr3600. Thanks!

EDIT: the effect kind of goes away when I add SQM to the mix, but still, great work!

[gwlim]

If SQM is not enabled, performance goes to line rate for MTU=1500 for fast enough processors
If SQM is enabled, performance is still greater than without SFE but will not be line rate
Eg.
WR1043NDv1 no SFE no SQM => 250Mbps
WR1043NDv1 with SFE no SQM => 700Mbps
WR1043NDv1 with SFE + SQM => 300Mbps (tested with CAKE + layer cake)

[gwlim]

It is in the tar.gz archive, decompress and install from there

[lordwerther]

Hi,

After many hours i'm about to give up.
I have installed everything needed for extroot, but when i'm trying to mount the usb ext4 partition i get this error:

# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: mounting /dev/sda1 on /mnt failed: Invalid argument

The block info command outputs this :

block info
/dev/mtdblock3: UUID="6415cad4-45731f85-3648afa9-a833df68" VERSION="4.0" MOUNT="/rom" TYPE="squashfs"
/dev/mtdblock4: MOUNT="/overlay" TYPE="jffs2"
/dev/sda1: UUID="ca53902e-45d4-4399-b613-09cfee1094dd" VERSION="1.0" TYPE="ext4"

I have formated the drive using this command mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1

At this point my guess i'm missing a kernel module. ???

[gwlim]

It is in the kmod-package.tar.gz in the same directory where you download the firmware

[lordwerther]

Yes, I know. From that tarball i've already installed the packages specified in the extroot tutorial from openwrt docs. I already have all that is required to setup extroot installed. Still get that error when mounting..
Maybe there is something else that needs to be installed ?when I get home i'll post an lsmod printout...

[gwlim]

What firmware for what router did you use?

[lordwerther]

tplink wr1043nd v2 , flashed with your SEP-2019/ openwrt-sfe-flowoffload-normal / , latest image, from yesterday.
I have installed the packages required here (from the tarball that comes with the flashed image) extroot .

lsmod ouputs this: #

 lsmod
act_mirred              4496  0
act_skbedit             3408  0
aead                    3424  3 cryptodev,algif_aead,authenc
af_alg                 10832  4 algif_skcipher,algif_rng,algif_hash,algif_aead
algif_aead              3808  0
algif_hash              4416  0
algif_rng               1184  0
algif_skcipher          2880  0
arc4                    1632  0
ath                    18720  3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
ath9k                 100944  0
ath9k_common           11712  1 ath9k
ath9k_hw              348416  2 ath9k,ath9k_common
authenc                 3680  0
cfg80211              247776  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath,mac80211
cls_basic               3328  0
cls_flow                5440  0
cls_fw                  4128  0
cls_matchall            3168  0
cls_route               5376  0
cls_tcindex             5632  0
cls_u32                11568  0
compat                  8720  4 ath9k,ath9k_common,mac80211,cfg80211
crc_ccitt               1664  1 ppp_async
crypto_hash             8736  7 ppp_mppe,cryptodev,algif_hash,sha1_generic,authe                               nc,jbd2,crypto_null
crypto_null             2960  3 algif_aead,authenc,aead
cryptodev              33072  0
cryptomgr               1968  0
ecb                     1440  0
ehci_hcd               36240  1 ehci_platform
ehci_platform           4480  0
em_u32                   576  0
fast_classifier        42896  0
gpio_button_hotplug     7136  0
gre                     2272  2 pptp,ip_gre
ifb                     3136  0
ip_gre                 16192  0
ip_set                 23216 16 xt_set,ip_set_list_set,ip_set_hash_netportnet,ip                               _set_hash_netport,ip_set_hash_netnet,ip_set_hash_netiface,ip_set_hash_net,ip_set                               _hash_mac,ip_set_hash_ipportnet,ip_set_hash_ipportip,ip_set_hash_ipport,ip_set_h                               ash_ipmark,ip_set_hash_ip,ip_set_bitmap_port,ip_set_bitmap_ipmac,ip_set_bitmap_i                               p
ip_set_bitmap_ip        6816  0
ip_set_bitmap_ipmac     6880  0
ip_set_bitmap_port      5952  0
ip_set_hash_ip         19936  0
ip_set_hash_ipmark     20064  0
ip_set_hash_ipport     20640  0
ip_set_hash_ipportip   21568  0
ip_set_hash_ipportnet   25760  0
ip_set_hash_mac        10400  0
ip_set_hash_net        23072  0
ip_set_hash_netiface   24608  0
ip_set_hash_netnet     25984  0
ip_set_hash_netport    24544  0
ip_set_hash_netportnet   26912  0
ip_set_list_set         7296  0
ip_tables              10352  5 iptable_nat,iptable_raw,iptable_mangle,iptable_f                               ilter
ip_tunnel              11264  1 ip_gre
ip6_tables             10176 24 ip6table_mangle,ip6table_filter
ip6_udp_tunnel          1568  2 wireguard,l2tp_core
ip6t_REJECT             1248  2
ip6table_filter          672  1
ip6table_mangle         1184  1
ipt_ECN                 1408  0
ipt_MASQUERADE           672  1
ipt_REJECT              1152  2
iptable_filter           672  1
iptable_mangle           928  1
iptable_nat              768  1
iptable_raw              800  1
jbd2                   49904  0
l2tp_core              12464  2 l2tp_ppp,l2tp_netlink
l2tp_netlink            8912  1 l2tp_ppp
l2tp_ppp               11984  0
ledtrig_usbport         2864  0
mac80211              469472  2 ath9k,ath9k_hw
mbcache                 3088  0
nf_conncount            5616  1 xt_connlimit
nf_conntrack           66464 17 fast_classifier,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_state,xt_nat,x                               t_helper,xt_conntrack,xt_connmark,xt_connlimit,xt_connbytes,xt_REDIRECT,xt_CT,nf                               _nat_ipv4,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_rtcache,nf_conntrack_netlink,nf_conncount,sch_cake
nf_conntrack_netlink   22544  0
nf_conntrack_rtcache    2272  0
nf_defrag_ipv4          1152  1 nf_conntrack
nf_defrag_ipv6          4736  1 nf_conntrack
nf_log_common           2688  2 nf_log_ipv4,nf_log_ipv6
nf_log_ipv4             3392  0
nf_log_ipv6             4160  0
nf_nat                 13552  3 xt_nat,xt_REDIRECT,nf_nat_ipv4
nf_nat_ipv4             4928  2 iptable_nat,ipt_MASQUERADE
nf_reject_ipv4          2112  1 ipt_REJECT
nf_reject_ipv6          2368  1 ip6t_REJECT
nfnetlink               4384  2 nf_conntrack_netlink,ip_set
nls_base                4928  1 usbcore
ohci_hcd               24880  1 ohci_platform
ohci_platform           3744  0
ppp_async               6912  0
ppp_generic            22608 10 pppoe,ppp_async,l2tp_ppp,pptp,pppox,ppp_mppe
ppp_mppe                5680  0
pppoe                   9248  2
pppox                   1264  3 pppoe,l2tp_ppp,pptp
pptp                   13936  0
sch_cake               30384  0
sch_hfsc               15936  0
sch_htb                14384  0
sch_ingress             1568  0
sch_tbf                 6368  0
scsi_mod               93232  4 ums_cypress,uas,usb_storage,sd_mod
sd_mod                 28592  0
sha1_generic            2272  0
shortcut_fe            44224  1 fast_classifier
shortcut_fe_ipv6       45440  1 fast_classifier
slhc                    4992  1 ppp_generic
tun                    26688  0
uas                    12064  0
udp_tunnel              2464  2 wireguard,l2tp_core
uhci_hcd               20240  0
ums_alauda              8784  0
ums_cypress             2608  0
ums_datafab             5072  0
ums_freecom             2160  0
ums_isd200              5888  0
ums_jumpshot            4176  0
ums_karma               1776  0
ums_sddr09              9312  0
ums_sddr55              6128  0
ums_usbat               8608  0
usb_common              2496  1 usbcore
usb_storage            40944 11 ums_usbat,ums_sddr55,ums_sddr09,ums_karma,ums_ju                               mpshot,ums_isd200,ums_freecom,ums_datafab,ums_cypress,ums_alauda,uas
usbcore               134528 18 ums_usbat,ums_sddr55,ums_sddr09,ums_karma,ums_ju                               mpshot,ums_isd200,ums_freecom,ums_datafab,ums_cypress,ums_alauda,ledtrig_usbport                               ,uas,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_platform,ohci_hcd,ehci_platform,ehci_hcd
wireguard              93888  0
x_tables               14128 40 ipt_REJECT,ipt_MASQUERADE,xt_time,xt_tcpudp,xt_t                               cpmss,xt_statistic,xt_state,xt_recent,xt_nat,xt_multiport,xt_mark,xt_mac,xt_limi                               t,xt_length,xt_hl,xt_helper,xt_ecn,xt_dscp,xt_conntrack,xt_connmark,xt_connlimit                               ,xt_connbytes,xt_comment,xt_TCPMSS,xt_REDIRECT,xt_LOG,xt_HL,xt_DSCP,xt_CT,xt_CLA                               SSIFY,iptable_raw,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter,ipt_ECN,ip_tables,xt_set,ip6tabl                               e_mangle,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,ip6t_REJECT
xt_CLASSIFY              608  0
xt_CT                   2880  0
xt_DSCP                 1536  0
xt_HL                   1184  0
xt_LOG                   768  0
xt_REDIRECT              704  0
xt_TCPMSS               3136  4
xt_comment               512144
xt_connbytes            1728  0
xt_connlimit            1088  0
xt_connmark             1792  0
xt_conntrack            2400 16
xt_dscp                  960  0
xt_ecn                  1504  0
xt_helper                960  0
xt_hl                    832  0
xt_length                736  0
xt_limit                1408 20
xt_mac                   640  0
xt_mark                  672  0
xt_multiport            1248  0
xt_nat                  2368  0
xt_recent               7088  0
xt_set                  7616  0
xt_state                 832  0
xt_statistic             864  0
xt_tcpmss               1088  0
xt_tcpudp               1760 12
xt_time                 1984  0

[gwlim]

I did a ctrl-f but don't see an ext4 module
You can't mount an ext4 partition without a ext4 kmod

root@openwrt:~# lsmod | grep ext4
crc16                   1024  1 ext4
crypto_hash             8736  9 ext4,jbd2,crc32c_generic,ppp_mppe,cryptodev,algif_hash,sha1_generic,authenc,crypto_null
ext4                  392736  0
jbd2                   49904  1 ext4
mbcache                 3088  1 ext4

 dependencies for kmod-fs-ext4:
 *      kmod-lib-crc16
 *      kmod-crypto-crc32c

[lordwerther]

I have the kmod-fs-ext4 listed in luci but if i lsmod | grep ext4 in command prompt i get nothing.
What should i do? I'll try to remove the kmod from luci and reinstall ...

so, when i try to remove kmod-fs-ext4 from within luci i get:

The opkg remove command failed with code 255

Why is it listed there if it's not installed?
I removed the package and trying to reinstall from tarball. If i'm installing whitout -nodeps i get

opkg install kmod-fs-ext4_4.19.72-1_mips_24kc.ipk
Installing kmod-fs-ext4 (4.19.72-1) to root...
Collected errors:
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-fs-ext4:
 *      kernel (= 4.19.72-1-23e25f21c0f86dda925f0fc261a08d10)
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-fs-ext4.

If i install it with -nodeps , appears as it is installed in luci but the command " ```
lsmod | grep ext4" returns empty.

[gwlim]

You probably installed it from openwrt repository, you need to get it from the tar.gz where it is loadable

[lordwerther]

no, it is from the tar.gz that came with your image.
the filename is kmod-fs-ext4_4.19.72-1_mips_24kc.ipk .

[gwlim]

you must type opkg install /tmp/kmod-filename.ipk if not you are installing from the openwrt repo
and if lsmod | grep ext4 does not show ext4 then it is not loaded.
If you type insmod ext4 nothing shows up then the wrong kmod is installed

[lordwerther]

ohh let me try that. i thought that after cd /tmp i was already in tmp and the package gets installed from there.

same thing. lsmod | grep ext4 is empty.

[lordwerther]

I'm back again with my problem setting up extroot on wr1043nd v2.
Following our discussion yesterday i reflashed the router multiple times in an attempt to isolate the problem. Before i was using "opkg update" and after that i installed the packages from tar.gz provided with the image.
Today i have installed the packages straight after flashing the image and i get the same result.

What else can i do? I need extroot for adblock. sorry for bothering you guys with this little problem.