Compiling the firmware for RT-AC56U

[hardtotell]

I'm trying to compile the firmware for rt-ac56u. However, it says 'arm-brcm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc' command not found. Is this simply a PATH issue? Or, do I need to build the ARM cross-compiler?

My build platform is Debian 7.8, amd64.

 

[RMerlin]

I'm trying to compile the firmware for rt-ac56u. However, it says 'arm-brcm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc' command not found. Is this simply a PATH issue? Or, do I need to build the ARM cross-compiler?

My build platform is Debian 7.8, amd64.

Not sure how up-to-date this guide is (Debian is not a platform I support), but start here:

https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-me...ource-using-a-Debian-based-Linux-Distribution

 

[hardtotell]

For the ARM toolchain (RT-AC56U & RT-AC68U), I changed the path and got it working:

export PATH=$PATH:~/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708/toolchains/hndtools-arm-linux-2.6.36-uclibc-4.5.3/bin

I am happy that the ARM cross-compiler is now working. However, after 70 minutes into the build, I get this error while compiling the module "netatalk-3.0.5/etc/afpd" in version 378.52_2:

arm-brcm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc: @LIBADD_DL@: No such file or directory

What is "@LIBADD_DL@"?
Is it a missing library?

Output from build:

...
...
...
Making all in afpd
make[7]: Entering directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5/etc/afpd'
make  all-am
make[8]: Entering directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5/etc/afpd'
  CC     fce-fce_api.o
  CC     hash-hash.o
  CC     fce-fce_util.o
  CC     afpd-afp_avahi.o
  CC     afpd-afp_config.o
  CC     afpd-afp_dsi.o
  CC     afpd-afp_mdns.o
  CC     afpd-afp_options.o
  CC     afpd-afp_util.o
  CC     afpd-afp_zeroconf.o
  CC     afpd-afprun.o
  CC     afpd-afs.o
  CC     afpd-appl.o
  CC     afpd-auth.o
  CC     afpd-catsearch.o
  CC     afpd-desktop.o
  CC     afpd-dircache.o
  CC     afpd-directory.o
  CC     afpd-enumerate.o
  CC     afpd-extattrs.o
  CC     afpd-fce_api.o
  CC     afpd-fce_util.o
  CC     afpd-filedir.o
  CC     afpd-file.o
  CC     afpd-fork.o
  CC     afpd-hash.o
  CC     afpd-main.o
  CC     afpd-mangle.o
  CC     afpd-messages.o
  CC     afpd-nfsquota.o
  CC     afpd-ofork.o
  CC     afpd-quota.o
  CC     afpd-status.o
  CC     afpd-switch.o
  CC     afpd-uam.o
  CC     afpd-uid.o
  CC     afpd-unix.o
  CC     afpd-volume.o
  CCLD   hash
  CCLD   fce
  CCLD   afpd
../../libatalk/.libs/libatalk.so: warning: the use of OBSOLESCENT `utime' is discouraged, use `utimes'
arm-brcm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc: @LIBADD_DL@: No such file or directory
make[8]: *** [afpd] Error 1
make[8]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5/etc/afpd'
make[7]: *** [all] Error 2
make[7]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5/etc/afpd'
make[6]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[6]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5/etc'
make[5]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5'
make[4]: *** [all] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router/netatalk-3.0.5'
make[3]: *** [netatalk-3.0.5] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src/router'
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708'
make[1]: *** [bin] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708'
make: *** [rt-ac56u] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/home/evaluation/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708'

 

[hardtotell]

Success.

The compiler error above happened because I trying to compile the latest unreleased code. Just needed to get the latest stable code and verify the version.

git checkout 378.52_2
cat ./release/src-rt-6.x.4708/version.conf

Additional packages I needed to install on Debian 7.8 amd64:

sudo apt-get install intltool autopoint

Set path to ARM toolchain for compiling firmwares for RT-AC56U & RT-AC68U:

export PATH=$PATH:~/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708/toolchains/hndtools-arm-linux-2.6.36-uclibc-4.5.3/bin

Enable multicore/multiprocessor compiling. Edit the file ~/asuswrt-merlin/release/src-rt-6.x.4708/platform.mak:

#export PARALLEL_BUILD :=
export PARALLEL_BUILD := -j`grep -c '^processor' /proc/cpuinfo`

A Gnome Desktop dependency conflicts with libelf1:i386 on Debian 7.8 amd64. Therefore, at boot time, you must login via the console and manually type 'startx' to get the user-interface to appear.

 

[ethician]

Anyone knows what the reason for this is?

arm-brcm-linux-uclibcgnueabi-gcc: @LIBADD_DL@: No such file or directory

My 378.53 compilation always crashes on netatalk afpd with the above error.

Edit: Forgot to add that I am on a supported ubuntu with seemingly all of the required packages. The above is all part of my settings.

 

[ethician]

I found the solution someplace else in the forum. The problem is related to a borked configure script in router/netatalk-3.0.5.

No idea why my clean git clone did not get the right version but if you ever run into this problem again, simply do

cd router/netatalk-3.0.5/
rm configure
git checkout configure

and re-run make.