[dhavey]

I have a Buffalo WZR-600DHP and I would like to be able to rebuild the kernel (with some hacks).

It has an Atheros AR7161 rev 2 (0xaa) processor and a couple of AR922X radios.

I bought it because it already runs DD-WRT v24SP2-MULTI (11/04/12) std - build 20180.

I sort of figured that I could just use the same build but then I read the peacock thread and it said:

Brick, brick. Brick, brick brick, NOOB! Brick, brick, NOOB didn't wait, brick, brick, brick, Nnnnoooob, brick, loser.

So I thought I would ask the community first.

[buddee]

You figure you would ask the community what? In all of your post here, i don't ever see one question being asked, i see some rambling of statements, but no question..

[dhavey]

I would ask if anybody would share their experience with me on what build to use for this router?

Or if anybody has built dd-wrt on this router?

It is not in the database and there are no specific instructions for it.

[buddee]

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Buffalo_WZR-HP-AG300H#WZR-600DHP

[dhavey]

Thanxs for the link. So here are two real questions.

I want to modify some kernel modules on the router. I have downloaded the source and the toolchains.

I am going to install brainslayer's firmware and get it working according to the link.

Then compile my customized modules using make modules -j and copy the .ko files to the router, rmmod and insmod.

Does this process seem squared away?

Also the source tree:
ls DD-WRT/src/linux

adm5120 brcm brcm63xx ks8695 magicbox mv78xx rb500 rt2880 sl2312 universal

Wha? Huh? Which one?

cat /proc/cpuinfo
root@DD-WRT:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
system type : Atheros AR7161 rev 2 (0xaa)
processor : 0
cpu model : MIPS 24Kc V7.4

[buddee]

None of those, and you won't be able to do what you are talking about doing, AFAIK the Atheros dd-wrt wireless driver isn't open to the public.

[dhavey]

Thanxs for the info!

Good news about the Atheros wireless drivers. They are definitely open source. I've been working with these drivers for about a year now and they are included in Linux kernel's > 2.6.

Atheros wireless drivers:
drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/
and SoftMac:
/net/mac80211/

There is a process here:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Development#Compiling_.28custom.29_Kernel_modules_for_DD-WRT

Pretty standard procedure. I've done it many times on a pc. But there is a lot I don't know about these little processors.

I don't understand. The dd-wrt Linux source is under one of these directories.

adm5120 brcm brcm63xx ks8695 magicbox mv78xx rb500 rt2880 sl2312 universal

There is no way that Linux can be compiled for any processor without using the source from one of these directories.

Is this something to do with the Atheros chipset? For instance can the source be compiled for this router?

Sorry for the educated Noob questions. I've been kernel hacking for a long time, but like I said, always on a pc platform where the chipset is not really an issue.

[buddee]

[dhavey]

No worries. I believed you the first time. I'm just trying to gain information and understand why.

For instance:
root@DD-WRT:~# lsmod | grep ath
ath9k 88812 0
ath9k_common 1447 1 ath9k
ath9k_hw 333279 2 ath9k,ath9k_common
ath 13495 3 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw
mac80211 211241 1 ath9k
cfg80211 143364 2 ath9k,mac80211
compat 2069 5 ath9k,ath9k_common,ath9k_hw,mac80211,cfg80211

Which led me to believe that the router is using the Atheros driver and mac80211. Now I know that this is not the Linux ath9k and mac802.11 and that the source is not available for this entire chipset. No compiling, no kernel hacks. I must use a different platform

Good information. Seems to make perfect sense now. Thanxs.