openwrt/docs/adding.tex

5 firmware is not really open to the consumer, even if it uses open source software.
14 when they do, you will most likely not be able to complete the firmware creation process.
76 Although this method is not really known and widespread, using a wireless scanner
77 to discover which OS your router or Access Point run can be used. We do not have
84 web interface. This tip has not been fixed for months by Linksys, allowing people
129 OpenWrt does not currently run on devices which have 2MB or less of flash memory.
130 This limitation will probably not be worked around since those devices are most
131 of the time micro-routers, or Wireless Access Points, which are not the main
151 you they do not have to release a SDK containing Open Source software, then we
167 \item kernel sources with patches to make it run on this specific hardware, this does not include binary drivers
177 Once the SDK is available, you are most likely not to be able to build a complete
179 the root filesystem. Most manufacturers do not really care releasing a tool that
203 Most of the time, the kernel source that comes along with the SDK is not really
204 clean, and is not a standard Linux version, it also has architecture specific
238 may not always be relevant, so that you have to clean up those patches to only
251 This code might not be useful if you plan on writing drivers from scratch for
264 with a proprietary boot loader as well. This may not always be a limitation,
294 as well, fortunately or unfortunately, most of the drivers are not statically linked.
324 kernel headers file, if you do not have to move some structures field before or
330 You might want to understand the firmware format, even if you are not yet capable
355 Writing your own flash map driver is not really a hard task once you know how your