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--- projects:software:openwrt_custom_wireless-regdb [2023/10/31 03:58] – Snippet newline cleanup; Remove package/index from make command; Upload prebuilt ipk package Andrew Yong
+++ projects:software:openwrt_custom_wireless-regdb [2024/03/23 11:22] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 ====== OpenWrt Custom wireless-regdb ======
+Note: Do not use the patch below if you are in Singapore, as wireless-regdb is now maintained once again and updated Singapore regulatory rules have been released.
+This information is just provided for reference in case one needs to test changes to wireless-regdb on an OpenWrt wireless AP.
 ===== Motivation =====
-As wireless-regdb has [[http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/wireless-regdb/2023-May/001439.html|no]] [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/wireless-regdb#sending_updates_to_the_regulatory_database#sending_updates_to_the_regulatory_database|maintainer]] at time of writing, it's unlikely that [[http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/wireless-regdb/2023-September/001454.html|my Wi-Fi 6E regulatory updates for Singapore]] will propagate to Linux distributions anytime soon.
+As wireless-regdb had[[http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/wireless-regdb/2023-May/001439.html|no]] [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/wireless-regdb#sending_updates_to_the_regulatory_database#sending_updates_to_the_regulatory_database|maintainer]] it was unlikely that [[http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/wireless-regdb/2023-September/001454.html|my Wi-Fi 6E regulatory updates for Singapore]] would propagate to Linux distributions anytime soon (as of the September 2023 IMDA TS SRD release).
 Thankfully, it is pretty straightforward to set up a functional Wi-Fi 6E network, as only the Access Point requires a regulatory update, while stations (clients) do not. This is because the regulatory framework restricts [[https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/developers/regulatory/processing_rules#beacon_hints|the initiation of radiation (beacons)]], while clients are free to connect to any frequency the hardware is able to receive beacons on (even if it cannot initiate radiation on that frequency).
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 ===== I Am Lazy and Trusting =====
-Running OpenWrt 23.05.0? Here is my prebuilt package using the steps below (Option B): {{ :projects:software:wireless-regdb_2023-09-03-ab7ed562-1_all.ipk |}}
+Running OpenWrt 23.05.2? Here is my prebuilt package using the steps below (Option B): {{ :projects:software:wireless-regdb_2023-09-03-ab7ed562-1_all.ipk |}}
   - ''ssh root@YOUR_ROUTER_IP''
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   - Install [[https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/install-buildsystem|OpenWrt build prerequisites]]
-  - Clone OpenWrt source (adjust branch as needed, depending on what you're running):\\ ''%%git clone --depth=1 --branch v23.05.0 https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git%%''
+  - Clone OpenWrt source (adjust branch as needed, depending on what you're running):\\ ''%%git clone --depth=1 --branch v23.05.2 https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git%%''
-  - Choose the target architecture and device of your AP (the built package is actually generic/noarch, but this is required anyway):\\ ''make menuconfig''
+  - Configure the build:\\ ''make menuconfig''
-  - Build tools and toolchain (this will take ~30 min, depending on your CPU performance):\\ ''make tools/install''\\ ''make toolchain/install''
+    - Target system: ''x86'' (or respective to the computer you are building on) to save CPU time by not having to cross-compile (the wireless-regdb package is noarch)
+    - Target profile: ''Generic x86'' (this is the default)
+    - Firmware → wireless-regdb → ''<M>''
+    - Exit and save
+  - Build tools and toolchain (this will take ~30 min, depending on your CPU performance):\\ ''make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) tools/install''\\ ''make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) toolchain/install''
 ==== Option A - Quick and Dirty - Using a Patch ====
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 This is quick and dirty because (1) it generates a package with the same version number (unless you update the Makefile metadata) and (2) it will break with a change in wireless-regdb releases that change db.txt or (3) the patch series that comes with OpenWrt.
-This was only tested on OpenWrt=v23.05.0 and wireless-regdb=2023.09.01.
+This was only tested on OpenWrt=v23.05.2 and wireless-regdb=2023.09.01.
   - Download the snippet below to your cloned OpenWrt repo (it goes in ''package/firmware/wireless-regdb/patches/''):\\ <file diff package/firmware/wireless-regdb/patches/999-SG-regd-2023-sep.patch>
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  PKG_MAINTAINER:=Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
- </file>\\ To use your own wireless-regdb repo, change the following variables:
+</file>\\ (You may have to add/remove a newline if you are getting an error during apply, due to DokuWiki limitations)\\ To use your own wireless-regdb repo, change the following variables:
     * PKG_SOURCE_URL - Git repo URL
     * PKG_SOURCE_VERSION - Git commit hash
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   - Copy the package to your AP:\\ ''scp -O bin/packages/*/base/wireless-regdb*.ipk root@YOUR_ROUTER_IP:/tmp/''
-  - Install the package on your AP:\\ ''ssh root@YOUR_ROUTER_IP''\\ ''opkg install /tmp/wireless-regdb*.ipk''
+  - Install the package on your AP:\\ ''ssh root@YOUR_ROUTER_IP''\\ ''opkg install %%--%%force-downgrade /tmp/wireless-regdb*.ipk''
   - Reboot your AP:\\ ''ssh root@YOUR_ROUTER_IP''\\ ''reboot''
   - Try out your updated regulatory rules!

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