Hey everyone,

I have compiled my own version of OpenWrt for a device (AR71XX board) without issues. Building standard packages for it is also no issue.
The issue I am having is that when I try to install kmods from either the OpenWrt repository or if I build the packages and try to install them manually, I get an unsatisfied dependency issue.

Now, say my firmware's kernel version is 3.7.8 and I want to install a kmod, all of them seem to be built for 3.7.8-1 (revision 1?). The weird thing is, if I include a kmod into the build it works without an issue. If I want to install a kmod after flashing the firmware it becomes impossible (without forcing dependencies).

I am wondering if I am doing anything wrong or if there is anything I can do?

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Nothing wrong, but keep in mind that rebuilding modules with another compiler version produces a mismatch and that openwrt package building is even tighter when it's up to compiler/toochain/libc/... versions.

The only way i know to produce no errors/warnings is to rebuild everything again from source and reflash your device

You could try opkg install –force-depends xxxxx

Thanks for the replies!

@rAndy: Thanks for that, sadly this happens when I check out the latest trunk (tried a couple of times). It seems to be hit and miss, sometimes I get the right versions built of the kmods sometimes I get them built with -1 behind the kernel version. This seems very odd to me as I am using the same toolchain and environment to build them at the same time.

@robthebrew, I am aware of this but I want to get this fixed rather than just using a workaround. Thanks though!

Does anyone have any tips? I have just re-checked out the buildroot and now my firmware's kernel is 3.7.9 and the kmods that have been built are on version 3.7.9-1. They are built in and work fine if I select them to be (instead of m) in the menuconfig but the packages created won't install without errors in opkg. (They do with --force-depends but yeah).

C126

(Last edited by c1266002 on 18 Feb 2013, 18:36)