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Tony Ambardar 2f0d672088 bpftools: add utility and library packages supporting eBPF usage
Add support for building bpftool and libbpf from the latest 5.8.3 kernel
sources, ensuring up-to-date functionality and fixes. Both are written to
be backwards compatible, which simplfies build and usage across different
OpenWRT image kernels.

'bpftool' is the primary userspace tool widely used for introspection and
manipulation of eBPF programs and maps. Two variants are built: a 'full'
version which supports object disassembly and depends on libbfd/libopcodes
(total ~500KB); and a 'minimal' version without disassembly functions and
dependencies. The default 'minimal' variant is otherwise fully functional,
and both are compiled using LTO for further (~30KB) size reductions.

'libbpf' provides shared/static libraries and dev files needed for building
userspace programs that perform eBPF interaction.

Several cross-compilation and build-failure problems are addressed by new
patches and ones backported from farther upstream:

  * 001-libbpf-ensure-no-local-symbols-counted-in-ABI-check.patch
  * 002-libbpf-fix-build-failure-from-uninitialized-variable.patch
  * 003-bpftool-allow-passing-BPFTOOL_VERSION-to-make.patch
  * 004-v5.9-bpftool-use-only-ftw-for-file-tree-parsing.patch

Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <itugrok@yahoo.com>
2020-08-31 12:23:59 +01:00
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OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

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You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.

gcc binutils bzip2 flex python3 perl make find grep diff unzip gawk getopt
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  2. Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/

  3. Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

  4. Run make to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.

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