On 07/14/2012 01:47:36 PM, Gergely Buday wrote: > Hi there, > > I heard today of openwrt so am a newbie. What I understood so far is > that openwrt is a linux distribution generator environment, compiling > _other_ free software packages to create the distribution to run on a > router.
Yes. In that sense opnwrt is just another linux distribution. > The question arose: does openwrt use standard Linux drivers for > router > chipsets, or it contains special openwrt sources for that? As a rule, Linux has drivers for everything. If it does not then the sane thing to do for someone who writes a new driver is to contribute it to Linux and get it in the Linux source tree. > > And, another: is there a need to write generic code that runs on > every > router? I would try my favourite programming language if you name > such > a need. You'll have to find something that somebody else has not already written, or something you think you can do a better job at. Having said that, there's always a need for programming. Especially when it comes to debugging or improving existing code. OpenWRT has a developers list. They'd be the ones to contact to see where help is needed. Or contribute to Linux itself, or some other FOSS project. Regards, Karl <[email protected]> Free Software: "You don't pay back, you pay forward." -- Robert A. Heinlein _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
