Adding USB Storage post flashing

[foxyboy]

lantis,

I am going to try and revist this as there have been quite a few AirOS releases since and im keen to have a standby router configured with usb capabilities.

Im going to flash the latest AirOS and then install 1.9.1.

Before I waste my time, can you tell me if the gargoyle 1.9.1 airrouter build has usb enabled ???

rgs

[Lantis]

it doesnt

that doesn't mean you can't recompile it yourself with support.

[foxyboy]

Thanks Lantis,

Having looked at this again last night i can confirm that the usb port is working with the latest AirOS 5.6.9 - it simply isnt mounted by default.

Given this should the airrouter build not include USB support by default ??

So I then uploaded the gargoyle 1.9.1 build and could not change plugin source - as as you point out that would be expected as usb support isnt in the build.

As you suggested I then decided to upload a custom build i came across
1.9.1.1 (r49398), by obsy http://eko.one.pl/?p=openwrt-gargoylepl-cc
which has the usb storage plugin included.
The strange thing with this was the usb storage was detected and i could setup a share on it no problem and access it from laptop.
I could NOT however change the 'Plugin Source' to the usb as the button simply wasnt present !

Am i missing something here or is this expected behaviour ?

[Lantis]

Thanks Lantis,

Having looked at this again last night i can confirm that the usb port is working with the latest AirOS 5.6.9 - it simply isnt mounted by default.

Given this should the airrouter build not include USB support by default ??

Probably. If you do a custom build and it works, I'll move it.

So I then uploaded the gargoyle 1.9.1 build and could not change plugin source - as as you point out that would be expected as usb support isnt in the build.

Agreed

As you suggested I then decided to upload a custom build i came across
1.9.1.1 (r49398), by obsy http://eko.one.pl/?p=openwrt-gargoylepl-cc
which has the usb storage plugin included.

I never suggested this

The strange thing with this was the usb storage was detected and i could setup a share on it no problem and access it from laptop.
I could NOT however change the 'Plugin Source' to the usb as the button simply wasnt present !

Am i missing something here or is this expected behaviour ?

Obsy modifies his builds to suit his idea of how external storage should work.
I believe in this instance he disables this feature in favour of "extroot".
From his changelog:

Disabling the installation of plug-ins on external media (you should do extroota in order to install more packages)

[foxyboy]

Ah, maybe if i read the changelog id have seen that

[foxyboy]

Lantis,

I attempted to perform a custom build

Is it simply a matter of enabling everything in the USB Support section ?
make custom
set target as ar71xxx
and then enable everything in USB-Support ?


Rgs

[Lantis]

I'd just move the entry from the profiles out of the default and into USB under targets/ar71xx
Then initiate a build on the ar71xx.usb target

[foxyboy]

Lantis,

Finally got round to this and happy to report it works as expected.

Moved "-ubnt-airrouter-squashfs-" from
../targets/ar71xx/profiles/default
to
../targets/ar71xx/profiles/usb

Can you do same so its included for future builds?

rgs

[foxyboy]

Hi Lantis,

Before i break something...
Did usb support get into the 1.9.2 master ?
I just had a look at the firmware size and its a
tad on the small size.

rgs

[Lantis]

No I don't think it did sorry. I'll do the change this weekend.