This is an Optware fork. It targets to be firmware-independent and currently supports hard-float ARMv7, I686, PowerPC 603e and soft-float ARMv5, ARMv7 EABI and MIPSEL targets. Feeds building and hosting resources are kindly provided by Nas-Admin.org project.

Now that Optware-ng is official, we're looking for developers and wiki writers. If you're willing to give it a go, please see 'Contributing to project and building from source' and 'Writing Optware-ng end-user instructions' sections below.

Optware-ng feeds have moved to http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng. Please run this command to update ipkg configuration if you installed Optware-ng prior to this announcement:

sed -i -e 's|optware-ng\.zyxmon\.org/|ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/|' /opt/etc/ipkg.conf
ipkg update

buildroot-mipsel-ng feed is now rebuilt with 2.6.22.19 kernel headers. Please reinstall all currently installed packages if you installed this feed earlier:

ipkg update
ipkg -force-reinstall install `ipkg list_installed|cut -d ' ' -f1`

The instructions below only download, unpack and configure the package manager ipkg. You must previously make sure that /opt is writable, by preparing USB storage or router's jffs partition (for routers that support them), or symlink/mount-bind /opt to a location on your data volume (e.g., for a NAS). If you have MIPSEL/ARM Asus router running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware, check out How To Install New Generation Optware guide by @TeHashX.

To bootstrap the feed, connect over SSH/Telnet and type:

ARMv7 EABI hardfloat: (Use this if you have a modern ARM device with FPU, e.g., a NAS)

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armeabihf-bootstrap.sh | sh

ARMv7 EABI softfloat: (Use this for a modern ARM device without FPU, e.g., an ARMv7 router)

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armeabi-ng-bootstrap.sh | sh

ARMv5 EABI (use this if running a more recent linux, 2.6.36.4 or newer):

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armv5eabi-ng-bootstrap.sh | sh

ARMv5 EABI legacy (built with 2.6.12 kernel headers, use for devices that run old kernels):

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-armv5eabi-ng-legacy-bootstrap.sh | sh

MIPSEL:

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-mipsel-ng-bootstrap.sh | sh

PowerPC 603e:

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-ppc-603e-bootstrap.sh | sh

I686:

wget -O - http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/optware-ng/bootstrap/buildroot-i686-bootstrap.sh | sh

ipkg package manager will be bootstrapped and configured. See available packages:

export PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin:/opt/sbin
/opt/bin/ipkg update
/opt/bin/ipkg list

Install desired ones:

/opt/bin/ipkg install nano mc

• ARMv7 EABI hardfloat
• ARMv7 EABI softfloat
• ARMv5 EABI
• ARMv5 EABI legacy
• MIPSEL
• PowerPC 603e
• I686

Contribution is always welcomed. These wiki pages contain useful info to get you started:

• Contributing to Optware-ng
• Adding a package to Optware-ng

Currently, the project is missing writers who would contribute by creating how-to's for end-users. We can setup a mediawiki with the help of nas-admin.org guys, but we need people to fill it. In case you are willing to contribute by writing how-to's, please contact me on #optware IRC channel on irc.freenode.net, nickname alllexx. If I'm away, you can PM me, and I'll reach you later.

buildroot-armve5eabi-ng-legacy feed added. This is ARMv5 gcc-5.3.0, uClibc-ng-1.0.12, linux-2.6.12 feed. It targets older ARMv5 devices, like QNAP TS-109Pro.

Optware-ng is now official. Feeds are built and hosted by Nas-Admin.org project. See http://jenkins.nas-admin.org/view/Optware

buildroot-mipsel-ng feed, rebuilt with 2.6.22.19 kernel headers using kernel from the wl500g project, is now online.

New buildroot-ppc-603e is now online. This is a hardfloat PowerPC 603e gcc-5.2.0, glibc-2.21, linux-3.2.66 feed.

New buildroot-armv5eabi-ng feed is now online. This is a softfloat ARMv5 gcc-5.2.0, uClibc-ng-1.0.6, linux-2.6.36.4 feed. It targets ARMv5 devices with EABI interface, like older ARM NASes or android devices.

New buildroot-armeabihf feed is now online. This is a hardfloat ARMv7 gcc-5.2.0, glibc-2.21, linux-3.2.66 feed. It targets ARMv7 devices with FPUs, like most modern android devices or ARM NASes, and gives significant performance boost on such devices compared to softfloat.

New buildroot-armeabi-ng and buildroot-mipsel-ng feeds should now be used for softfloat ARMv7 and MIPSEL devices. These are uClibc-ng-1.0.6 gcc-5.2.0 targets. Look above for instructions on migrating from now deprecated buildroot-armeabi and buildroot-mipsel feeds.

Upgrade buildroot-armeabi, buildroot-i686 and buildroot-mipsel toolchains to gcc-5.2.0 to support all C++14 language features. libc versions and configs and kernel headers versions left the same to not brake compatibility with previously built binaries. Also use "--with-default-libstdcxx-abi=gcc4-compatible" libstdc++ configure switch for the same purpose. Buildroot-2015.08 is now used to build the toolchains.

New buildroot-i686 target added. This is a gcc-4.9.2, glibc-2.20, linux-3.2.66 feed. It mainly targets modern Intel headless devices, such as NASes.

Now buildroot-mipsel target added. It is similar to buildroot-armeabi, but targets mipsel softfloat (mips32r2) devices.