Raspberry Pi 3?

[RandG]

Does anyone know what it would take to run this on the Pi 3?

I am asking because the Pi 3 includes built in WiFi.

Are there any plans to update for the Pi 3?

Thanks,
Rand

 

[Steve_M]

The onboard wifi on the Pi 3 won't work as it requires drivers not available in the version of OpenWrt that is being used.

It was discussed here.

 

[RandG]

Thanks for the link. I see the issue now.

Based on the thread the next question is, what would it take to port the software from Open WRT to Raspbian?

It seems like the drawback is that the Raspbian distribution is huge by comparison to a 7 MB image.

 

[Andy Snider]

Thanks for the link. I see the issue now.

Based on the thread the next question is, what would it take to port the software from Open WRT to Raspbian?

It seems like the drawback is that the Raspbian distribution is huge by comparison to a 7 MB image.

What you are suggesting is non-trivial. The initial 'link' in linkmeter was from linksys routers that were flashed with OpenWRT. That why the Pi platform was able to be update easily (OpenWRT runs on both).

It would probably be easier to start from scratch, if someone was so inclined.

 

[RandG]

Andy,

I agree it is non trivial to port the software to a new OS.

Let me take a guess at the high level steps that would be needed.

1) Compile the linkmeter source code for raspbian.
2) Install any dependencies for link meter.
3) Compile the source of any dependencies that do not have existing raspbian packages.

Can you fill in any more details or add any missing steps?

 

[Steve_M]

To quote Bryan from another thread:

That's really the only reason to migrate off OpenWrt. The reason Raspbian isn't the base is because:
-- It is massive, multiple gigabytes instead of 32 megs. I can't host giant preconfigured images so it would add more steps to the install process.
-- There is no web config tool for configuring wifi or network settings
-- Variability. Knowing exactly what is in the firmware on everyone's devices makes troubleshooting less painful.
-- Slower boots! Although this isn't as bad as it used to be.

There's also the complete rewrite of all the existing linkmeter code and web pages (wrinkles nose).