README.html

<h1 id="top">Divested-WRT: UNOFFICIAL <i>OpenWrt</i> builds<a href="#top">^</a></h1>
<p>README last updated: 2026/07/26<p>

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<h2 id="license">License<a href="#license">^</a></h2>
<p>
Configs and patches should be considered GPL-2.0 unless stated otherwise.<br>
All modifications are contained in the /patches directory.
</p>

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<h2 id="verification">Verification<a href="#verification">^</a></h2>
<ul>
	<li>#6395 FC99 11ED CD61 5871  2DF7 BADF CABD DBF5 B694</li>
	<li>#Key mirrored at <a href="https://forum.openwrt.org/t/no-nonsense-linksys-wrt-builds/80522/7" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">1</a>, <a href="https://codeberg.org/divested/Divested-WRT/raw/branch/master/divested_signing.key" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">2</a>, <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/divestedcg/Divested-WRT/master/divested_signing.key" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">3</a>, and <a href="https://gitlab.com/divested/Divested-WRT/-/raw/master/divested_signing.key" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">4</a>.</li>
	<li>$ gpg --import divested_signing.key; #once only</li>
	<li>$ gpg --verify sha256sums;</li>
	<li>$ sha256sum --ignore-missing --check sha256sums;</li>
</ul>

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<h2 id="disclaimer">Disclaimer<a href="#disclaimer">^</a></h2>
<p>
If they work for you, cool!<br>
If they don't, find something else.<br>
If somethings breaks, you get to keep both pieces!
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<h2 id="credits">Credits<a href="#credits">^</a></h2>
<ul>
	<li>Daniel Engberg for the -O2 patch.</li>
	<li><i>OpenWrt</i>, its amazing contributors, and its friendly community for all that it is.</li>
	<li>Alexander Popov, for maintaining a detailed list of kernel config hardening options <a href="https://github.com/a13xp0p0v/kconfig-hardened-check" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
</ul>

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<h2 id="creditsLegacy">Credits (legacy)<a href="#creditsLegacy">^</a></h2>
<ul>
	<li>@jbsky for tons of mwlwifi fixes and improvements.</li>
	<li>Vladimir Oltean, Tobias Waldekranz, and DENG Qingfang for the DSA/FDB fixes and backports.</li>
	<li>Wout Mertens and Pavel Stano for the previously used DSA/FDB workaround.</li>
	<li>The mystery person who figured out that TX-AMSDU causes high latencies on mwlwifi, possibly @onja.</li>
	<li>Rui Salvaterra for the frequent kernel bumps+testing and the Thumb-2 patch.</li>
	<li>@borkra for the 2024 sysupgrade fix.</li>
</ul>

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<h2 id="faq">FAQ<a href="#faq">^</a></h2>
<p id="why">Why make these builds?<a href="#why">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>I want my porridge to be just right.</li>
</ul>

<p id="devicesTested">What devices have been tested?<a href="#devicesTested">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>GL.iNet Flint 2/gl-mt6000</li>
	<li><strike>Linksys WRT1900ACSv2/shelby</strike></li>
	<li><strike>Linksys WRT1900ACv1/mamba</strike></li>
</ul>

<p id="updatePolicy">How often will these be updated?<a href="#updatePolicy">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>At least twice a month.</li>
</ul>

<p id="dependence">Can we rely on you to provide these builds in the future?<a href="#dependence">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>No.</li>
</ul>

<p id="trust">Why should we trust you?<a href="#trust">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>You don't have to...</li>
	<li>Patches and configs are included for you to compile this yourself!</li>
</ul>

<p id="selfBuild">How to create my own builds?<a href="#selfBuild">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>There is a video of this process <a href="https://divested.dev/pages/video-openwrt-compile_quick_start" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>Create a VM with Fedora or what have you.</li>
	<li>Install all the necessary dependencies listed <a href="https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/install-buildsystem#linux_gnu-linux_distributions" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>$ git clone https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git</li>
	<li>$ cd openwrt</li>
	<li>$ git config pull.rebase true #makes updating easier</li>
	<li>$ ./scripts/feeds update -a -f</li>
	<li>$ ./scripts/feeds install -a -f</li>
	<li>#copy in the config from the latest build here, name it .config</li>
	<li>#git am the .patches from /patches here</li>
	<li>$ make nconfig #make any changes you want</li>
	<li>$ make download -j4</li>
	<li>$ make -j16</li>
</ul>

<p id="selfBuildUpdate">How to update my own builds?<a href="#selfBuildUpdate">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>$ cd openwrt</li>
	<li>$ make clean; make dirclean;</li>
	<li>$ git pull</li>
	<li>$ ./scripts/feeds update -a -f</li>
	<li>$ ./scripts/feeds install -a -f</li>
	<li>$ make nconfig #save and exit</li>
	<li>$ make download -j4</li>
	<li>$ make -j16</li>
</ul>

<p id="divblock">What is this included divblock? Why is this website blocked?<a href="#divblock">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>A simple content blocking script is included that adds my blocklist config to dnsmasq from <a href="https://divested.dev/pages/dnsbl" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>This is a much more efficient approach than downloading & processing the lists on device and has the benefit of supporting wildcards for greater efficiency and increased blocking.</li>
	<li>This blocker can be permanently disabled via <code>/etc/init.d/divblock disable</code> if you don't want it or want another blocker package.</li>
	<li>You can exclude a domain by adding it (one per line) to <code>/etc/config/divblock-exclusions</code> as so <code>/www\.example\.com/</code> then restart via <code>/etc/init.d/divblock restart</code>.</li>
	<li>Please report any wrongly blocked domains via the <a href="https://divested.dev/pages/software#dnsrm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">dnsrm issue trackers</a>.</li>
</ul>

<p id="postInstall">Anything to change after install?<a href="#postInstall">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>Enable irqbalance.</li>
	<li>Enable packet steering on all CPUs.</li>
	<li>Enable software or preferably hardware flow offloading.</li>
	<li>Optionally enable SQM with cake or cake_mq. Note: incompatible with hardware flow offloading.</li>
</ul>

<p id="goodies">Other things we should know?<a href="#goodies">^</a></p>
<ul>
	<li>Wiki pages are <a href="https://openwrt.org/docs/start" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>There was a forum thread <a href="https://forum.openwrt.org/t/no-nonsense-linksys-wrt-builds/80522" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>There is a git repo for this at <a href="https://codeberg.org/divested/Divested-WRT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Codeberg</a> and <a href="https://github.com/divestedcg/Divested-WRT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitHub</a> and <a href="https://gitlab.com/divested/Divested-WRT" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GitLab</a>.</li>
	<li>If you don't have one of these and want one, I recommend the GL.iNet Flint 2.</li>
	<li>These are routers/APs, please don't run anything else on them.</li>
	<li>Donate to me <a href="/donate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a> and to OpenWrt <a href="https://openwrt.org/donate" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>Have fun!</li>
</ul>

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<h2 id="notices">Notices<a href="#notices">^</a></h2>
<ul>
	<li><i>OpenWrt</i> is a registered trademark of the Software Freedom Conservancy.</li>
	<li>Divested Computing Group is not affiliated with <i>OpenWrt</i> or any hardware vendors.</li>
	<li>These builds are not sponsored or endorsed by <i>OpenWrt</i>.</li>
	<li>The <i>OpenWrt</i> project website is located at <a href="https://openwrt.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://openwrt.org</a>.</li>
	<li>The <i>OpenWrt</i> source code is available <a href="https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.</li>
	<li>Linux source code is available <a href="https://kernel.org" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</li>
	<li>LINKSYS is a registered trademark of Belkin International, Inc.</li>
	<li>All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply sponsorship or endorsement.</li>
</ul>