Can't update LuCI on control board due to failed deps

Mixtile Blade 3 (Mixtile Cluster Box)
#1

I’m trying to update the OpenWRT installtion on my Cluster Box control board, but unfortunately, it won’t let me get a new version of LuCI because of three failed dependencies, which lie deep in the dep tree of LuCI:

Details for package luci
Version: git-25.080.48774-47f75f5
Size: ~95 B installed
Dependencies:
luci-light Installed
luci-proto-ipv6 Installed
luci-app-firewall Installed
[…]
kmod-ipt-core Not available
kmod-ipt-conntrack Not available
kmod-ipt-nat Not available

I suppose that OpenWRT get all these packages from one of Mixtile’s download server, where these three packs are missing.

So: Where can I get these packages, so that I can perform the update?

#2

To address the missing kmod-ipt-core, kmod-ipt-conntrack, and kmod-ipt-nat dependencies required for updating LuCI, follow these steps to compile the kernel modules from the Mixtile OpenWRT source code:

Step-by-Step Guide

  1. Clone the Official Mixtile OpenWRT Repository

    git clone https://github.com/mixtile-rockchip/mixtile-clusterbox-mt7620a-openwrt.git
cd mixtile-clusterbox-mt7620a-openwrt

  2. Update Feeds and Install Dependencies

    ./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

  3. Configure the Kernel Modules
    Run the configuration menu:

    make menuconfig

    Navigate to:

    Kernel modules → Netfilter Extensions  
  [*] kmod-ipt-core  
  [*] kmod-ipt-conntrack  
  [*] kmod-ipt-nat  
  [*] kmod-ipt-nat6 (recommended for IPv6 support)

    Save the configuration and exit.

  4. Compile the Packages

    make -j$(nproc) V=s

  5. Locate the Compiled Packages
    After compilation, find the .ipk files in:

    bin/packages/mipsel_24kc/base/kmod-ipt-*.ipk

    Replace mipsel_24kc with your device’s CPU architecture (MT7620A uses mipsel).

  6. Install the Modules
    Transfer the .ipk files to your Cluster Box and install them via:

    opkg install kmod-ipt-core_*.ipk kmod-ipt-conntrack_*.ipk kmod-ipt-nat_*.ipk
#3

After making that configuration change and rebuilding the firmware image, I don’t get any kmod-* files in bin/packages/mipsel_24kc/base, but there are some in bin/targets/ramips/mt7620/packages. However, these fail to install with:

$ sudo opkg install kmod-ipt-*
Unknown package 'kmod-ipt-conntrack'.
Installing kmod-ipt-core (5.15.150-1) to root...
Unknown package 'kmod-ipt-nat6'.
Installing kmod-ipt-nat (5.15.150-1) to root...
Collected errors:
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773) for kmod-ipt-core
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kmod-nf-ipt for kmod-ipt-core
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-ipt-core found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773) for kmod-ipt-conntrack
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-ipt-conntrack found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-ipt-conntrack.
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-ipt-core:
 * 	kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773)
 * 	kmod-nf-ipt
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-ipt-core.
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773) for kmod-ipt-nat
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-ipt-nat found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773) for kmod-ipt-nat6
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kmod-nf-nat6 for kmod-ipt-nat6
 * pkg_hash_check_unresolved: cannot find dependency kmod-ip6tables for kmod-ipt-nat6
 * pkg_hash_fetch_best_installation_candidate: Packages for kmod-ipt-nat6 found, but incompatible with the architectures configured
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-ipt-nat6.
 * satisfy_dependencies_for: Cannot satisfy the following dependencies for kmod-ipt-nat:
 * 	kernel (= 5.15.150-1-e2f55f0e720002ac54e459f28fdd6773)
 * opkg_install_cmd: Cannot install package kmod-ipt-nat.

From the build directory:

mixtile-clusterbox-mt7620a-openwrt/src# grep 'kmod.ipt.*=y' .config 
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ipt-conntrack=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ipt-core=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ipt-nat=y
CONFIG_PACKAGE_kmod-ipt-nat6=y

mixtile-clusterbox-mt7620a-openwrt/src# find . -name kmod-ipt\*.ipk
./staging_dir/packages/ramips/kmod-ipt-nat_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./staging_dir/packages/ramips/kmod-ipt-conntrack_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./staging_dir/packages/ramips/kmod-ipt-core_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./staging_dir/packages/ramips/kmod-ipt-nat6_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./bin/targets/ramips/mt7620/packages/kmod-ipt-nat_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./bin/targets/ramips/mt7620/packages/kmod-ipt-conntrack_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./bin/targets/ramips/mt7620/packages/kmod-ipt-core_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk
./bin/targets/ramips/mt7620/packages/kmod-ipt-nat6_5.15.150-1_mipsel_24kc.ipk