[LEDE-DEV] dropbear & gcc 7.1.0

[Bastian Bittorf]

* e9hack <e9hack at gmail.com> [29.05.2017 08:59]:
> if I select gcc 7.1.0 instead of gcc 6.3.0, anything seems to be work with exception of dropbear (and a few build fixes
> for some packages are necessary). Dropbear is running, but it isn't possible to connect. The message from WinSCP is
> 'Network error: Connection to "wlan-xyz" refused' or from PuTTY 'Network error: connection refused'. If I copy the
> dropbear image from a previous build with gcc 6.3.0 to the router, it's possible to connect with PuTTY and WinSCP. This
> problem occurs for three builds: TP-Link Archer C7, TP-Link wdr3600 and 8devices carambola. All are using as target the
> ar71xx platform.
> 
> Any ideas?

i have also seen this on a lot of routers:
have you tried to '/etc/init.d/dropbear'?
it seems to work around this problem here,
but i do not fully understand it for now...

bye, bastian