Build firmware from scratch for TL-WR1043ND

Simple steps to build own firmware from scratch for TL-WR1043ND router:

1. Download latest stable OpenWrt sources:
   
   $ mkdir openwrt && cd openwrt
   $ svn co svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/branches/backfire
   
   You can also use svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/ to get latest unstable version.
   
2. Check and install required dependencies:
   
   $ cd backfire
   $ make defconfig
   
3. Update and install application packages:
   
   $ svn up
   $ ./scripts/feeds update -a
   $ ./scripts/feeds install -a
   
4. Configure new firmware for your needs:
   
   $ make menuconfig
   
   Set "Target system" as "Atheros AR71xx" and "Target profile" as "TP-LINK TL-WR1043ND v1". From this point you can also add/remove any additional packages that you would like to include to your firmware, e.g. usbip.
   
5. Build (this can take a while):
   
   $ make

Once build process has been finished you can find the firmware in the bin directory.