[OpenWrt-Devel] ar71xx Vs ath79 -- sysupgrade

[John Crispin]

On 03/12/2018 19:04, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> (openwrt-adm dropped from this subthread)
>
> Em 03/12/2018 15:29, Stijn Segers escreveu:
>> Op ma, 3 dec 2018 om 5:51 , schreef John Crispin <john at phrozen.org>:
>>> The idea was to fade out ar71xx after the next release and only accept
>>> new boards for ath79. However i'd been fine taking that step as of now.
>>> i have noticed that the ath79 patches far out number the ar71xx 
>>> ones. we
>>> have lots of patches that migrate boards and i have seen a few new
>>> boards added only to ath79. lets see how the thread goes, looking 
>>> fwd to
>>> hearing opinions...
>
>> Rather than further duplicating efforts, I'd 'encourage'* ath79 only 
>> submissions.
>
> Is there a viable way to "sysupgrade" from ar71xx to ath79?
>
> Even if it would require a model-by-model "update map" for the 
> lower-level stuff (LEDs, switch ports?, etc), that would be valuable. 
> Otherwise, it will be difficult for people with fleets of ar71xx 
> devices to remotely switch them to ath79...
>
afaik this works ootb, if not its easy to make work. it was indeed one 
of the primary concerns in the early stages of the task

     John


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