[OpenWrt-Devel] ar71xx Vs ath79 -- sysupgrade

[Karl Palsson]

John Crispin <john at phrozen.org> wrote:
> 
> 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

Compat names are in the makefiles for at least some of the
targets that are known to upgrade nicely, where they're not
directly compatible by name alone.

Cheers,
Karl P
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