[OpenWrt-Devel] Why ath79 has been made source-only on 19.07?

Sebastian Kemper sebastian_ml at gmx.net
Mon Jul 29 13:25:43 EDT 2019


On Mon, Jul 29, 2019 at 05:14:09PM +0000, Sebastian Kemper wrote:
> Am July 29, 2019 4:30:33 PM UTC schrieb Dmitry Tunin
> <hanipouspilot at gmail.com>:
> >There is also a few devices that have been recently added as ath79
> >only. So they won't be supported.
> >
> >пн, 29 июл. 2019 г. в 19:28, Dmitry Tunin <hanipouspilot at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> 2b074654b0f259518aa56e0975ca8e26c0c12bc9
> >>
> >> I see no reason why not to build both ar71xx and ath79 for devices
> >> that have been ported to ath79 already. Many people already use
> >> 19.07 branch and wait for the release.
> >>
> >> That will require lots of custom builds. What is the point of
> >excluding ath79?
>
> Good points. I'd like to see ath79 builds for 19.07 as well. And even
> if that means more stress on the build bots it'd be only every point
> release, not constantly. At least that's my understanding.
>
> Just my opinion. I don't have voting rights :-)
>
> Kind regards,
> Seb

Also having ath79 builds would likely result in some additional feedback
(about something that doesn't work on ath79 but does work on ar71xx).

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