Matter integration

[Karsten Sperling]

Hi Stijn,

Great to hear that integrating the OpnThread BR is already being worked on, that’s definitely going to be of interest to us as well!

Thanks, Karsten

> On 28/07/2023, at 10:33 PM, Stijn Tintel <stijn at linux-ipv6.be> wrote:
> 
> On 28/07/2023 00:11, Karsten Sperling via openwrt-devel wrote:
>> Hello,
> Hi!
>> 
>> I’m part of an effort by the Connectivity Standards Alliance to bring support for routers and access points into Matter.  Matter is an open-source connectivity standard built to enable developers and device manufacturers to build reliable and secure connected home devices [1][2].
>> 
>> In this context we’re working on a reference implementation for Matter-enabled routers / access points, which will be taking the form of an OpenWRT feed.  Development on this has recently started athttps://github.com/project-chip/matter-openwrt.  We’re using OpenWRT as a platform because of its open nature and great hardware support.  I wanted to reach out to make the OpenWRT developer community aware of this effort, and to invite you to collaborate with us if you’re interested.
> Thanks for letting us know. I, for one, am very interested in Matter (and Thread). I will try the matter-openwrt feed soon. Maybe this can help me finish the PR to add the OpenThread Border Router to OpenWrt [1].
>> 
>> On a more concrete level, I would also like to ask for support for this small PR on OpenWRT I’ve opened here:https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/13000
>> 
>> The cross-platform nature of the Matter SDK combined with the fact that it uses git sub-modules for dependency management results in the repo having a LOT of sub-modules (about 70 direct, 130 total), only 4 of which are needed when building within OpenWRT. Getting this PR merged would help us to get the Matter SDK and related software to build cleanly under OpenWRT.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> [1]https://buildwithmatter.com  <https://buildwithmatter.com/>
>> [2]https://github.com/project-chip/connectedhomeip
>> 
> Stijn
> 
> [1] https://github.com/openwrt/packages/pull/19218
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