Publish firmware selector

[Moritz Warning]

On 11/5/20 10:29 PM, Paul Spooren wrote:
> On Thu Nov 5, 2020 at 2:24 AM HST, Daniel Golle wrote:
>> Tried for a bit, it's missing a lot of ar71xx-only devices :(
>> That's sad, because most of them won't ever be added to ath79 and it's
>> kinda the last chance for users finding more or less up to date
>> firmware for them. Examples: Allnet ALL0305, Allnet ALL0258N,
>> ALFA Networks Hornet-UB, ...
>> Are there plans to make images for those available as well and/or
>> indicate whether the ath79 or ar71xx variant is being referenced?
>
> The selector is based on JSON files generated via image.mk. Anything
> using legacy image creation won't produce these files.
>
> I don't plan to manually add those files nor creating a legacy JSON
> mechanism, hoping it would be accepted in the next point release. Sorry.
>
>> I also noticed that when searching for RaspberryPi 3B, it is not
>> clear whether the 64-bit (bcm2910) or the 32-bit (bcm2909) build is
>> being probivded, it may be quite crucial for users to know that.
>
> I'd say that's an *upstream issue* regarding device naming. My
> suggestion is to add (32Bit) or (64Bit) as DEVICE_VARIANT to
> bcm27xx/image/Makefile.
Can you make a merge request / submit a patch?

>
> The selector must avoid heuristics as this becomes a never ending story
> of tedious maintenance.
>