Adding MT7628DAN SoC Board to OpenWrt Hardware Support List

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Dear OpenWrt Community,

I am a user who has developed a board based on the MT7628DAN SoC. I am eager to contribute this hardware to the OpenWrt supported hardware list. However, I am unsure about the process to do so.

Could someone kindly guide me on how to add this hardware to the OpenWrt support list? Any assistance or pointers to relevant documentation would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your support and guidance.

Best regards,
Steven

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https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/adding_new_device
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/add.new.device

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Should I open a device support request here on the OpenWrt forums, or would reaching out via the mailing list be more appropriate? I want to ensure that I follow the correct procedure and engage with the community most effectively.

Any advice or recommendations on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance!

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no one's is filling requests, unless you provide them with free hw samples.

you own the device, it's up to you to make support happen.

you can search for devices using the same SoC at https://openwrt.org/toh/views/toh_extended_all
then search for those devices in https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=summary, to find
a git commit adding their support.

for instance https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=f204c812e996d51f36972d5f4414ada3d4588c93

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Regarding

no one's is filling requests, unless you provide them with free hw samples.

Do they have an address where I can provide them with the HW sample?

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@frollic, the challenge we are facing is that we built our own board around the MT7628 SoC, which has a different .dts file from other hardware with the same MT7628 CPU. The compiled OpenWRT firmware could not work for other hardware even if it belongs to the same 76x8 subtarget.

So, I'd rather open a new entry to the OpenWRT Table of Hardware by sending them a sample of our device. The question is whether OpenWRT has a mailing address for me to send our hardware to them. Thanks.

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Hi, @mango, how many pcs your hw boards on the market? If it less than 1000pcs, no need to add it to openwrt lists.

You could fork openwrt repo on github, and do all your changes for your special, we could think it as a Community Build for openwrt.

Once your board gets very large qty. selling, add it to openwrt list will be very simple.

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Thank you, @RadioOperator, for your explanation. Unfortunately, that doesn't seem to work. The devices listed in the Table of Hardware (ToH) may not always be powered by OpenWrt anymore. For instance, I came across the TP-Link TL-WA850RE on the ToH list and purchased one from Amazon in 2022 to learn OpenWrt. However, it turned out that the TL-WA850RE, despite having the same enclosure, operates on different hardware than the one indicated on the ToH. As a consumer relying on the ToH, I'm concerned about whether the products listed there are readily available in the retail market and, more importantly, whether they function as described. I'm interested in understanding the approach that OpenWrt takes to ensure the compatibility of the entries listed.

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9 out of 10 cases they are, but some vendors swap the hw during the life cycle of a device, and add a V2 to the modem name.
Some just change the hw, and people find out the hard way.

They were, when device support was added.

That's user driven.
Someone will sooner or later soft brick their device, because TP-Link released a V2, or Xiaomi changed the flash chip, again.