Adding MT7628DAN SoC Board to OpenWrt Hardware Support List

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Thanks, @frollic. How do I initiate the procedure of enlisting the customized OpenWRT product to ToH?

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by rereading the old posts, and realizing it's not going to happen.

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Sorry, I missed your point here. @RadioOperator told me my customized OpenWRT device would be listed on the ToH when the product reached 1,000 units. From posts so far, I understand that OpenWRT won't connect to vendors to add their products to its ToH list even if vendors meet the set requirement above. So, the manufacturers must take the initiative and communicate to OpenWRT to put their products on the ToH list. However, I am stuck on getting an answer to the question about how to contact OpenWRT and request that the product be listed on its ToH list.

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Hi, @mango, qty.1000 units in my post means many many routers already sold out in the market, not exactly mini requirement for ToH.

Then a router supported by openwrt is driven by factory or many users here, many models of router already could run openwrt OK, but not listed in ToH, should be many reasons I donot know.

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It won't.

Why would they, Openwrt aren't interested in 3rd party spin off firmwares.

No, they need to get vanilla openwrt running on their devices.

No need, simply fulfill the above.

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Thanks @RadioOperator for your explanation. However, the question remains: who decides which router can be listed in ToH?

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No one, you don't understand what's required.

Submit Openwrt support patches for your device, and get them accepted.

You could say the approval of the patches, is the decision making/maker you're looking for.

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Then, how to find a group of the patch approvers for a new model?
Self-approval, I think it's not work.

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You don't need to find anyone.

Submit a pull request, it'll get reviewed, and if OK, approved.

Here's a bunch of examples - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+add+support

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but the approver, how to review the PRs, just by some docs / paper works. Or they(...who?) need some device sample.

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Yes, it's purely theoretical, need to look sane, and fulfill the requirements.

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Hi @RadioOperator and @frollic,

Thanks for your helpful comments!

I found the guidelines for adding a device to the Table of Hardware (ToH) here. I'm currently on step 3, which involves creating a new 'Dataentry' page. I will keep you posted.

Thanks.

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No need, also no need to create a page, unless you get your PR approved.

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I followed the instructions on the link Applying for OpenWRT wiki account. I sent my request as indicated:

Please send a private message (query) with your desired nickname and email address to PaulFertser who will take care of the account creation.

So far, I haven’t received a response yet. Did I miss anything when requesting the OpenWRT wiki account?

With Regards,

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Yeah, you left out code submission PR.

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Hi @frollic

Thanks. I follow the instructions on the link adding a device to the Table of Hardware (ToH). The code for the new hardware still needs to be created in the repository. Please explain further how to submit a PR and get that approved.

With Regards,

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https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/start
go down to "device management"

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Thanks @brada4. I found nothing related to submitting a PR or getting PR approved from the link you provided. I have a challenge in step three about creating a new 'Dataentry' page from Add a device to the Table of Hardware . Thanks very much for your input.

With Regards,

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it'll be incomplete, as long as your PR isn't approved.

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Hi @frollic

I built my device's local code repo by following the instructions from Adding a New Device - Thanks @brada4 for providing the link. My device has the ramips arch; its source codes are forked from OpenWRT 23.05.3 source tree. Now, how can I create a PR for my new device files? Would you point me to where I can get guidance on creating a PR for my new device? Thanks.

With Regards,