Adding OpenWrt support for ZBT WG155

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Hello community!

I have a ZBT WG155 router, and unfortunately I can't see it in the supported devices tab. I have ssh'd into it and I see this:

uname -a 
Linux QSDK 4.4.60 #247 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 7 16:03:20 CST 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

And I googled what Linux QSDK is, turns out it's a project based on OpenWrt with some support for extra stuff, that usually get merged upstream...

I was wondering, are there any other router images that I could possibly run this with? If I were to add support for this router, how hard would it be? Whom can I contact for the details of the drivers? Who adds the support for these routers in the community? are they hired by ZBT itself or are they hobbyists?

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If the sepcifications are correct, it's an ipq4019 SOC, which is supported in OpenWrt - but that doesn't mean you could 'just flash' another image (chances would be almost 100% that it a) hopefully wouldn't succeed, b) brick the device beyond repair), you will have to port your device to OpenWrt properly.

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