Hi everyone, first-time poster here. I'm adding support for MDM9607 SoC and ZTE MF283V router based on it. Basic support is ready and implemented in this PR: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/24731 .
The question is, how do I get it merged? I'm pinging random key contributors on GH, but nobody seems interested. #openwrt-devel IRC is basically dead. What's the procedure? Does OpenWrt even accept contributions (that's not obvious for a repo with 1.2k open PRs)?
Thanks for any help!
Yeah, exactly, that's my PR I'm linking in my post, or WDYM?
It looks like you’re adding all the patches for this device directly to the OpenWrt source. In reality, it is unlikely to be accepted with the SoC being supported upstream first, as it adds a massive maintenance burden here to maintain it.
My advice is get this target supported upstream first, then backport it here.
Oops, I thought you were someone else interested in adding that same target...
Hmmm, thanks for the insight, in my head it was the other way round somehow, first go for the OpenWrt support and then try to push it into the upstream kernel. I'll try to push both ways. That roundtrip through the kernel contribution would take ages.
It does take a long time for upstream to accept changes and it can be a big turn off for some. Best thing you can do is stay persistent and if the likelihood of upstream acceptance is high, it may be accepted here in the interim. Good luck!
Prototyped a wiki page: https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/zte/mf283v