Sorry to ask a possibly daft question but for an end-user, what does Ath79 mean?
From an enduser pov, nothing. Its modernization under the hood, with the main goal to bring the code into a form that is acceptable for Linux upstream, so that all (most) of the whole ar71xx supported devices can be handled by an upstream, unpatched Linux kernel.
There might be a slight decrease in kernel image size, but the general bloat of newer versions will likely eat that up completely.
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Ahh it did work!
$ cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID='OpenWrt'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='SNAPSHOT'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r7401+129-9009efa18b'
DISTRIB_TARGET='ath79/generic'
DISTRIB_ARCH='mips_24kc'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='OpenWrt SNAPSHOT r7401+129-9009efa18b'
DISTRIB_TAINTS=''
Cheers!
Thank you for this build, it's working fine on my ArcherC7v2, only problem was IP address must have been edited via /etc/config/network file...
I have found your build for Lantiq XWAY Fritz 7312 here: https://openwrt.it-neuhauser.de/4.14.53-1-58b09118143683a858efd5cac389dec4/lantiq/xway/
My main router/modem is TP-Link TD-W8970, based on Lantiq XRX200 chipset.
Would it be possible to add support for this very popular DSL modem in the future?
Thank you in advance
I had this build on my Archer C7 V2 for a week or so but couldn't get 5ghz wifi to work at all, and 2.4ghz wifi would just die off after a few days, so I decided to use the same flashing procedure to go back to ar71xx builds of sysupgrade -n -F. It seems to have made the router unbootable though and it seems to be caught in a bootloop. Any ideas?
edit: seems to be completely bricked to the point tftp won't even recover it, it attempts to send the firmware but it does not flash and just reboots itself every 1-2 seconds. Time to order a new router I guess, been itching for a dual-core one.
As long as your bootloader is okay this problem should be solvable...
I think you current tp link header is erased and you have to use a image with a modified header.
Checkout this: Can't get my archer c7 unbricked.. been trying all weekend
PS: The wireless driver is almost the same as on ar71xx for ath79. My devices have uptimes of five days and more until i do a sysyupgrade...
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Sorry, without a real device for testing this is not that funny. But if you have time and some programming/bash skills that shoulnd be that hard as long as there isn't a hw unit that needs a workaround or isn't supported by openwrt.
I tried tftping the firmware you posted in that thread - same result, seems to recognize and send but just reboots before it does anything. Unfortunately I don't have a serial cable to read what the thing is actually doing.
You have no arduino, pi or something similar?
Nope.. I've ordered a xiaomi MIR3G for $38 since I just have my cable modem directly connected to my desktop now using it as a wireless access point. I was trying these builds in the first place since the C7 wasn't as fast as I wanted anyway.
It's already supported by OpenWRT for some time, but official 18.06 build is 4.9 kernel based.
I was hoping you could create a custom 4.14 kernel based build with some NAT or PPTP offloading support...
I'm afraid I am not skilled enough for that, but thanks for explanation.
Ok, then why not build it yourself?
Is not that hard...
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/install-buildsystem
https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/use-buildsystem
To switch to kernel 4.14 you have to modify only the top Makefile of the lantiq target.
Modify KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.9 to KERNEL_PATCHVER:=4.14 and build the image with all packages you need...
Also if you are not that skilled, this should give you a custom image in a couple of hours...
Greets
Thank you for pointing me to the right direction, maybe I give it a try some day.
Right now I'm a bit cautious cause it's my main modem/router, have no spare in case I screw it 
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I´ve added a new build!
Changelog:
- Kernel 4.14.62
- package updates
- rename of archer c7 v2 (needs a sysupgrade -F)
- security fixes (CVE-2018-5390 and CVE-2018-14526)
Download 4.14.62
Please read first post if you come from ar71xx
Greets
Does that mean we have to force upgrade to the latest version, or former ath79 version can be just upgraded with no need to configure from scratch?
No need for reconfigure, only a forced upgrade for archer c7v2 because this devices is now named as archer-c7-v2 and not tl-archer-c7-v2 as before.
Upgrade on my ArcherC7v2 worked fine, old configuration works.
One thing surprised me, MAC addresses of both WLAN adaptors have changed.
In previous build, based on 4.14.59 kernel, WLAN MAC address values differences were -2 and -1 from BR-LAN MAC address.
In this build, based on 4.14.62 kernel, WLAN MAC address values differences are -1 and 0 from BR-LAN MAC address.
So MACs for BR-LAN and 2.4G WLAN are now the SAME!
MAC addresses of BR-LAN and WAN have not changed.
does this offload technique includes offloading data generated by device and sent through wifi interface (e.g. iperf, USB drive transfer) or the only wifi offload that happens is in case of transfering data incoming from eth ports?
If you device sends data directly over a local interface there is no routing involved and therefore it makes no sense to offload anything because no routing happen...
Also traffic from your wifi to eth ports or vice versa isn't routed if they are on the same bridge/subnet.
@juppin
Can you build one for the Unifi AP AC Lite ( qca9563_ubnt_unifiac-lite.dts)?
That would be great, because I am about to deploy one and would like to upgrade beforehand.