Ath79 LEDs -- now GREEN (at least for Archer C7 v2)

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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ath79 running like a charm on my Archer C7 v2 units, but wondering why my lights weren't flashing the way I expected (specific network activity).

jeff@office:/etc$ ls -1 /sys/class/leds/
ath10k-phy0
ath9k-phy1
tp-link:green:qss
tp-link:green:system
tp-link:green:usb1
tp-link:green:usb2
tp-link:green:wlan2g
tp-link:green:wlan5g

Quick one-liner

sed -i -e 's/tp-link:blue/tp-link:green/' /etc/config/system

As @slh points out below, the "tp-link:blue" reference in ar71xx was from older units. It's not that ath79 magically changed the colors of the LEDs, but changed the device and UCI labels to agree with many of the Archer C7 v2 production units.

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I assume the situation with the archer c7 v2 is similar compared to the one with the tl-wdr4300 before, rev 1.0 and 1.1 of the tl-wdr4300 shipped with blue LEDs, somewhere between those and rev 1.5 they switched production to (cheaper(?)/ longer lasting(? the blue LEDs do visibly age) green LEDs.

Edit: If you look at very early reviews of the archer c7 v2, you will notice blue LEDs, while more recent pictures show green LEDs, corroborating my hunch.

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Which build did you use? I would need to build for C7 v2 but I am not sure where I can get a "reference" config.seed