BPI-R3 23.05 to 24.10 update: config is incompatible

[Norde]

Hello there,

I currently have a BPI-R3 running Openwrt 23.05.5 and am looking to upgrade it to 23.10.
Until now, I've always been able to update while keeping my configuration, but not this time, even though the BPI-R3 is listed as incompatible for a configuration-preserving update.

I've seen that the sysupgrade 24.10 config is compat_version=1.2 while my openwrt config is compat_version=1.1, hence the problem.

Is this something expected and is there a workaround?
(I prefer to ask before reconfiguring everything ^^)

[Reiver]

It's due to commit mediatek: filogic: bpi-r3: set netdev-name for sfp1 port for which you'll need to edit /etc/config/network replacing eth1 with sfp1 and /etc/config/system incrementing compat_version to 1.3. Then upgrade.

EDIT: Sorry, too used to running on git head and above is for the lastest change whereas you're affected by mediatek: BananaPi BPi-R3 bootloader update. It's a full reinstall and recopy your existing configuration.

[Norde]

Thanks a lot for this complete answer !