Pondera
February 17, 2024, 11:01am
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• DIR-880L BCM4360 https://deviwiki.com/wiki/D-Link_DIR-880L_rev_A1
We already know the BCM4360 issue:
D-Link DIR-868L & DIR-880L Support Broadcom 4360 supposedly has partly working drivers but I cant get it to work https://openwrt.org/toh/asus/rt-ac68u
But at the moment OpenWrt seems to work with the following models WiFi:
• DIR-890L BCM43602 https://deviwiki.com/wiki/D-Link_DIR-890L_rev_A1 https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-890l_a1
• DIR-885L BCM4366 https://deviwiki.com/wiki/D-Link_DIR-885L_rev_A1 https://openwrt.org/toh/d-link/dir-885l
So now is it possible to support the BCM4360 somehow with what we have in OpenWrt?
FreshTomato already supports the following corresponding models of the DIR-880L:
CPU1: Broadcom BCM4708A0BCM4360 https://wikidevi.wi-cat.ru/List_of_Tomato_firmware_supported_devices https://wiki.freshtomato.org/doku.php/hardware_compatibility
frollic
February 17, 2024, 11:09am
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Probably with mediocre performance.
If you make it happen.
Tomato might have an NDA with Broadcom, allowing them to use closed source drivers.
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egc
February 17, 2024, 11:11am
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Also supported by DDWRT but they also use the closed source Broadcom blobs.
OpenWRT is fully Open-source so is hesitant to use closed source blobs.
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frollic
February 17, 2024, 11:13am
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... and those Tomato / DDWRT fw:s aren't anywhere near kernel 6, probably still at 4.
egc
February 17, 2024, 11:15am
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FT Kernel 2.6 , DDWRT 4.4 (they have NDA with Broadcom so could move to K4.4)
egc
February 17, 2024, 11:16am
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For my Broadcom stuff e.g. EA6900, R7000, AC68U, I use DDWRT
frollic
February 17, 2024, 11:17am
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Though < 4 was for N and AC devices, could be wrong though.
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Pondera
February 17, 2024, 11:32am
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And regarding OpenWrt on DIR-885L & DIR-890L?
frollic
February 17, 2024, 11:34am
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Same applies to all Broadcom based devices.
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Pondera
February 17, 2024, 1:37pm
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DD-WRT has unsatisfactory LEDs management while OpenWrt handles LEDs in advanced mode.