the switch in r6300v1 is BCM53115, but in both v1 and v2 the CPU is 4706 and 4708 respectively.
// reason im saying all this is:
i wanted to install the non-free Broadcom driver and utility -> [kmod-brcm-wl] and [wl], but
it wasn't available for 53xx target, it didnt make any sense since r6300v2 is 4331 and 4360 with 4708, so the non-free Broadcom drivers were supposed to be in the kmods and packs, but they were not.
i changed the target prepository in opkg from 53xx to 47xx, forced the download, but it wouldn't take, as it was a different target.
so can someone double check this, because r6300v2 on mine, shows as 4708.
It has been intentionally created in the bcm53xx target in 2014 by @rmilecki
Looks quite intentional, and the DTS file reflects 4708 hardware definitions.
Might be that for the Broadcom devices, the switch type is the defining factor.
they wrote that, BCM5301 was for SMB and BCM4708 for home. was it because you guys didn't want to mix MIPS and arm7 firmware in the same folder, or BCM5301 sounded more "pro"-like. do they have identical instruction sets?
Broadcom's provided wl may support BCM4331 / BCM4360 but that version has precompiled objects for x86 and x86_64 only. It also doesn't support AP mode.
If you find Broadcom's wl for ARM with AP support, please let me know.
No idea what are you asking about. We added bcm53xx target to support Northstar devices (e.g. BCM4708).