Huawei router (AR169): what about it?

Hi all.
I'm playing with a dismissed Huawei router, The (VDSL) AR169 model.
Specifications are not fully published: it is said to feature a dual core processor, 512 MB RAM and 512 MB flash, ad it is rated to manage 150Mbps WAN traffic. There are 4 Gbe ports and a serial console (RJ45).
Very few Huawei router are supported by Openwrt, what about this?

Here's the boot log from serial console:

Hi-Boot 2014.11 ( 2015-05-11 - 21:18:57 )                                    
pcb_ver   0x3!board_id  0x102!                                               
debug_serial  0!serial_baud 9600                                             
                                                            
Initializing GPIO:OK                                        
Initializing I2C Bus:OK                                     
                                                            
Initializing TIMER:OK                                       
                                                            
Initializing PCA9555:OK

Initializing LED:OK
                                                                                
 LoadFailTimes    :0x1                                                          
                                                                                
Boot from KERNEL1...   Loading Kernel Image ... OK                              
                                                                                
## Transferring control to Linux (at address 82008000) ...                      
Starting kernel ...                                                             
                                                                                
sh: ro: unknown operand                                                         
                                                                                
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            \  _  _   _  _ _ ___                                                
            / /__/ \ |_/                                                        
           / __   /  -  _ ___                                                   
          / /  / /  / /                                                         
  _ _ _ _/ /  /  \_/  \_ ______                                                 
___________\___\__________________                                              
                                                                                
Loading HSAN modules                                                            
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(srvname                         ) = qos                     
attribute(01)-alias(start                           ) = 00000180                
attribute(02)-alias(stop                            ) = 000001ff                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(srvname                         ) = normal                  
attribute(01)-alias(start                           ) = 00000000                
attribute(02)-alias(stop                            ) = 0000017f                
                                                                                
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HSAN init chip successfully ...!                                                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(fatherifname                    ) = eth0                    
attribute(01)-alias(ifname                          ) = eth0.2                  
attribute(02)-alias(porttype                        ) = 00000001                
attribute(03)-alias(phyport                         ) = 00000009                
attribute(04)-alias(allocwanid                      ) = 00000001                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(product                         ) = 00000000                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(phy_addr                        ) = 00000001                
attribute(01)-alias(reg_addr                        ) = 00003180                
attribute(02)-alias(data                            ) = 0001                    
attribute(03)-alias(resv                            ) = 0000                    
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(enable                          ) = 00000001                
                                                                                
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 bootloader creation Data : May 12 2015, 14:59:14                               
Press Ctrl+B to break auto startup ... 0                                        
 Boot from CurrentPart=0,CurDiskFlag :0                                         
                                                                                
Now boot from flash:/AR160-V200R006C10SPC300.cc, please wait...                 
                                                                                
 Get Boot ...                                                                   
 Get kernel ...                                                                 
 Get rootfs ... update system file ok!                                          
excutive app_squashfs                                                           
[   33.839272] No Userspace process joined yet                                  
[   34.272755] record_reason module inittrace in line 340 hi device init        
ar169_0x00000102.sh                                                             
5610 end                                                                        
                                                                                
Create monitor process                                                          
FLASH_CreateFlashFile /mnt/misc/flashfile                                       
                                                                                
INFO:Get pri len, the result is 0x810401abCreate cap process                    
Create vrp process                                                              
                                                                                
 Bsp so creation Data : Jun 11 2015, 17:32:54                                   
                                                                                
 Bsp So Main                                                                    
FLASH_CreateFlashFile /mnt/misc/flashfile                                       
Bsp uio init start                                                              
Initializing I2C Bus:OK                                                         
                                                                                
Set Default time FAIL                                                           
                                                                                
Initializing SMI Bus:OK                                                         
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(addr                            ) = 14900198                
attribute(01)-alias(len                             ) = 00000004                
attribute(02)-alias(data                            ) = 00000601                
                                                                                
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 Vspm340 So Create Date : Jun  1 2015, 21:48:32                                 
                                                                                
 Register vspm340_dsl Success                                                   
Drv0: Name: "vport", Opt at: 0x40098878Drv1: Name: "vspm340_dsl", Opt at: 0x40b8
DOPRA initialize..................OK                                            
IAS initialize....................OK                                            
VRP initialize                                                                  
rmmod triductor.ko                                                              
insmod triductor.ko                                                             
[   57.944400] No Userspace process joined yet                                  
                                                                                
 ApiInit  ulPhyPort = 14,  ulModPort = 0x0001000e,  u32NotifyId = 0             
image_patch:/mnt/patch1/lpu_bin/imageinfo.bin                                   
Request OK                                                                      
          s:0x60040800[0x4c782800],e:0x602cb398                                 
                                                                                
 Echo Request Ok                                                                
 Disable Port Ok                                                                
                                                                                
 Set Mode Ok                                                                    
Drv0: Name: "vport", Opt at: 0x40018878Drv1: Name: "pie", Opt at: 0x400841a8    
                                                                                
VRP_SockTm_Init create............OK                                            
                                                                                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(addr                            ) = 11080004                
attribute(01)-alias(len                             ) = 00000004                
attribute(02)-alias(data                            ) = 0000073c                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(addr                            ) = 11080008                
attribute(01)-alias(len                             ) = 00000004                
attribute(02)-alias(data                            ) = 00000011                
                                                                                
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attribute(00)-alias(addr                            ) = 11080010                
attribute(01)-alias(len                             ) = 00000004                
attribute(02)-alias(data                            ) = 00790011                
                                                                                
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 PIE_DrvInit begin                                                              
 PIE Init OKFind driver fail. szPhyPortType: null                               
                                                 Create tasks..................K
Initialize tasks..................OK                                            
Recovering configuration..........OK                                            
                                                                                                                                            
  Press any key to get started
 ===============display version===============                                               
>                                        
> Huawei Versatile Routing Platform Software                                                    
> VRP (R) software, Version 5.160 (AR160 V200R006C10SPC300)                                     
> Copyright (C) 2011-2015 HUAWEI TECH CO., LTD                                                  
> Huawei AR169 Router uptime is 0 week, 0 day, 3 hours, 40 minutes                              
>                                                                                               
> MPU 0(Master) : uptime is 0 week, 0 day, 3 hours, 40 minutes                                  
> SDRAM Memory Size    : 512     M bytes                                                        
> Flash 0 Memory Size  : 512     M bytes                                                        
> MPU version information :                                                                     
> 1. PCB      Version  : AR169 VER.D                                                            
> 2. MAB      Version  : 0                                                                      
> 3. Board    Type     : AR169                                                                  
> 4. BootROM  Version  : 1
> MainBoard:                                                                                    
>   Startup system software:                   flash:/AR160-V200R006C10SPC300.cc                
>   Next startup system software:              flash:/AR160-V200R006C10SPC300.cc                
>   Backup system software for next startup:   null                                             
>   Startup saved-configuration file:          null                                             
>   Next startup saved-configuration file:     null                                             
>   Startup license file:                      null                                             
>   Next startup license file:                 null                                             
>   Startup patch package:                     flash:/AR160A-V200R006C10CP1330T.pat             
>   Next startup patch package:                flash:/AR160A-V200R006C10CP1330T.pat             
>   Startup voice-files:                       null                                             
>   Next startup voice-files:                  null

That VSPM340 SoC is unsupported.

Thank you for pointing to the SOC.
Furthermore, This post by @slk seems to put the grave stone on the question.
Happy Easter to all!

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