Is OpenWrt still distro for embedded devices?

[anon72964956]

As I can see here https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/432_warning 4MB min (won't be able to install luci web interface) / 8MB better (will fit luci and some other applications). But https://oldwiki.archive.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-mr3020 this device had 32 mb ram and 4 mb flash and it can run web interface at official vendor's firmware. More over CC 15.05 could run on it with web interface. Why are you trying to make OpenWRT so huge? Main goal is to support routers and most of these devices haven't 16 mb flash.

[tmomas]

The 4/32MB issue has been discussed ad nauseam now.

Should OpenWrt/LEDE support devices with only 4MB Flash?

@dgilmour77 wrote the following after discovering that he could not install LuCI on his older router. I don't know the answer to this, but have some questions: How old is a router that only has 4 MBytes flash? Can anyone say how prevalent are they? How much work is it from a development standpoint to keep developing for these devices? How much work is it to support people who have these old routers? What happens to people who flash LEDE, then try to install LuCI (or other packages) that won'…

Future of 432 devices with well developed drivers against new unsupported 5GHz devices

Hi guys, I have a serious question about how developing is ongoing. In one hand we have no new devices with fully working drivers. In some devices there are no 5 GHz drivers are working in others there is no Mesh-networking-support in others there are no drivers for Modem, Broadcom chipsets etc etc... So to be honest, there is no device to fit most needs of users. In the other hand there are more or less well developed devices like WR841. There is a lot of work around that device, but is str…

Feel free to further search the forum for 4/32.

Please avoid replies like "...but I need this 4/32 device to run!!!11" or "...but what a waste if you dump 4/32 devices!!!11". We have heard all that already more than once, and honestly, some forum users are already sick of these ever repeating discussions.

[anon72964956]

What is growing in OpenWRT (except for LuCI), kernel?

[tmomas]

See https://openwrt.org/supported_devices/432_warning and Should OpenWrt/LEDE support devices with only 4MB Flash?

We don't need to ruminate this again. And again. And again...