Kmod-brcm-wl and related packages are missing for target bcm53xx

These packages are missing for target bcm53xx

  • kmod-brcm-wl
  • kmod-brcm-wl-mini
  • nas
  • wl
  • wlc

is this a bug or intention?

The packages are built for target brcm47xx and are mentioned here:

Sources: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/tree/openwrt-19.07/package/kernel/broadcom-wl

bcm53xx is an ARM target, but the ancient proprietary broadcom-wl drivers are only available (in precompiled form) for mips (bcm47xx) - that isn't going to change (Broadcom would have to supply new ARM binaries).

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