Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800 & Opwenwrt versions

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Greetings,
I have a Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800.
At the moment runs openwrt version OpenWrt 21.02.7. However, there is a newer versison suggested 22.03.5
At the moment,the Netgear uses Network Switchs and not DSA.
however, I dont know if version 22.03.5 would turn my router in a DSA.
Why I am worried about it?
Because this is my main router connected to the ISP and is configured with vlans for Internet and IPTV. So that I can server the all home and the IPTV box given from the ISP.

In general, I like better DSA as I can better configure Vlans.
But I also read that in gthe event a firmware makes the jump from Switch to DSA, the configuration is NOT ported over.
So I like to be prepared for possible down time. AND if needed, to reverse to Switch till I have time to make the needed changes.
So the question:
Do you know if the version 22.03.5 will bring DSA to the Netgear Nighthawk X4S R7800?
Or do you know who to find this information?
Thank you

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ipq806x has not switched to DSA yet, not in master, nor 22.03.x, nor the upcoming 23.05.0-rc1.

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Thanks slh,
your reply sounds like there are nor will be any plans tom move this device to DSA, am I assuming correctly?

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PS
is there a way to see the improvements and changes between V 21 and V 22 for this device?

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DSA support for ipq806x is already fully functional, but as-of-yet unmerged (and comes with a slight performance penalty).

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Ok,
but, since ipq806x has not switched to DSA yet, I assume what you mean here is that even if it functional for ipq806x, is not rolled out due to the performance penalty?

(PS Anyway I am unable to upgrade to version 22 as i have an error related to firewall package. Using attended sysupgrade)

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Here's the pull request with the DSA work in progress: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/4036