or help me how to build one myself, i am willing to learn

[image] liltoxxic: or help me how to build one myself, i am willing to learn chipset ZX297520 doesn't look you'll get too far unfortunately...

@maurer I think this is the second post I saw on this forum that plainly states it like this. Why do you give the platform so little chance for success? The hardware looks so promising, I would like this to happen. It is running Linux already, so there is the first shimmer of hope. I got my hands …

Openwrt relies on mainline Linux kernel support to be able to support SOCs and platforms This platform has no mainline support and is therefore not supportable - unless someone upstreams that support. As that is likely to be months of work, with no vendor support, that’s unlikely to happen. Unless…

For any device, 'someone' will have to do the development work - in most cases the necessary device support patches are provided by a motivated owner of the device (often by semi-regular contributors, but also as kind of a drive-by contribution). OpenWrt as a project doesn't buy a batch of devices a…

[image] SpecialSnowflake: I think this is the second post I saw on this forum that plainly states it like this. Why do you give the platform so little chance for success? The hardware looks so promising, I would like this to happen. It is running Linux already, so there is the first shimmer of …

I wasn't looking to blame anybody. What I meant was more like: Why do you consider the chance for success so low, if there was anybody willing to try and install openwrt on such a device?

I think I will, just to learn a few things. However, reading slh's reply, I don't think there will be greater results than me learning what you guys are talking about.

[image] SpecialSnowflake: if there was anybody willing to try and install openwrt on such a device this issue (probably) isn't installing it, but getting the SoC supported in mainline Linux. installation is the last 5m of your 10km journey.

Trying to install is easy, either success or fail, would be great if success (just like someone tried to install the Buffalo WXR-5950AX12 firmware on WXR-6000AX12 and it worked), how about failed? If you, or no one else is driving it forward, why would you think the success rate is not low?

From these short definite one sentence "doesn't look you'll get too far unfortunately..." answers I get the impression that the authors see the idea as so futile, that the chance for failure is obviously so paramount, that they don't bother to explain their assessment. IIRC I should expect 3.3V on …

Please add support for TOZED ZLT S10

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stefandoesinger December 31, 2025, 11:36am 24

I have started working on booting this device with a mainline kernel. I have posted an announcement here:

I expected the forum to generate a notification here, but apparently it did not, so I am pinging this thread manually.