Support for Netgear WAX214v1 AP

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Hi,
I would like that Netgear WAX214 v1 is fully supported by OpenWrt.

I have been searching inside git, forums (sorry I'm new to OpenWrt world), about this access point and I found the following information:

There is already support (snapshot) for Netgear WAX214v2, but this is a MediaTek chip.
More info here:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=f25cd55bd1d13d2b89fefd4b1a88198ece1f8bbf
https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=SNAPSHOT&target=ramips%2Fmt7621&id=netgear_wax214v2

However, WAX214v1 has a Qualcomm IPQ6010 Quad core Cortex-A53.
I could find that was it was an attempt to add it to OpenWrt, but for me (new here) it is quite difficult to understand if it is really supported or not.
Info:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commitdiff;h=93610492b634c94e882dc048fde23d67a056ea1a

I would like to have a full support for it. So, some comments/questions.
a) I understand from this commit that I need to open the router and connect to it via serial cable. Is it right?
b) Where I can find this image?
c) REQUEST: Is it possible to add support to it using TFTP or NMRP?
d) REQUEST: a customized image like the WAX214v2 in the firmware-selector.openwrt.org snapshot.

Thank you in advance,
Redpixel

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a) Correct
b) The ipq60xx target is set as source only as the support isn't complete for it, see http://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2024-August/043096.html, it's mainly WiFi issues holding it back as I understand it. Since it isn't ready, you would need to compile it yourself from the source code.
c) Maybe, I'm not familiar with the target but it would at the least require someone with the device itself to try and reverse-engineer it. Some devices only ever get serial support for flashing.
d) Once ipq60xx is not set as source only, it will show up in the firmware selector.

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