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| docs:techref:targets:ath79 [2020/01/26 17:39] – [ath79] Infobox updated: old text replaced by link to ar71xx->ath79 upgrade instructions tmomas | docs:techref:targets:ath79 [2020/02/27 06:15] – title added (say no to link rot!) ckujau |
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| ====== ath79 ====== | ====== ath79 ====== |
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| ath79 is the successor of [[docs:techref:targets:ar71xx|ar71xx]]. It's modernization under the hood, with the main goal to bring the code into a form that is acceptable for Linux upstream, so that all (most) of the whole ar71xx supported devices can be handled by an upstream, unpatched Linux kernel.((https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ath79-builds-with-all-kmod-packages-through-opkg-flow-offloading/15897/126?u=tmomas)) | ath79 is the successor of [[docs:techref:targets:ar71xx|ar71xx]]. It's modernization under the hood, with the main goal to bring the code into a form that is acceptable for Linux upstream, so that all (most) of the whole ar71xx supported devices can be handled by an upstream, unpatched Linux kernel.(([[https://forum.openwrt.org/t/ath79-builds-with-all-kmod-packages-through-opkg-flow-offloading/15897/126|Ath79 builds with all kmod packages through opkg [flow offloading]]])) |
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| There might be a slight decrease in kernel image size, but the general bloat of newer versions will likely eat that up completely. | There might be a slight decrease in kernel image size, but the general bloat of newer versions will likely eat that up completely. |