Unsupported: Impossible
Pages in the unsupported: namespace are intended to deliver general information about an “unsupported” status.
They should help users to better understand the reasons and the consequences of this “unsupported”.
Since these pages can be reached via a dataentries of very different devices, the descriptions should be of general nature, or cover all the different devices affected by this “unsupported”. They shall not describe any device specifics.
- What does it mean, “impossible”?
- This means, it is impossible to support this device.
- What is the reason for the unsupported status?
- SoC/architecture unsupported
- No Open Source driver available for SoC/WiFi/something else
- Insufficient flash/RAM, see 432_warning
- What consequences does this have in regards to your expectations?
- Expectation: Device fully working with OpenWrt
- Reality: Device unsupported, no firmware image available
- Will this status change over time? If yes, in what timeframe?
- No, hell freezes before that happens.
- What can you do now?
- Easy / Short term: Get a device which supported by OpenWrt, see Table of Hardware: Ideal for OpenWrt
- Long term: Get a device which supported by OpenWrt, see Table of Hardware: Ideal for OpenWrt
- Where can you find more information about current support status?
- Devicepage (if available), see below
- OpenWrt development mailinglist, see Contact
Devices with Impossible status