Hi,

Qualcomm has announced new processor catergory IPQ8064. Does OpenWRT support it?

I have seen some kernel patch for IPQ8064. So I wonder if ther is any development going on to support IPQ8064 in OpenWRT.

Any idea?

Thanks.
Tathagata

The new processor was announced a while ago but consumer hardware is not listed.

For many SoCs there are lists at wikidevi:
https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Qualcomm_Atheros

If there is Kernel support then OpenWrt support might be possible (there are other factors like bootloader, wireless/network drivers that might make support difficult)
The developer board seems to be unnamed / not yet in kernel

Thanks for your reply.

I understand your point. But is it possible to add support of IPQ8064 in to OpenWRT? What are the things that one should keep in mind while adding support of IPQ8064 in OpenWRT?

Yes of course - because everything is possible.

Coding style, upstream compatible, size
Just look at some examples where code was added and how it was reviewed.
Similiar architecture (ARM) or boards might provide some hints

probably you meant this: ARM: qcom: Add initial IPQ8064 SoC and AP148 device trees  ?
This email already provides some info - mainly codeaurora is somehow involved - you might want to check their git, forum, listst ...
the QCA internal SDK is probably based on older versions of OpenWrt too

Yes, I saw that.
QCA SDK is based on Linux-3.4 and the recent patch is based on Linux-3.15. So I couldn't match them. Any idea?

Do you know when OpenWRT officially supports Linux-3.15? Currently it supports up to 3.14.

I am trying to port IPQ8064 into OpenWRT. But right now I cannot see any message except "Starting Kernel". Any idea about how to debug this?

(Last edited by tathagata on 7 Jul 2014, 11:00)