SFT 1200 OPAL openwrt vesion

kjansik · 2024-09-29T18:11:08.268Z

Is there any hope OPAL would receive Openwrt update? I have seen some messages about SiFlower implementation of Openwrt 23.04...

bruce · 2024-09-30T02:42:17.219Z

If the SiFlower release the op23.04, we will follow to evaluate if update the op verison.

hecatae · 2024-09-30T08:47:22.444Z

SiFlower have not implemented Openwrt 23.04, they've gone straight to Openwrt SNAPSHOT, with kernel 6.6 support for the OPAL Chipset, looking at the commits so far though, the only thing missing according to reports is the PEB7084 switch driver, PEB7084 is also known as the GSW150 and was a Lantiq component, then Intel, now MaxLinear.

MaxLinear is also the WAN port manufacturer for the X3000, XE3000, MT3000, MT2500 and MT6000.

Here's hoping GL can get this working as the jigsaw pieces are there, they just need to put them together and be happy with the result.

kjansik · 2024-09-30T11:07:51.037Z

Thanks for info, please kindly update if any new info availaibe

bruce · 2024-10-08T06:12:29.703Z

Thanks for your information, will let R&D guys evaluate this.

bruce · 2024-10-11T10:23:24.933Z

Just update:

Discussed with SiFlower, let us wait them to submit relevant WIFI driver patches to the OpenWRT.

hecatae · 2024-10-23T09:15:07.845Z

Have they given any timescale?

bruce · 2024-10-28T10:43:52.989Z

Waiting for SiFlower to submit relevant Wi-Fi driver patches to OpenWRT.

There may be some compatibility issues, and no time is given.

professor · 2024-12-26T01:27:11.468Z

Any update?

bruce · 2024-12-26T10:15:25.615Z

Still await SiFlower improves this.

projects · 2025-01-22T22:36:35.019Z

It seems openwrt will not be supporting this then? I am not finding image builder for it.

CatKinKitKat · 2025-02-03T12:13:30.454Z

github.com/x-wrt/x-wrt

ramips: gsw150: init add gsw150 driver

committed 04:29PM - 02 Feb 25 UTC

ptpt52

+33152 -1

This add gsw150 driver code to kernel via: 994-switch-add-gsw150.patch

Wouldn't this be a driver?

hecatae · 2025-02-03T12:49:28.227Z

@alzhao @bruce is this the required switch code?

hecatae · 2025-02-03T16:57:29.168Z

you'd hope so, @bruce did mention something about WiFi issues, I'm currently booting the Siflower EVB image on a BPI-WiFi5, it boots, just do not have ethernet or wifi working at present, so working over serial at present.

alzhao · 2025-02-04T03:13:31.022Z

I really don't know. Let's wait a while for guys coming back to work

hecatae · 2025-02-10T09:14:41.269Z

Looks like Siflower are committing several patches to mainline Openwrt at once:
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=c057db94f8e229054c17bb3473e0914a915695de

professor · 2025-02-28T22:56:21.930Z

Any update? They seem to have added one device on the snapshot branch.

MaxPower_NLD · 2025-03-07T20:56:47.863Z

Since my SFT1200 is basically unusable running on unsupported/unsecure OpenWrt v18.06 i contacted glinet support. Their answer was: "The software department is currently working on OpenWrt compatibility based on the new firmware, now we are facing some challenges at the moment, but engineers still trying resolve these issue.
Unfortunately, we do not have a clear plan can share."

hecatae · 2025-03-08T22:53:38.338Z

There's a lot of Opal owners here who would happily beta or even alpha test anything they wanted to let us test.

I have four Opals, one of them is stripped to the circuit board and serial is attached.

professor · 2025-03-09T13:00:43.794Z

I have some still unboxed and just waiting to be supported by the latest OpenWRT so that I can build my own firmware and flash it. A beta would be fun to test.