Good point, the ar71xx - ath79 migration needs more documentation. I have just created https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/ar71xx.to.ath79 but it needs some work: is sysupgrade supposed to work in some cases? With/without saving the configuration? Is there any danger when forcing upgrade with "sysupgrade -F"?
@Thomas: I saw that there are auto-generated pages listing ath79 devices, it's very helpful: https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/targets/ath79 https://openwrt.org/docs/techref/targets/ar71xx-ath79 What is the source used to generate them? Where could people add important information about upgrading for a specific device? Would it be better on the device pages themselves, or in a column of this table? Thanks! Baptiste On 10-01-20, Pumr, Ondrej (EEK) wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have TP-LINK TL-WR842N-V3 running OpenWrt 18.06 with ar71xx and I want to > migrate to OpenWrt 19.07 with ath79. > > > > In the list of known issues it is written, that "Sysupgrade from ar71xx to > ath79 and vice versa is not officially supported, a full manual reinstall is > recommended...". > > > > I don't understand the meaning of "full manual reinstall", but I thing, that > instead of upgrading the firmware via web interface with image > "openwrt-19.07.0-ath79-generic-tplink_tl-wr842n-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin" > (size about 4 MB), it is recommended the upgrading via bootloader + TFTP with > image > "openwrt-19.07.0-ath79-generic-tplink_tl-wr842n-v3-squashfs-factory.bin" > (size about 16 MB). > > > > I am right or does the "full manual reinstall" means another special > procedure? > > > > Thank you > > > > Best regards > > > > Ondřej Pumr > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
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