Hi, although i'm more a user than a developer, i would also prefer a sooner release based on 4.19 over a later release based on 5.4. Maybe it's the same problem, too atheros-centric ;-)
Regards Andreas Michal Cieslakiewicz wrote on 16.01.20 19:43: > Hi! > > Speaking as a small part-time contributor of some Netgear WN(D)R routers > code, please reconsider if jumping over 4.19 straight to 5.4 is not a > too big leap. I'm sure kernel devs here knows better than me how many > OpenWrt drivers, quirks and enhancements can be ported without too much > effort from 4.14 to 5.4 that will really benefit from newer 5.x code, > but here are my 5 cents. > > I was able to port ar934x-nand code from ar71xx 4.4 kernels to ath79 & > device-tree 4.19 without going too deep into low-level NAND operations > thanks to only minor changes in kernel code. 5.4 apparently deprecates > some functions in that area providing 'legacy' knobs for > who-knows-how-long. If this particular flash driver won't work with 5.4 > at the time of 20.x, routers using it (like WNDR4300 and > other AR9344-based) effectively will not have any stable OpenWrt > release supporting it even though they were in master since the end of > 2019. > > IMHO OpenWrt should have an one final, rock-stable release based on > latest 4.x LTS kernel (4.19 that is) with ath79 replacing ar71xx > whenever possible. > > Apologies for being so Atheros-centric :-) > > Cheers > Michal > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel