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There is no driver change, only changes in the way the device is supported by the kernel (mach files in ar71xx, Device Tree in ath79) The "ar71xx-ath79" target
by jibiji 7y ago
There is no driver change, only changes in the way the device is supported by the kernel (mach files in ar71xx, Device Tree in ath79)
The "ar71xx-ath79" target is used in the wiki for devices that are supported both in ar71xx and ath79, there should be 19.07.0 images for both.
In any case, use ath79 for new devices, and migrate from ar71xx to ath79 on existing devices.
There is a guide here: https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/ar71xx.to.ath79 https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/ar71xx.to.a...
- ncmncm 7y agoOK, so it appears that changing to the new "driver configuration" mainly affects what names the devices have in /dev and /sys, which would make your current router configuration not work, without some active translation, first. So, when you install the new boot image, you choose which, and if you choose the ath79 one, then when you restore the configuration, something runs to translate it for the new names. Presumably, then, if everything seems to work, you make a new backup with the new settings, and everybody can forget the old names.