[OpenWrt-Devel] Advice needed - Proper approach to port 5G/LTE modem into OpenWRT

[Bruno Antunes]

Hello Jeonghum,
Can you share some details on the boards and modems you are using?

Regards,
Bruno

On Mon, 27 Apr 2020 at 13:42, Bjørn Mork <bjorn at mork.no> wrote:
>
> Jeonghum Joh <oosaprogrammer at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I am porting a 5G/LTE modem into OpenWRT.
>
> Follow the instructions for LTE modems.  A 5G modem is pretty much the
> same wrt drivers and basic management.  At least for Qualcomm based
> modems on a USB bus.  Have no experience with anything else.  The Intel
> and Huawei modems are competely unknown to me, and most likely
> unsupported for the forseeable future.  And I'm also blank on the magic
> of Qualcomms PCIe interface. Qualcomm did work on a driver, but it's
> been a long time since I saw any update on that.  I guess no one cares
> enough.  SuperSpeed USB is fine for most users for now.
>
> Anyway, several X55 based modems are already supported out of the box in
> OpenWrt master.  There is no need to reinvent the wheel if you are using
> one of those.
>
> You may obviously decide to implement your own alternative solutions,
> like using some vendor software. But that will limit the user community
> severely. At least until the solution attracts more users.  And
> community support depends on users, which I believe is something you
> should consider since you have ended up in this forum.  You are unlikely
> to find anyone here who have any experience with your particular vendor
> software version.
>
> Personally, I am happy to give advice about anything regardless of
> experience.  But the quality of that advice is probably a tiny bit
> better when it is based on something I've tried myself.  Or maybe not?
> Is probably bad in any case.
>
>
> Bjørn
>
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