<Habbie>
slh, just in case you know more - any idea why there is no hope? in theory, there should be GPL sources for the fusiv somewhere?
<slh>
the SOC has always been 'troubled', even with the OEM firmware it's 'difficult'. Ikanos never bothered about upstreaming/ mainline, so there's nada, drivers are also incomplete
<slh>
anything is possible, but... you'd need a L O T of something to get anywhere
<hanetzer>
Habbie: I have no idea, but as a theory, even with all the gpl and datasheets in the world some chips are just ass or may even have tivo crypto :P
<Habbie>
slh, right
<Habbie>
slh, and i'm guessing it would only open up a few select devices
<slh>
the fritz!box 7390 is pretty much the only device using that SOC
<slh>
I have faint memories of a single other device elsewhere on the world
<slh>
but it's really rare
<slh>
and the company never released a successor
<slh>
so interest in that SOC is basically non-existent
<slh>
especially as the VDSL modem never worked sufficiently well
<slh>
with the OEM firmware
<Habbie>
ack
<Habbie>
and the dect doesn't work with openwrt on any fritz device i think
<Habbie>
not that i care much
<slh>
there is zero dect support in linux<fullstop>
<Habbie>
it baffles me that a SoC could exist for a single customer
<slh>
the company just tanked, more or less
<Habbie>
no surprise, i guess
<slh>
well, they were bought up by QCA in the end, but I have no idea why
<Habbie>
now i wonder if the 7390 can address the 4 gbit ports separately, or if i just bought a switch with a uselessly huge amount of RAM/flash ;)
<Habbie>
but that's no longer an openwrt question
<slh>
Fritz!OS doesn't give you any configuration for the switch or VLANs
<Habbie>
oh fun ;)
<Habbie>
well, dualband still beats my previous two thrift store finds
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<slh>
AVM is still good at doing good phone features on a home budget
<Habbie>
yes
<Habbie>
and they even have dect power switches and thermostats/radiator controllers now, i understand
<slh>
so a security supported device can fill that capacity very well, e.g. I'm using a (lantiq based) 7430 as SIP pbx, SIP ATA and DECT base, behind my OpenWrt router (and locked into its own VLAN)
<slh>
those are still supported (albeit not for that much longer)
<Habbie>
i noticed the 7390 is on 6.x while the 7490 is on 7.x
<slh>
(and there have been attempts to get the 7490 working, without DECT or FXS support though)
<slh>
the 7390 has been EOL for a couple of years now
<Habbie>
ack
<slh>
the 7490, as its successor, is still being sold
<Habbie>
ah
<Habbie>
i got the 7490s in 2016, my email archive tells me
<slh>
I wouldn't want to use Fritz!OS as router, but it's a good/ cheap 'disposable' phone centre
<Habbie>
ack - if only i wanted a phone centre :D
<Habbie>
any idea if freetz is better with vlans or the switch?
<slh>
I've never looked that much into freetz
<Habbie>
ack
<Habbie>
my impression is 'ssh and other extra packages' but i only spent 5 minutes looking at it today
<slh>
yes, it's still the OEM firmware - just with some restrictions (telnetd) removed
<Habbie>
ack - hence no public downloads for builds either
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<dwfreed>
I have a SIP DECT base; I wonder if I could GPL them...
<slh>
probably binary dect drivers
<slh>
I had a hard time deciding between a gigaset n510 pro dect base or a (low-end, but still current/ vendor-supported) Fritz!Box, I went with the later as I trust AVM more in terms of security support than Gigaset (I also need the FXS port for an analogue fax machine and appreciate the pbx features) - and imho the fritzbox is easier/ cheaper to replace, when it falls out of support (with the next low-end
<slh>
fritzbox model from the used market)
<dwfreed>
I needed a simple wireless SIP phone system, so I got a grandstream base and 2 phones
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