On 06/23/2013 03:55 PM, Barry Lathop wrote:
> On 06/23/2013 09:00 AM, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
>> On 06/23/2013 02:41 PM, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Le 22/06/2013 22:10, Barry Lathop a écrit :
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I recently bought a Tenda W368R router and I /hated/ it's current
>>>> firmware. After a quick google, I found you guys! But my router is not
>>>> on the compatibility list :( ! After some more researching I found out
>>>> that I just needed a download for a router with the same chipset as my
>>>> router (is that true?) I would love to flash Open-WRT to my router it's
>>>> just that I need to have a supported download. I have the Broadcom
>>>> BCM5357C0 chipset in my router. Any suggestions?
>>> The Broadcom BCM47xx target is the one which should support your router.
>>> I am not sure if we have proper support for BCM5357 tough. Hauke, do you
>>> think it would run with the current trunk?
>> Hi,
>>
>> I haven't tested the BCM5357 myself, but it should be similar to the
>> BCM47186, which is working. OpenWrt should boot in this device and
>> Ethernet should work, but wifi will not work.
>>
>> Hauke
> Hi,
> 
> Could you explain to me what are the different versions of the Broadcom
> chipset? I don't understand how the BCM5357 is equal BCM47186?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Barry
Hi,

They are not equal but very similar, at least from the software side.
The BCM47186 has the ChipID 0x5357 and both SoC were announced together [0].

Such things should be discussed on the OpenWrt users list.

Hauke

[0]: https://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s434508
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