Update on OpenWRT for Hinlink/Linkstar

Jan 2026 Update

Recently, the mainline Linux kernel (v6.18) has included the needed support for the HinLink/LinkStar H66 and H68 boards.

As downstream sites start integrating this new kernel into their projects and distributions, these small travel routers should gain more support. Alpine Linux recently included v6.18 in most of their products (not including Raspberry Pi currently).

Trying out the Alpine distribution for the LinkStar H68K is on my to-do list; higher up though is getting it included into the mainline OpenWRT distribution.

There are a couple of pull requests at this writing seeking to do that; one of mine (21015) and another person's (21270). They have received some preliminary review by the site developers and code custodians, with more hopefully coming soon.