Finally, someone has commented on what exactly this is for:
(from the link in the OP)
sharek said... At this time nothing, is a simple proof of concept of kernel compilation for caanoo, replacing the official firmware with this one.
In future releases, I hope to add features that people needs, like support for other wifi dongles, external devices suck as 3G modems, ipx networks, nfs remote mount etc...
Lol I never new what it was for just found the news - we deffo need support for other wifi dongles - sorry to say it but GPH`s dongle is a monster pmsl