X86 updates or kernel module installation?

I know that there is a way to build a custom openwrt image for specific hardware but it exceeds my skillset at this time.
Is there a way to install custom kernel modules from within smoothwan? I tried standard linux updated commands in the terminal with no success.
Currently running on a bare metal N6005 fanless PC with 4x2.5Gb ports, would be great to know if I would benefit from custom kernel mods for my hardware.
I did go ahead and boot the PC from a live MX linux USB drive and ran update & upgrade, installed to NVME drive, rebooted to NVME, verified updates all complete and then saved the output from lsmod for future reference.

Yes you could with opkg, modules are packaged and named as kmod-<module> usually.
What module are you interested in adding?

I’m wondering if the system might run better with updated intel modules for the 2.5 G Nics and N6005 APU. I’m not actually sure if I would benefit or not, just assuming.