Hardware
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MediaTek MT7621 SoC
256M DDR3
16MB BoHong SPI-NOR
MediaTek MT7905+7975 2x2T2R DBDC bgnax / acax
RGB LED
WPS + RESET Button
UART on compute module (silkscreened / 115200n8)
The router itself is just a board with Power / USB / RJ-45 connectors
and DC/DC converters. The SoC and WiFi components are on a
daughterboard which connect using two M.2 connectors.
The compute module has the model number "T-CB1800K-DM2 V02" printed on
it. The main baord has "T-MB5EU V01" printed on it. This information
might be useful, as it's highly likely either of these two will be
reused in similar designs.
The router itself is sold as Tenbay T-MB5EU directly from the OEM as
well as "KuWFI AX1800 Smart WiFi 6 Eouter" on Amazon.de for ~50€ in a
slightly different case.
Installation
------------
A Tool for creating a factory image for the Vendor Web Interface can be
found here: https://github.com/blocktrron/t-mb5eu-v01-factory-creator/
As the OEM Firmware is just a modified LEDE 17.01, you can also access
failsafe mode via UART while the OS boots, by connecting to UART
and pressing "f" when prompted. The Router is reachable at
192.168.1.1 via root without password.
Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image via scp and apply with sysupgrade
using the -n and -F flags.
Alternatively, the board can be flashed by attaching to the UART
console, interrupting the boot process by keeping "0" pressed while
attaching power.
Serve the OpenWrt initramfs using a TFTP server with address
192.168.1.66. Rename the initramfs to ax1800.bin.
Attach your TFTP server to one of the LAN ports. Execute the following
commands.
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.67
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.66
$ tftpboot 0x84000000 ax1800.bin
$ bootm
Wait for the device to boot. Then transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image
to the device using SCP and apply sysupgrade.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
This adds a driver for the AW9523 I2C GPIO expander.
This driver is required to make LEDs as well as buttons on the Tenbay
T-MB5EU-V01 work.
This driver already had several upstream iterations. I'm working to
push this driver to mainline.
Ref: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linux-gpio/list/?series=226287
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
It was reported AR8033 did not work in fiber operation mode on the ER-X.
While the earlier attempt of fixing this mitigated the issue of 1000
Base-X link mode not being supported, it also switched to the copper
page, breaking fiber operation altogether.
Extend the hack adding fiber operation so it does not switch to the
copper page. Also remove the part where the supported link mode bit for
1000 Base-X is removed, as this is required for fiber operation.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Ensure the esw is initialized before the ethernet device is sending
packets. Further implement carrier detection similar to mt7620.
If any port has a link, the ethernet device will detect a carrier.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
For rt3050 the switch needs to be initialized before the ethernet start sending
packets. Allow switch_init to return -EPROBE_DEFER.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
The dts defines the reset fe for all architectures. However
the soc code used direct register access of the reset controller.
Replace the custom soc reset with a generic fe_reset_fe().
Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
The fe_reset function direct access the reset controller instead
using the reset controller api. In preparation to use the
reset controller.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Couzens <lynxis@fe80.eu>
In the new kernel version 5.X,reboot will fail.
When SOC is reset, flash has not exited the 4-byte address mode,
which causes the operation mode mismatch of flash during boot.Add
broken-flash-reset to make flash exit 4-byte address mode before
SOC reset
Signed-off-by: Liu Yu <f78fk@live.com>
Without this definition ethernet led can work as usual, but it's better to
re-add it. Relying on default values may cause uncontrollable factors.
Fixes: 882a6116d3 ("ramips: improve pinctrl for Youku YK-L1")
Signed-off-by: Shiji Yang <yangshiji66@qq.com>
These boards have AR8327 or QCA8337 external ethernet switch.
The SOC also has it's own internal switch
where VLAN is now enabled by default.
Changes to preinit caused all switches to have VLANs enabled by default
even if they are not configured with a topology in uci_defaults
(see commit f017f617ae)
When both internal and external switches have VLANs,
and the external switch has both LAN and WAN,
the TX traffic from the SOC cannot flow to the tagged port on the external switch
because the VLAN IDs are not matching.
So disable the internal switch VLANs by default on these boards.
Also, add a topology for the internal switch,
so that on LuCI there is not an "unknown topology" warning.
In theory, it may be possible to have LAN ports on both switches
through internal and external PHYs, but there are no known boards that have this.
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
Define and use some missing macros,
and use them instead of BIT() or numbers for more readable code.
Add comment for a bit change that seems unrelated to ethernet
but is actually needed (PCIe Root Complex mode).
Remove unknown and unused macro RST_CTRL_MCM
(probably from MT7621 / MT7622)
This is the last of a series of fixes, so bump version.
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
the register bits for TX delay and RX delay are opposites:
when TX delay bit is set, delay is enabled
when RX delay bit is set, delay is disabled
So, when both bits are unset, it is RX delay
and when both bits are set, it is TX delay
Note: TXID is the default RGMII mode of the SOC
Fixes: 5410a8e295 ("ramips: mt7620: add rgmii delays support")
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
Add back the register write to disable internal PHYs
as a separate option in the code that can be set using a DTS property.
Set the option to true by default
when an external mt7530 switch is identified.
This makes the driver more in sync with original SDK code
while keeping the lines separated into different options
to accommodate any board with any PHY layout.
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
The function mt7620_mdio_mode is only called once
and both the function and mdio_mode block have been named incorrectly,
leading to confusion and useless commits.
These lines in the mdio_mode block of mt7620_hw_init
are only intended for boards with an external mt7530 switch.
(see commit 194ca6127e)
Therefore, move lines from mdio_mode to the place in soc_mt7620.c
where the type of mt7530 switch is identified,
and move lines from mt7620_mdio_mode to a main function.
mt7620_mdio_mode was called from mt7620_gsw_init
where the priv struct is available,
so the lines must stay in mt7620_gsw_init function.
In order to keep things as simple as possible,
keep the DTS property related function calls together,
by moving them from mt7620_gsw_probe to init.
Remove the now useless DTS properties and extra phy nodes.
Fixes: 5a6229a93d ("ramips: remove superfluous & confusing DT binding")
Fixes: b85fe43ec8 ("ramips: mt7620: add force use of mdio-mode")
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
Set the PHY base address to 12 for mt7530 and 8 for others,
which is based on the default setting for some devices
from printing the register with the following command
after it is written to by uboot during the boot cycle.
`md 0x10117014 1`
PHY_BASE option only uses 5 bits of the register,
bits 16 to 20, so use 8-bit integer type.
Set the option using the DTS property mediatek,ephy-base
and create the gsw node if missing.
Also, added a kernel message to display the EPHY base address.
Note:
If anything is written to a PHY address that is greater than 1 hex char (greater than 0xf)
then there is adverse effects with Atheros switches.
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
When the new variable ephy_base was introduced,
it was not applied to the if block for mdio_mode.
The first line in the mdio_mode if block
sets the EPHY base address to 12 in the SOC by writing a register,
but the corresponding variable in the driver
was still set to the default of 0.
This causes subsequent lines that write registers with the function
_mt7620_mii_write
to write to PHY addresses 0 through 4
while internal PHYs have been moved to addresses 12 through 16.
All of these lines are intended only for PHYs on the SOC internal switch,
however, they are being written to external ethernet switches
if they exist at those PHY addresses 0 through 4.
This causes some ethernet ports to be broken on boards with AR8327 or QCA8337 switch.
Other suggested fixes move those lines to the else block of mdio_mode,
but removing the else block completely also fixes it.
Therefore, move the lines to the mt7620_hw_init function main block,
and have only one instance of the function mtk_switch_w32
for writing the register with the EPHY base address.
In theory, this also allows for boards that have both external switches
and internal PHYs that lead to ethernet ports to be supported.
Fixes: 391df37829 ("ramips: mt7620: add EPHY base mdio address changing possibility")
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
A workaround was added to the switch driver
to set SOC port 4 as an RGMII GMAC interface
based on the DTS property mediatek,port4-gmac.
(previously mediatek,port4)
However, the ethernet driver already does this,
but is being blocked by a return statement
whenever the phy-handle and fixed-link properties
are both missing from nodes that define the port properties.
Revert the workaround, so that both the switch driver
and ethernet driver are not doing the same thing
and move the phy-handle related lines down
so nothing is ending the function prematurely.
While at it, clean up kernel messages
and delete useless return statements.
Fixes: f6d81e2fa1 ("mt7620: gsw: make IntPHY and ExtPHY share mdio addr 4 possible")
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
These nodes are used for configuring a GMAC interface
and for defining external PHYs to be accessed with MDIO.
None of this is possible on MT7620N, only MT7620A,
so remove them from all MT7620N DTS.
When the mdio-bus node is missing, the driver returns -NODEV
which causes the internal switch to not initialize.
Replace that return so that everything works without the DTS node.
Also, an extra kernel message to indicate for all error conditions
that mdio-bus is disabled.
Fixes: d482356322 ("ramips: mt7620n: add mdio node and disable port4 by default")
Fixes: aa5014dd1a ("ramips: mt7620n: enable port 4 as EPHY by default")
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
There are only 2 options in the driver
for the function of mt7620 internal switch port 4:
EPHY mode (RJ-45, internal PHY)
GMAC mode (RGMII, external PHY)
Let the DTS property be boolean instead of string
where EPHY mode is the default.
Fix how the properties are written
for all DTS that use them,
and add missing nodes where applicable,
and remove useless nodes,
and minor DTS formatting.
Signed-off-by: Michael Pratt <mcpratt@pm.me>
* only add factory.bin when it's defined
* fix check-size vs. append-metadata
* whitespace/line break cleanup
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
* Remove micro-DTSI mt7621_dlink_dir-882-x1.dtsi to ease reading
config without too much inheritance
* Use "separate" partitioning DTSIs so we can use the partitioning
without a complete match on the other settings (i.e. without the
former parent DTSI)
* Rename files to express the new organization
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This patch failed to apply, breaking builds for the ramips target.
Fixes commit c44cefceb3 ("generic: kernel 5.4: fix probe error for AR803x PHYs")
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer C6 v3 (FCC ID TE7A6V3)
The patch adds identification changes to the existing TP-Link Archer A6,
by Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>, which has identical hardware.
Specification
-------------
MediaTek MT7621 SOC
RAM: 128MB DDR3
SPI Flash: W25Q128 (16MB)
Ethernet: MT7530 5x 1000Base-T
WiFi 5GHz: Mediatek MT7613BE
WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603E
UART/Serial: 115200 8n1
Device Configuration & Serial Port Pins
---------------------------------------
ETH Ports: LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN
_______________________
| |
Serial Pins: | VCC GND TXD RXD |
|_____________________|
LEDs: Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN
Build Output
------------
The build will generate following set of files
[1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin
[2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
[3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
How to Use - Flashing from TP-Link Web Interface
------------------------------------------------
* Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update".
* Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image: factory.bin[2]
* Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted.
TFTP Booting
------------
Setup a TFTP boot server with address 192.168.0.5.
While starting U-boot press '4' key to stop autoboot.
Copy the initramfs-kernel.bin[1] to TFTP server folder, rename as test.bin
From u-boot command prompt run tftpboot followed by bootm.
Recovery
--------
Archer A6 V3 has recovery page activated if SPI booting from flash fails.
Recovery page can be activated by powercycling the router four times
before the boot process is complete.
Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console.
Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1
Signed-off-by: Amish Vishwakarma <vishwakarma.amish@gmail.com>
[fix indent]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The default trigger for the amber lights on lan1 and lan3 were
mistakenly swapped after the device's migration to DSA. This
caused activity on one port to trigger the amber light on the
other port. Swapping their default trigger in the DTS file
fixes that.
Signed-off-by: Adam Elyas <adamelyas@outlook.com>
[minor commit title adjustment, wrap commit message]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
At this moment kernel size in mt7620 snapshot builds is bigger than 2048k.
It should be disabled by default.
Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
Since few months multiple users reported problems with various JBoot
devices. [0][1][2][3] All of them was bricked.
On my Lava LR-25G001 it freezes with current snapshot:
CDW57CAM_003 Jboot B695
Giga Switch AR8327 init
AR8327/AR8337 id ==> 0x1302
JRecovery Version R1.2 2014/04/01 18:25
SPI FLASH: MX25l12805d 16M
.
.
(freeze)
The kernel size is >2048k.
I built current master with minimal config and it boots well:
CDW57CAM_003 Jboot B695
Giga Switch AR8327 init
AR8327/AR8337 id ==> 0x1302
JRecovery Version R1.2 2014/04/01 18:25
SPI FLASH: MX25l12805d 16M
.
...........................
Starting kernel @80000000...
[ 0.000000] Linux version 5.4.124
Kernel size is <2048k.
Jboot bootloader isn't open source, so it's impossible to find
solution in code. It looks, that some buffer for kernel have 2MB size.
To avoid bricked devices, this commit introduces 2048k limit kernel
size for all jboot routers.
[0] https://bugs.openwrt.org/index.php?do=details&task_id=3539
[1] https://eko.one.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=254344
[2] https://eko.one.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?id=20930
[3] https://eko.one.pl/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=241376#p241376
Signed-off-by: Pawel Dembicki <paweldembicki@gmail.com>
[remove Fixes:]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Set the ethernet address from flash.
MAC addresses as verified by OEM firmware:
use interface source
2g wlan0 factory 0x04 (label)
LAN eth0.1 factory 0x28 (label+1)
WAN eth0.2 factory 0x2e (label+2)
Fixes: 671c9d16e3 ("ramips: add support for HILINK HLK-7628N")
Signed-off-by: Liu Yu <f78fk@live.com>
[drop old MAC address setup from 02_network, cut out state_default
changes, face-lift commit message, add Fixes:]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
The patch for adding the config_aneg function for the Atheros
AR8031/AR8033 PHY was formatted in a way it moved to different PHY
models while refreshing patches on kernel updates.
Move the diff directly below the PHY name so this won't happen in the
future.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
This enables autonegotiation for all ephy ports on probe.
Some devices do not configure the ports, particularly port 4.
Signed-off-by: Gaspare Bruno <gaspare@anlix.io>
[replace magic values ; reword commit message]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The basic mode control register of the ESW PHYs is modified in this
codeblock. Use the respective macros to make this code more readable.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
As patches for the AR8031/AR8033 copper page selection were merged
upstream, we can backport these patches.
This also fixes a PHY capabilities detection issue on the Ubiquiti
ER-X-SFP.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The SERCOMM NA502 is a smart home gateway manufactured by SERCOMM and sold
under different brands (among others, A1 Telekom Austria SmartHome
Gateway). It has multi-protocol radio support in addition to LAN and WiFi.
Note: BLE is currently unsupported.
Specifications
--------------
- MT7621ST 880MHz, Single-Core, Dual-Thread
- MT7603EN 2.4GHz WiFi
- MT7662EN 5GHz WiFi + BLE
- 128MiB NAND
- 256MiB DDR3 RAM
- SD3503 ZWave Controller
- EM357 Zigbee Coordinator
MAC address assignment
----------------------
LAN MAC is read from the config partition, WiFi 2.4GHz is LAN+2 and matches
the OEM firmware. WiFi 5GHz with LAN+1 is an educated guess since the
OEM firmware does not enable 5GHz WiFi.
Installation
------------
Attach serial console, then boot the initramfs image via TFTP.
Once inside OpenWrt, run sysupgrade -n with the sysupgrade file.
Attention: The device has a dual-firmware design. We overwrite kernel2,
since kernel1 contains an automatic recovery image.
If you get NAND ECC errors and are stuck with bad eraseblocks, try to
erase the mtd partition first with
mtd unlock ubi
mtd erase ubi
This should only be needed once.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
[use kiB for IMAGE_SIZE]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
About the device
----------------
SoC: MediaTek MT7620a @ 580MHz
RAM: 64M
FLASH: 8MB
WiFi: SoC-integrated: MediaTek MT7620a bgn
WiFi: MediaTek MT7612EN nac
GbE: 2x (RTL8211F)
BTN: - WPS
- Reset
- Router/Repeater/AP (3-way slide-switch)
LED: - WPS (blue)
- 3-segment Wifi signal representation (blue)
- WiFi (blue)
- WAN (blue)
- LAN (blue)
- Power (blue)
UART: UART is present as Pads with through-holes on the PCB. They are
located next to the reset button and are labelled Vcc/TX/RX/GND as
appropriate. Use 3.3V, 57600-8N1.
Installation
------------
Using the webcmd interface
--------------------------
Warning: Do not update to the latest Wavlink firmware (version
20201201) as this removes the webcmd console and you will need to
use the serial port instead.
You will need to have built uboot/sqauashfs image for this device,
and you will need to provide an HTTP service where the image can
be downloaded from that is accessible by the device.
You cannot use the device manufacturers firmware upgrade interface
as it rejects the OpenWrt image.
1. Log into the device's admin portal. This is necessary to
authenticate you as a user in order to be able to access the
webcmd interface.
2. Navigate to http://<device-ip>/webcmd.shtml - you can access
the console directly through this page, or you may wish to
launch the installed `telnetd` and use telnet instead.
* Using telnet is recommended since it provides a more
convenient shell interface that the web form.
* Launch telnetd from the form with the command `telnetd`.
* Check the port that telnetd is running on using
`netstat -antp|grep telnetd`, it is likely to be 2323.
* Connect to the target using `telnet`. The username should
be `admin2860`, and the password is your admin password.
3. On the target use `curl` to download the image.
e.g. `curl -L -O http://<some-other-lan-ip>/openwrt-ramips-mt7620-\
wavlink_wl-wn579x3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin`.
Check the hash using `md5sum`.
4. Use the mtd_write command to flash the image.
* The flash partition should be mtd4, but check
/sys/class/mtd/mtd4/name first. The partition should be
called 'Kernel'.
* To flash use the following command:
`mtd_write -r -e /dev/mtd<n> write <image-file> /dev/mtd<n>`
Where mtd<n> is the Kernel partition, and <image-file> is
the OpenWrt image previously downloaded.
* The command above will erase, flash and then reboot the
device. Once it reboots it will be running OpenWrt.
Connect via ssh to the device at 192.168.1.1 on the LAN port.
The WAN port will be configured via DHCP.
Using the serial port
---------------------
The device uses uboot like many other MT7260a based boards. To
use this interface, you will need to connect to the serial
interface, and provide a TFTP server. At boot follow the
bootloader menu and select option 2 to erase/flash the image.
Provide the address and filename details for the tftp server.
The bootloader will do the rest.
Once the image is flashed, the board will boot into OpenWrt. The
console is available over the serial port.
Signed-off-by: Ben Gainey <ba.gainey@googlemail.com>
Device specifications:
* Model: Youku YK-L1/L1c
* CPU: MT7620A
* RAM: 128 MiB
* Flash: 32 MiB (YK-L1)/ 16 MiB (YK-L1c)
* LAN: 2* 10M/100M Ports
* WAN: 1* 10M/100M Port
* USB: 1* USB2.0
* SD: 1* MicroSD socket
* UART: 1* TTL, Baudrate 57600
Descriptions:
Previous supported device YOUKU yk1 is actually Youku YK-L1. Though they look
really different, the only hardware difference between the two models is flash
size, YK-L1 has 32 MiB flash but YK-L1c has 16MiB. It seems that YK-L1c can
compatible with YK-L1's firmware but it's better to split it to different models.
It is easy to identify the models by looking at the label on the bottom of the
device. The label has the model number "YK-L1" or "YK-L1c". Due to different flash
sizes, YK-L1c that using previous YK-L1's firmware needs to apply "force update"
to install compatible firmware, so please backup config file before system upgrade.
Signed-off-by: Shiji Yang <yangshiji66@qq.com>
[use more specific name for DTSI]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Specifications:
- SoC: MT7621AT
- RAM: 256MB
- Flash: 128MB NAND
- Ethernet: 5 Gigabit ports
- WiFi: 2.4G/5G MT7615N
- USB: 1 USB 3.0, 1 USB 2.0
This device is very similar to the EA7300 v1/v2 and EA7500 v2.
Installation:
Upload the generated factory image through the factory web interface.
(following part taken from EA7300 v2 commit message:)
This might fail due to the A/B nature of this device. When flashing, OEM
firmware writes over the non-booted partition. If booted from 'A',
flashing over 'B' won't work. To get around this, you should flash the
OEM image over itself. This will then boot the router from 'B' and
allow you to flash OpenWRT without problems.
Reverting to factory firmware:
Hard-reset the router three times to force it to boot from 'B.' This is
where the stock firmware resides. To remove any traces of OpenWRT from
your router simply flash the OEM image at this point.
With thanks to Leon Poon (@LeonPoon) for the initial bringup.
Signed-off-by: Tee Hao Wei <angelsl@in04.sg>
[add missing entry in 10_fix_wifi_mac]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Amped Wireless ALLY is a whole-home WiFi kit, with a router (model
ALLY-R1900K) and an Extender (model ALLY-00X19K). Both are devices are
11ac and based on MediaTek MT7621AT and MT7615N chips. The units are
nearly identical, except the Extender lacks a USB port and has a single
Ethernet port.
Specification:
- SoC: MediaTek MT7621AT (2C/4T) @ 880MHz
- RAM: 128MB DDR3 (Nanya NT5CC64M16GP-DI)
- FLASH: 128MB NAND (Winbond W29N01GVSIAA)
- WiFi: 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R
- 2.4GHz MediaTek MT7615N bgn
- 5GHz MediaTek MT7615N nac
- Switch: SoC integrated Gigabit Switch
- USB: 1x USB3 (Router only)
- BTN: Reset, WPS
- LED: single RGB
- UART: through-hole on PCB.
J1: pin1 (square pad, towards rear)=3.3V, pin2=RX,
pin3=GND, pin4=TX. Settings: 57600/8N1.
Note regarding dual system partitions
-------------------------------------
The vendor firmware and boot loader use a dual partition scheme. The boot
partition is decided by the bootImage U-boot environment variable: 0 for
the 1st partition, 1 for the 2nd.
OpenWrt does not support this scheme and will always use the first OS
partition. It will set bootImage to 0 during installation, making sure
the first partition is selected by the boot loader.
Also, because we can't be sure which partition is active to begin with, a
2-step flash process is used. We first flash an initramfs image, then
follow with a regular sysupgrade.
Installation:
Router (ALLY-R1900K)
1) Install the flashable initramfs image via the OEM web-interface.
(Alternatively, you can use the TFTP recovery method below.)
You can use WiFi or Ethernet.
The direct URL is: http://192.168.3.1/07_06_00_firmware.html
a. No login is needed, and you'll be in their setup wizard.
b. You might get a warning about not being connected to the Internet.
c. Towards the bottom of the page will be a section entitled "Or
Manually Upgrade Firmware from a File:" where you can manually choose
and upload a firmware file.
d: Click "Choose File", select the OpenWRT "initramfs" image and click
"Upload."
2) The Router will flash the OpenWrt initramfs image and reboot. After
booting, LuCI will be available on 192.168.1.1.
3) Log into LuCI as root; there is no password.
4) Optional (but recommended) is to backup the OEM firmware before
continuing; see process below.
5) Complete the Installation by flashing a full OpenWRT image. Note:
you may use the sysupgrade command line tool in lieu of the UI if
you prefer.
a. Choose System -> Backup/Flash Firmware.
b. Click "Flash Image..." under "Flash new firmware image"
c. Click "Browse..." and then select the sysupgrade file.
d. Click Upload to upload the sysupgrade file.
e. Important: uncheck "Keep settings and retain the current
configuration" for this initial installation.
f. Click "Continue" to flash the firmware.
g. The device will reboot and OpenWRT is installed.
Extender (ALLY-00X19K)
1) This device requires a TFTP recovery procedure to do an initial load
of OpenWRT. Start by configuring a computer as a TFTP client:
a. Install a TFTP client (server not necessary)
b. Configure an Ethernet interface to 192.168.1.x/24; don't use .1 or .6
c. Connect the Ethernet to the sole Ethernet port on the X19K.
2) Put the ALLY Extender in TFTP recovery mode.
a. Do this by pressing and holding the reset button on the bottom while
connecting the power.
b. As soon as the LED lights up green (roughly 2-3 seconds), release
the button.
3) Start the TFTP transfer of the Initramfs image from your setup machine.
For example, from Linux:
tftp -v -m binary 192.168.1.6 69 -c put initramfs.bin
4) The Extender will flash the OpenWrt initramfs image and reboot. After
booting, LuCI will be available on 192.168.1.1.
5) Log into LuCI as root; there is no password.
6) Optional (but recommended) is to backup the OEM firmware before
continuing; see process below.
7) Complete the Installation by flashing a full OpenWRT image. Note: you
may use the sysupgrade command line tool in lieu of the UI if you prefer.
a. Choose System -> Backup/Flash Firmware.
b. Click "Flash Image..." under "Flash new firmware image"
c. Click "Browse..." and then select the sysupgrade file.
d. Click Upload to upload the sysupgrade file.
e. Important: uncheck "Keep settings and retain the current
configuration" for this initial installation.
f. Click "Continue" to flash the firmware.
g. The device will reboot and OpenWRT is installed.
Backup the OEM Firmware:
-----------------------
There isn't any downloadable firmware for the ALLY devices on the Amped
Wireless web site. Reverting back to the OEM firmware is not possible
unless we have a backup of the original OEM firmware.
The OEM firmware may be stored on either /dev/mtd3 ("firmware") or
/dev/mtd6 ("oem"). We can't be sure which was overwritten with the
initramfs image, so backup both partitions to be safe.
1) Once logged into LuCI, navigate to System -> Backup/Flash Firmware.
2) Under "Save mtdblock contents," first select "firmware" and click
"Save mtdblock" to download the image.
3) Repeat the process, but select "oem" from the pull-down menu.
Revert to the OEM Firmware:
--------------------------
* U-boot TFTP:
Follow the TFTP recovery steps for the Extender, and use the
backup image.
* OpenWrt "Flash Firmware" interface:
Upload the backup image and select "Force update"
before continuing.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Sturges <jsturges@redhat.com>
This submission relied heavily on the work of Linksys EA7300 v1/ v2.
Specifications:
* SoC: MediaTek MT7621A (880 MHz 2c/4t)
* RAM: 128M DDR3-1600
* Flash: 128M NAND
* Eth: MediaTek MT7621A (10/100/1000 Mbps x5)
* Radio: MT7603E/MT7613BE (2.4 GHz & 5 GHz)
* Antennae: 2 internal fixed in the casing and 2 on the PCB
* LEDs: Blue (x4 Ethernet)
Blue+Orange (x2 Power + WPS and Internet)
* Buttons: Reset (x1)
WPS (x1)
Installation:
Flash factory image through GUI.
This device has 2 partitions for the firmware called firmware and
alt_firmware. To successfully flash and boot the device, the device
should have been running from alt_firmware partition. To get the device
booted through alt_firmware partition, download the OEM firmware from
Linksys website and upgrade the firmware from web GUI. Once this is done,
flash the OpenWrt Factory firmware from web GUI.
Reverting to factory firmware:
1. Boot to 'alt_firmware'(where stock firmware resides) by doing one of
the following:
Press the "wps" button as soon as power LED turns on when booting.
(OR) Hard-reset the router consecutively three times to force it to
boot from 'alt_firmware'.
2. To remove any traces of OpenWRT from your router simply flash the OEM
image at this point.
Signed-off-by: Aashish Kulkarni <aashishkul@gmail.com>
[fix hanging indents and wrap to 74 characters per line,
add kmod-mt7663-firmware-sta package for 5GHz STA mode to work,
remove sysupgrade.bin and concatenate IMAGES instead in mt7621.mk,
set default-state "on" for power LED]
Signed-off-by: Sannihith Kinnera <digislayer@protonmail.com>
[move check-size before append-metadata, remove trailing whitespace]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This commit adds support for the Wavlink WL-WN578A2 dual-band wall-plug
wireless router. This device is also sold under the name SilverCrest
SWV 733 A2.
Device Specifications:
- CPU: MediaTek MT7628AN (580MHz)
- Flash: 8MB
- RAM: 64MB
- Bootloader: U-Boot
- Ethernet: 2x 10/100 Mbps
- 2.4 GHz: 802.11b/g/n SoC
- 5 GHz: 802.11a/n/ac MT7610E
- Antennas: internal
- 4 green LEDs: WPS/Power, LAN, WAN, wifi-low, wifi-med, wifi-high
- Buttons: Reset, WPS
- Sliding mode switch: AP, repeater, client
- Small sliding power switch
Flashing instructions:
U-Boot launches TFTP client if WPS button is pressed during power-on.
Configure as follows:
- Server IP: 192.168.10.100
- Filename (rename sysupgrade file to this): firmware.bin
Flashing should not take more than a minute, device will reboot
automatically.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Aldrian <dev.aldrian@gmail.com>
Specifications
SoC: MT7621
CPU: 880 MHz
Flash: 16 MiB
RAM: 128 MiB
WLAN: 2.4 GHz b/g/n, 5 GHz a/n/ac
MT7603E / MT7615E
Ethernet: 5x Gbit ports
Installation
There are two known options:
1) The Luci-based UI.
2) Press and hold the reset button during power up.
The router will request 'recovery.bin' from a TFTP server at
192.168.1.88.
Both options require a signed firmware binary.
The openwrt image supplied by cudy is signed and can be used to
install unsigned images.
R4 & R5 need to be shorted (0-100Ω) for the UART to work.
Signed-off-by: Leon M. George <leon@georgemail.eu>
[remove non-required switch-port node - remove trgmii phy-mode]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
This patch adds support for TP-Link Archer C6U v1 (EU).
The device is also known in some market as Archer C6 v3.
This patch supports only Archer C6U v1 (EU).
Specifications:
--------------
* SoC: Mediatek MT7621AT 2C2T, 880MHz
* RAM: 128MB DDR3
* Flash: 16MB SPI NOR flash (Winbond 25Q128)
* WiFi 5GHz: Mediatek MT7613BEN (2x2:2)
* WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603EN (2x2:2)
* Ethernet: MT7630, 5x 1000Base-T.
* LED: Power, WAN, LAN, WiFi 2GHz and 5GHz, USB
* Buttons: Reset, WPS.
* UART: Serial console (115200 8n1), J1(GND:3)
* USB: One USB2 port.
Installation:
------------
Install the OpenWrt factory image for C6U is from the
TP-Link web interface.
1) Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update".
2) Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image:
openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6u-v1-squashfs-factory.bin.
3) Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted.
Recovery to stock firmware:
--------------------------
The C6U bootloader has a failsafe mode that provides a web
interface (running at 192.168.0.1) for reverting back to the
stock TP-Link firmware. The failsafe interface is triggered
from the serial console or on failed kernel boot. Unfortunately,
there's no key combination that enables the failsafe mode. This
gives us two options for recovery:
1) Recover using the serial console (J1 header).
The recovery interface can be selected by hitting 'x' when
prompted on boot.
2) Trigger the bootloader failsafe mode.
A more dangerous option is force the bootloader into
recovery mode by erasing the OpenWrt partition from the
OpenWrt's shell - e.g "mtd erase firmware". Please be
careful, since erasing the wrong partition can brick
your device.
MAC addresses:
-------------
OEM firmware configuration:
D8:07:B6:xx:xx:83 : 5G
D8:07:B6:xx:xx:84 : LAN (label)
D8:07:B6:xx:xx:84 : 2.4G
D8:07:B6:xx:xx:85 : WAN
Signed-off-by: Georgi Vlaev <georgi.vlaev@konsulko.com>
The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer A6 v3
The router is sold in US and India with FCC ID TE7A6V3
Specification
-------------
MediaTek MT7621 SOC
RAM: 128MB DDR3
SPI Flash: W25Q128 (16MB)
Ethernet: MT7530 5x 1000Base-T
WiFi 5GHz: Mediatek MT7613BE
WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603E
UART/Serial: 115200 8n1
Device Configuration & Serial Port Pins
---------------------------------------
ETH Ports: LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN
_______________________
| |
Serial Pins: | VCC GND TXD RXD |
|_____________________|
LEDs: Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN
Build Output
------------
The build will generate following set of files
[1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin
[2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
[3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
How to Use - Flashing from TP-Link Web Interface
------------------------------------------------
* Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update".
* Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image: factory.bin[2]
* Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted.
TFTP Booting
------------
Setup a TFTP boot server with address 192.168.0.5.
While starting U-boot press '4' key to stop autoboot.
Copy the initramfs-kernel.bin[1] to TFTP server folder, rename as test.bin
From u-boot command prompt run tftpboot followed by bootm.
Recovery
--------
Archer A6 V3 has recovery page activated if SPI booting from flash fails.
Recovery page can be activated from serial console only.
Press 'x' while u-boot is starting
Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console.
Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1
Thanks to: Frankis for Randmon MAC address fix.
Signed-off-by: Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>
[remove superfluous factory image definition, whitespacing]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Removed upstreamed:
generic/backport-5.4/050-gro-fix-napi_gro_frags-Fast-GRO-breakage-due-to-IP-a.patch
bcm63xx/patches-5.4/434-nand-brcmnand-fix-OOB-R-W-with-Hamming-ECC.patch*
Removed/code was included upstream and therefore redundant:
ramips/patches-5.4/999-fix-pci-init-mt7620.patch
All other patches automatically rebased.
* update_kernel.sh did not flag this yet it was included in 5.4.119[1], as a
result of the rebase, I removed my testing lines since I did not go back to
test built or to run test 5.4.119 with the removed patch present.
1. https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/commit/?h=v5.4.119&id=e5b3e69eb36ac1178a7a2392616fd29afd288c4e
Signed-off-by: John Audia <graysky@archlinux.us>
Vendor firmware expects model name without manufacturer name inside
'supported_devices' part of metadata. This allows direct upgrade to
OpenWrt from vendor's GUI.
Signed-off-by: Piotr Dymacz <pepe2k@gmail.com>
