new versions of the device have NAND with 8bit ECC
which was not yet supported before. This change removes
ECC restrictions.
Signed-off-by: Alexander Friese <af944580@googlemail.com>
Hardware
--------
CPU: Qualcomm IPQ4018
RAM: 256M
Flash: 16MB SPI-NOR (W25Q128)
128MB SPI-NAND (XTX)
WiFi: 2T2R (2GHz 802.11n ; 5 GHz 802.11ac)
ETH: 4x LAN ; 1x WAN (Gigabit)
CELL: Quectel RG501Q 3G/4G/5G
UART: Available on the goldfinger connector (Pinout silkscreened)
115200 8N1 3V3 - Only connect RX / TX / GND
Installation
------------
1. Enable SSH in the Teltonika UI
(System --> Administration --> Access Control)
2. Check from which partition set the device is currently running from.
$ cat /proc/boot_info/rootfs/primaryboot
In case this output reads 0, install a Software update from Teltonika
first. After upgrade completion, check this file now reads 1 before
continuing.
2. Transfer the OpenWrt factory image to the device using scp. Use the
same password (user root!) as used for the Web-UI.
$ scp -O openwrt-factory.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp
3. Connect to the device using ssh as the root user.
4. Install OpenWrt by writing the factory image to flash.
$ ubiformat /dev/mtd16 -y -f /tmp/openwrt-factory.bin
5. Instruct the bootloaer to boot from the first partition set.
$ echo 0 > /proc/boot_info/rootfs/primaryboot
$ cat /proc/boot_info/getbinary_bootconfig > /tmp/bootconfig.bin
$ cat /proc/boot_info/getbinary_bootconfig1 > /tmp/bootconfig1.bin
$ mtd write /tmp/bootconfig.bin /dev/mtd2
$ mtd write /tmp/bootconfig1.bin /dev/mtd3
6. Reboot the device.
$ reboot
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The upstream board-2.bin file in the linux-firmware.git
repository for the QCA4019 contains a packed board-2.bin
for this device for both 2.4G and 5G wifis. This isn't
something that the ath10k driver supports.
Until this feature either gets implemented - which is
very unlikely -, or the upstream boardfile is mended
(both, the original submitter and ath10k-firmware
custodian have been notified). OpenWrt will go back
and use its own bespoke boardfile. This unfortunately
means that 2.4G and on some revisions the 5G WiFi is
not available in the initramfs image for this device.
Fixes: #12886
Reported-by: Christian Heuff <christian@heuff.at>
Debugged-by: Georgios Kourachanis <geo.kourachanis@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
The ZTE MF287+ is a LTE router used (exclusively?) by the network operator
"3". The MF287 (i.e. non-plus aka 3Neo) is also supported (the only
difference is the LTE modem)
Specifications
==============
SoC: IPQ4018
RAM: 256MiB
Flash: 8MiB SPI-NOR + 128MiB SPI-NAND
LAN: 4x GBit LAN
LTE: ZTE Cat12 (MF287+) / ZTE Cat6 (MF287)
WiFi: 802.11a/b/g/n/ac SoC-integrated
MAC addresses
=============
LAN: from config + 2
WiFi 1: from config
WiFi 2: from config + 1
Installation
============
Option 1 - TFTP
---------------
TFTP installation using UART is preferred. Disassemble the device and
connect serial. Put the initramfs image as openwrt.bin to your TFTP server
and configure a static IP of 192.168.1.100. Load the initramfs image by
typing:
setenv serverip 192.168.1.100
setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
tftpboot 0x82000000 openwrt.bin
bootm 0x82000000
From this intiramfs boot you can take a backup of the currently installed
partitions as no vendor firmware is available for download:
ubiattach -m14
cat /dev/ubi0_0 > /tmp/ubi0_0
cat /dev/ubi0_1 > /tmp/ubi0_1
Copy the files /tmp/ubi0_0 and /tmp/ubi0_1 somewhere save.
Once booted, transfer the sysupgrade image and run sysupgrade. You might
have to delete the stock volumes first:
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N kernel
Option 2 - From stock firmware
------------------------------
The installation from stock requires an exploit first. The exploit consists
of a backup file that forces the firmware to download telnetd via TFTP from
192.168.0.22 and run it. Once exploited, you can connect via telnet and
login as admin:admin.
The exploit will be available at the device wiki page.
Once inside the stock firmware, you can transfer the -factory.bin file to
/tmp by using "scp" from the stock frmware or "tftp".
ZTE has blocked writing to the NAND. Fortunately, it's easy to allow write
access - you need to read from one file in /proc. Once done, you need to
erase the UBI partition and flash OpenWrt. Before performing the operation,
make sure that mtd13 is the partition labelled "rootfs" by calling
"cat /proc/mtd".
Complete commands:
cd /tmp
tftp -g -r factory.bin 192.168.0.22
cat /proc/driver/sensor_id
flash_erase /dev/mtd13 0 0
dd if=/tmp/factory.bin of=/dev/mtdblock13 bs=131072
Afterwards, reboot your device and you should have a working OpenWrt
installation.
Restore Stock
=============
Option 1 - via UART
-------------------
Boot an OpenWrt initramfs image via TFTP as for the initial installation.
Transfer the two backed-up files to your box to /tmp.
Then, run the following commands - replace $kernel_length and $rootfs_size
by the size of ubi0_0 and ubi0_1 in bytes.
ubiattach -m 14
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N kernel
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N rootfs
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N rootfs_data
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N kernel -s $kernel_length
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs -s $rootfs_size
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 /tmp/ubi0_0
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/ubi0_1
Option 2 - from within OpenWrt
------------------------------
This option requires to flash an initramfs version first so that access
to the flash is possible. This can be achieved by sysupgrading to the
recovery.bin version and rebooting. Once rebooted, you are again in a
default OpenWrt installation, but no partition is mounted.
Follow the commands from Option 1 to flash back to stock.
LTE Modem
=========
The LTE modem is similar to other ZTE devices and controls some more LEDs
and battery management.
Configuring the connection using uqmi works properly, the modem
provides three serial ports and a QMI CDC ethernet interface.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
Some ZTE devices require the gpio-restart driver to support restarting the
LTE modem along with OpenWrt
Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
After migrating to kernel 5.15, upgrading causes the units to become
soft-bricked, hanging forever at the kernel startup.
Kernel size limitation of 4000000 bytes is suspected here, but this is
not fully confirmed.
Disable the images to protect users from inadvertent bricking of units,
because recovery of those is painful with Cisco's U-boot, until the root
cause is found and fixed.
Signed-off-by: Lech Perczak <lech.perczak@gmail.com>
Backport initial LEDs hw control support. Currently this is limited to
only rx/tx and link events for the netdev trigger but the API got
accepted and the additional modes are working on and will be backported
later.
Refresh every patch and add the additional config flag for QCA8K new
LEDs support.
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Currently, e2600ac-c1 cannot be built as the kernel is larger than the defined KERNEL_SIZE,
however, there is no bootloader limit for the kernel size so remove KERNEL_SIZE completely.
Signed-off-by: 张 鹏 <sd20@qxwlan.com>
[ improve commit title, fix merge conflict ]
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Convert E2600ac c2 to DSA and enable it.
Signed-off-by: 张 鹏 <sd20@qxwlan.com>
[ rename port to more generic name ]
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Convert E2600ac c1 to DSA and enable it.
Signed-off-by: 张 鹏 <sd20@qxwlan.com>
[ rename port to more generic name ]
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
This removes unneeded kernel version switches from the targets after
kernel 5.10 has been dropped.
Signed-off-by: Aleksander Jan Bajkowski <olek2@wp.pl>
Kernel 5.15.111 includes backport of commit
("firmware: qcom_scm: Clear download bit during reboot") which is causing
reboot on ipq40xx to stop working, more precisely the board will hang after
reboot is called with:
root@OpenWrt:/# reboot
root@OpenWrt:/# [ 76.473541] device lan1 left promiscuous mode
[ 76.474204] br-lan: port 1(lan1) entered disabled state
[ 76.527975] device lan2 left promiscuous mode
[ 76.530301] br-lan: port 2(lan2) entered disabled state
[ 76.579376] device lan3 left promiscuous mode
[ 76.581698] br-lan: port 3(lan3) entered disabled state
[ 76.638434] device lan4 left promiscuous mode
[ 76.638777] br-lan: port 4(lan4) entered disabled state
[ 76.978489] qca8k-ipq4019 c000000.switch wan: Link is Down
[ 76.978883] device eth0 left promiscuous mode
[ 76.987077] ipqess-edma c080000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
[
Format: Log Type - Time(microsec) - Message - Optional Info
Log Type: B - Since Boot(Power On Reset), D - Delta, S - Statistic
S - QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=BOOT.BF.3.1.1-00123
S - IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=DAABANAZA
S - OEM_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=CRM
S - Boot Config, 0x00000021
S - Reset status Config, 0x00000010
S - Core 0 Frequency, 0 MHz
B - 261 - PBL, Start
B - 1339 - bootable_media_detect_entry, Start
B - 1679 - bootable_media_detect_success, Start
B - 1693 - elf_loader_entry, Start
B - 5076 - auth_hash_seg_entry, Start
B - 7223 - auth_hash_seg_exit, Start
B - 578349 - elf_segs_hash_verify_entry, Start
B - 696356 - PBL, End
B - 696380 - SBL1, Start
B - 787236 - pm_device_init, Start
D - 7 - pm_device_init, Delta
B - 788701 - boot_flash_init, Start
D - 52782 - boot_flash_init, Delta
B - 845625 - boot_config_data_table_init, Start
D - 3836 - boot_config_data_table_init, Delta - (419 Bytes)
B - 852841 - clock_init, Start
D - 7566 - clock_init, Delta
B - 864883 - CDT version:2,Platform ID:9,Major ID:0,Minor ID:0,Subtype:64
B - 868413 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Start
B - 873402 - cpr_init, Start
D - 2 - cpr_init, Delta
B - 877842 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Start
D - 4 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Delta
D - 13234 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Delta
B - 891155 - pm_driver_init, Start
D - 2 - pm_driver_init, Delta
B - 909105 - Image Load, Start
B - 1030210 - Boot error ocuured!. Error code: 303d
So, until a proper fix is found, lets revert the culprit patch to have
reboot working again.
Fixes: 228e0e1039 ("kernel: bump 5.15 to 5.15.111")
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
The BDFs for the:
Aruba AP-365
Devolo Magic 2 WiFi next
Edgecore ECW5410
Edgecore OAP100
Extreme Networks WS-AP3915i
GL.iNet GL-A1300
GL.iNet GL-AP1300
GL.iNet GL-S1300
Linksys EA8300
Linksys WHW03v2
Nokia Wi4A AC400i
P&W R619AC
Pakedge WR-1
Qxwlan E2600AC C1
Sony NCP-HG100/Cellular
Teltonika RUTX10
ZTE MF18A
were upstreamed to the ath10k-firmware repository
and landed in linux-firmware.git.
Furthermore the BDFs for the:
8devices Habanero
8devices Jalapeno
Qxwlan E2600AC C2
have been updated.
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Add patch commenting unused sdhci function, hopin this will be dropped
when the problem is actually found.
Fix compilation warning:
drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-msm.c:1781:13: error: 'sdhci_msm_set_clock' defined but not used [-Werror=unused-function]
1781 | static void sdhci_msm_set_clock(struct sdhci_host *host, unsigned int clock)
| ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
cc1: all warnings being treated as errors
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Upstream commit ("net: phylink: add generic validate implementation") was
backported, however PSGMII PHY mode patch for ipq40xx was not updated to
add PSGMII to phylink_get_linkmodes() so the following warning would be
printed during kernel compilation:
drivers/net/phy/phylink.c: In function 'phylink_get_linkmodes':
drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:360:9: error: enumeration value 'PHY_INTERFACE_MODE_PSGMII' not handled in switch [-Werror=switch]
360 | switch (interface) {
| ^~~~~~
Resolve the warning by adding the PSGMII mode to phylink_get_linkmodes().
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Kernel setting CONFIG_IO_URING supports high-performance I/O for file
access and servers, generally for more performant platforms, and adds
~45 KB to kernel sizes. The need for this on less "beefy" devices is
questionable, as is the size cost considering many platforms have kernel
size limits which require tricky repartitioning if outgrown. The size
cost is also large relative to the ~180 KB bump expected between major
OpenWRT kernel releases.
No OpenWrt packages have hard dependencies on this; samba4 and mariadb
can take advantage if available (+KERNEL_IO_URING:liburing) but
otherwise build and work fine.
Since CONFIG_IO_URING is already managed via the KERNEL_IO_URING setting
in Config-kernel.in (default Y), remove it from those target configs
which unconditionally enable it, and update the defaults to enable it
conditionally only on more powerful 64-bit x86 and arm devices. It may
still be manually enabled as needed for high-performance custom builds.
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <itugrok@yahoo.com>
Since CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG is already managed via the KERNEL_DYNAMIC_DEBUG
setting in Config-kernel.in (default N), remove or disable it in target
configs which unconditionally enable it, along with the related setting
CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE. This saves several KB in the kernels for
ipq40xx, ipq806x, filogic, mt7622, qoriq, and sunxi.
Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <itugrok@yahoo.com>
Convert GL-AP1300 to DSA and enable it.
While working on it rename the GL-AP1300 leds from green to white.
Tested-by: Rob White <rob@blue-wave.net>
Tested-by: Robert Sommer <frauhottelmann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Hainke <vincent@systemli.org>
Re-enable the Aruba AP-365 with DSA support. Changes are trvivial, as
the board design is pretty much the already updated AP-303.
Run-tested on the device.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
It appears that the refactor of the upgrade process for NAND devices resulted in the nand_do_upgrade_success step not being called for
devices using the linksys.sh script. As a result, configuration was
not preserved over sysupgrade steps.
This corrects a typo in the call of nand_do_upgrade_failed for ipq40xx
and ipq806x devices using the linksys.sh script.
Fixes: 8634c1080d ("ipq40xx: Fix Linksys upgrade, restore config step")
Fixes: 2715aff5df ("ipq806x: Fix Linksys upgrade, restore config step")
Signed-off-by: Michael Trinidad <trinidude4@hotmail.com>
Add LED function properties for the LED controller to avoid failing
driver probe with kernel 5.15.
While at it, also define the OpenWrt LED indicator patterns for this
device.
Ref commit 583ac0e11d ("mpc85xx: update lp5521 led-controller node for 5.10")
Google uses white for running and red for an issue
Signed-off-by: Jan-Niklas Burfeind <git@aiyionpri.me>
Tested-by: Andrijan Möcker <amo@ct.de>
Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Add the external reset button for use with OpenWrt.
Co-authored-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan-Niklas Burfeind <git@aiyionpri.me>
Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
It appears that the refactor of the upgrade process for NAND devices
resulted in the nand_do_upgrade_success step not being called for
devices using the linksys.sh script. As a result, configuration
was not preserved over sysupgrade steps.
This was restored for some devices in
commit 84ff6c90dd ("base-files: bring back nand_do_upgrade_success").
This restored preservation of config for ipq40xx devices using the
linksys.sh script. Other devices and targets have not been examined.
Closes: #11677
Fixes: e25e6d8e54 ("base-files: fix and clean up nand sysupgrade code")
Tested-on: EA8300
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kletsky <git-commits@allycomm.com>
(checkpatch nitpick)
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Adds support for the Wallys DR40x9 series boards.
They come in IPQ4019 and IPQ4029 versions.
IPQ4019/4029 only differ in that that IPQ4029 is the industrial version that is rated to higher temperatures.
Specifications are:
* CPU: Qualcomm IPQ40x9 (4x ARMv7A Cortex A7) at 716 MHz
* RAM: 512 MB
* Storage: 2MB of SPI-NOR, 128 MB of parallel NAND
* USB 3.0 TypeA port for users
* MiniPCI-E with PCI-E 2.0 link
* MiniPCI-E for LTE modems with only USB2.0 link
* 2 SIM card slots that are selected via GPIO11
* MicroSD card slot
* Ethernet: 2x GBe with 24~48V passive POE
* SFP port (Does not work, I2C and GPIO's not connected on hardware)
* DC Jack
* UART header
* WLAN: In-SoC 2x2 802.11b/g/n and 2x2 802.11a/n/ac
* 4x MMCX connectors for WLAN
* Reset button
* 8x LED-s
Installation instructions:
Connect to UART, pins are like this:
-> 3.3V | TX | RX | GND
Settings are 115200 8n1
Boot initramfs from TFTP:
tftpboot 0x84000000 openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-wallys_dr40x9-initramfs-fit-uImage.itb
bootm
Then copy the sysupgrade image to the /tmp folder and execute sysupgrade -n <image_name>
The board file binary was provided from Wallystech on March 14th 2023
including full permission to use and distribute.
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Signed-off-by: Koen Vandeputte <koen.vandeputte@citymesh.com>
Make sure it uses updated Jalapeno BDF inherited from
Device/8dev_jalapeno-common
Fixes: 146eb4925c ("ipq40xx: add support for Crisis Innovation Lab MeshPoint.One")
Signed-off-by: Mantas Pucka <mantas@8devices.com>
[ fix Fixes tag to correct format and fix commit title ]
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Set specific BDF file for 8devices Habanero/Jalapeno in ipq40xx
generic.mk
Signed-off-by: Mantas Pucka <mantas@8devices.com>
[ split ipq40xx changes in separate commit ]
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
The USB port on the MR8300 randomly fails to feed bus-powered devices.
This is caused by a misconfigured pinmux. The GPIO68 should be used to
enable the USB power (active low), but it's inside the NAND pinmux.
This GPIO pin was found in the original firmware at a startup script in
both MR8300 and EA8300. Therefore apply the fix for both boards.
Signed-off-by: Daniel González Cabanelas <dgcbueu@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Chromium devices (like Google WiFi) have ramoops memory reserved by the
bootloader. Let's enable the ramoops kernel module by default, so we get
better crash logging.
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com>
Starting from Linux Kernel version 6.3 UBI devices will no longer be
considered virtual, but rather have an MTD device parent. Hence they
will no longer be listed under /sys/devices/virtual/ubi which is
used in multiple places in OpenWrt. Prepare for future kernels by
using /sys/class/ubi instead of /sys/devuces/virtual/ubi.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
After switching to DSA, the LAN ports in Cell C RTL30VW have swapped numbers. Assigning the right numbers.
Signed-off-by: Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary@eko.one.pl>
Set up MAC, LED, settings and default packages for DSL usage, similar
to the lantiq target.
Due to licensing uncertainty, we do not include the firmware files for the
DSL drivers. To have a working DSL setup, follow the instructions below.
Download the firmware files locally:
mkdir -p files/lib/firmware/09a9
wget -P files/lib/firmware/09a9 https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/intel/vrx518_aca_fw/-/raw/ugw-8.5.2/platform/xrx500/aca_fw.bin
wget -P files/lib/firmware https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/intel/vrx518_ppe_fw/-/raw/ugw_8.5.2.10/platform/xrx500/ppe_fw.bin
wget -P files/lib/firmware https://gitlab.com/prpl-foundation/intel/dsl_vr11_firmware_xdsl/-/raw/ugw-8.5.2/xcpe_8D1507_8D0901.bin
ln -s xcpe_8D1507_8D0901.bin files/lib/firmware/vdsl.bin
For people building their own images:
Run the above commands in the root of your local OpenWrt clone,
and the firmware files will be part of the resulting images.
For people downloading images:
Copy the firmware files onto the router once it's booted up:
scp -O -r files/lib/firmware root@fritz:/lib
Reboot the device afterwards.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms.3headeddevs@gmail.com>
[cleaned up]
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
[set up LED]
Signed-off-by: Jan Hoffmann <jan@3e8.eu>
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
This is needed by the mei driver to be able to download the firmware.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms.3headeddevs@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
Similar to the lantiq platform, these are required for DSL support.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schiller <ms.3headeddevs@gmail.com>
[switch to kernel 5.10 and 5.15]
Signed-off-by: Jan Hoffmann <jan@3e8.eu>
[update patches based on UGW 8.5.2.10, remove 5.10 support]
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
SOC: Qualcomm IPQ4019
WiFi 1: QCA4019 IEEE 802.11b/g/n
WiFi 2: QCA4019 IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
WiFi 3: QCA8888 IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
Bluetooth: Qualcomm CSR8811 (A12U)
Zigbee: Silicon Labs EM3581 NCP + Skyworks SE2432L
Ethernet: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072 (2-port)
Flash 1: Mactronix MX30LF4G18AC-XKI
RAM (NAND): SK hynix H5TC4G63CFR-PBA (512MB)
LED Controller: NXP PCA9633 (I2C)
Buttons: Single reset button (GPIO).
- The three WiFis were fully tested and are configured with the same settings as in the vendor firmware.
- The specific board files were submitted to the ATH10k mailing list but I'm still waiting for a reply. They can be removed once they are approved upstream.
- Two ethernet ports are accessible on the device. By default one is configured as WAN and the other one is LAN. They are fully working.
Bluetooth:
========
- Fully working with the following caveats:
- RFKILL need to be enabled in the kernel.
- An older version of bluez is needed as bccmd is needed to configure the chip.
Zigbee:
======
- The spidev device is available in the /dev directory.
- GPIOs are configured the same way as in the vendor firmware.
- Tests are on-going. I am working on getting access to the Silicon Labs stack to validate that it is fully working.
Installation:
=========
The squash-factory image can be installed via the Linksys Web UI:
1. Open "http://192.168.1.1/ca" (Change the IP with the IP of your device).
2. Login with your admin password.
3. To enter into the support mode, click on the "CA" link and the bottom of the page.
4. Open the "Connectivity" menu and upload the squash-factory image with the "Choose file" button.
5. Click start. Ignore all the prompts and warnings by click "yes" in all the popups.
The device uses a dual partition mechanism. The device automatically revert to the previous partition after 3 failed boot attempts.
If you want to force the previous firmware to load, you can turn off and then turn on the device for 2 seconds, 3 times in a row.
It can also be done via TFTP:
1. Setup a local TFTP server and configure its IP to 192.168.1.100.
2. Rename your image to "nodes_v2.img" and put it to the TFTP root of your server.
3. Connect to the device through the serial console.
4. Power on device and press enter when prompted to drop into U-Boot.
5. Flash the partition of your choice by typing "run flashimg" or "run flashimg2".
6. Once flashed, enter "reset" to reboot the device.
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vincent Tremblay <vincent@vtremblay.dev>
Light and small router ( In Poland operators sells together with MC7010 outdoor modem to provide WIFI inside home).
Device specification
SoC Type: Qualcomm IPQ4019
RAM: 256 MiB
Flash: 128 MiB SPI NAND (Winbond W25N01GV)
ROM: 2MiB SPI Flash (GD25Q16)
Wireless 2.4 GHz (IP4019): b/g/n, 2x2
Wireless 5 GHz (QCA9982): a/n/ac, 3x3
Ethernet: 2xGbE (WAN/LAN1, LAN2)
USB ports: No
Button: 2 (Reset/WPS)
LEDs: 3 external leds: Power (blue) , WiFI (blue and red), SMARTHOME (blue and red) and 1 internal (blue) -- NOTE: Power controls all external led (if down ,all others also not lights even signal is up)
Power: 5VDC, 2,1A via USB-C socket
Bootloader: U-Boot
On board ZWave and Zigbee (EFR32 MG1P232GG..) modules ( not supported by orginal software )
Installation
1.Open MF18A case by ungluing rubber pad under the router and unscrew screws, and connect to serial console port,
with the following pinout, starting from pin 1, which is the topmost pin when the board is upright (reset button on the bottom) :
VCC (3.3V). Do not use unless you need to source power for the converer from it.
TX
RX
GND
Default port configuration in U-boot as well as in stock firmware is 115200-8-N-1.
2.Place OpenWrt initramfs image for the device on a TFTP in the server's root. This example uses Server IP: 192.168.0.2
3.Connect TFTP server to RJ-45 port (WAN/LAN1).
4.Power on MF18A , stop in u-Boot (using ESC button) and run u-Boot commands:
setenv serverip 192.168.0.2
setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.1
set fdt_high 0x85000000
tftpboot 0x84000000 openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-zte_mf18a-initramfs-fit-zImage.itb
bootm 0x84000000
5.Please make backup of original partitions, if you think about revert to stock, specially mtd8 (Web UI) and mtd9 (rootFS). Use /tmp as temporary storage and do:
WEB PARITION
cat /dev/mtd8 > /tmp/mtd8.bin
scp /tmp/mtd8.bin root@YOURSERVERIP:/
rm /tmp/mtd8.bin
ROOT PARITION
cat /dev/mtd9 > /tmp/mtd9.bin
scp /tmp/mtd9.bin root@YOURSERVERIP:/
rm /tmp/mtd9.bin
If you are sure ,that you want to flash openwrt, from uBoot, before bootm, clean rootfs partition with command:
nand erase 0x1800000 0x1D00000
6.Login via ssh or serial and remove stock partitions (default IP 192.168.1.1):
ubiattach -m 9 # it could return error if ubi was attached before or rootfs part was erased before
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs # it could return error if rootfs part was erased before
ubirmvol /dev/ubi0 -N ubi_rootfs_data # some devices doesn't have it
7. Install image via :
sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-zte_mf18a-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
previously wgeting bin. Sometimes it could print ubi attach error, but please ignore it if process goes forward.
Back to Stock (!!! need original dump taken from initramfs !!!) -------------
Place mtd8.bin and mtd9.bin initramfs image for the device on a TFTP in the server's root. This example uses Server IP: 192.168.0.2
Connect serial console (115200,8n1) to serial console connector .
Connect TFTP server to RJ-45 port (WAN/LAN1).
rename mtd8.bin to web.img and mtd9.bin to root_uImage_s
Stop in u-Boot (using ESC button) and run u-Boot commands:
This will erase Web and RootFS:
nand erase 0x1000000 0x800000
nand erase 0x1800000 0x1D00000
This will restore RootFS:
tftpboot 0x84000000 root_uImage_s
nand erase 0x1800000 0x1D00000
nand write 0x84000000 0x1800000 0x1D00000
This will restore Web Interface:
tftpboot 0x84000000 web.img
nand erase 0x1000000 0x800000
nand write 0x84000000 0x1000000 0x800000
After first boot on stock firwmare, do a factory reset. Push reset button for 5 seconds so all parameters will be reverted to the one printed on label on bottom of the router
As reference was taken MF289F support by Giammarco Marzano stich86@gmail.com and MF286D by Pawel Dembicki paweldembicki@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Marcin Gajda <mgajda@o2.pl>
