Backport merged upstream patch that adds support for firmware loader
from NVMEM or attached filesystem for Aquantia PHYs.
Refresh all kernel patches affected by this change.
Also update the path for aquantia .ko that got moved to dedicated
directory upstream.
Signed-off-by: Christian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Netgear Nighthawk RAX120v2 AX WIFI router with 5 1G and 1 5G ports.
The majority of the code is based on @jewwest's PR #11830.
Specifications:
* CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8074 Quad core Cortex-A53 2.2GHz
* RAM: 1024MB of DDR3 (Nanya NT5CC256M16EP-EK × 2)
* Flash: SPI-NAND 512 MiB (Winbond W29N04GZBIBA)
* Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN,
1x 10/100/1000 Mbps WAN (Qualcomm QCA8075),
1x 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mbps LAN/WAN (Aquantia AQR111B0 PHY)
* Wi-Fi:
* 2.4 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 4x4
* 2x 5 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 4x4
* USB: 2x USB 3.0
* LEDs: Power, 2.4GHz & 5GHz Radio, WPS, WAN, USB1 & USB2, 5G LAN
* Keys: LEDs On/Off, Power, Reset, RFKILL, WPS
* UART: Marked J9003 VCC TX RX GND, beginning from "1". 3.3v, 115200n8
* Power: 19 VDC, 3.1 A
Installation:
* Flashing OpenWrt is done in two steps:
a) Flash *-squashfs-web-ui-factory.img from stock UI (thanks to @wangyu-).
This writes an initramfs based OpenWrt image onto the RAX120v2
b) From OpenWrt flash the *-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin using LuCI or the commandline
* U-Boot allows booting an initramfs image via TFTP:
- Set ip of your PC to 192.168.1.100
- At the serial console interrupt boot at "Hit any key to stop autoboot:"
- In u-boot run `tftpsrv`
- On your PC send the OpenWrt initramfs image:
tftp 192.168.1.1 -m binary -c put openwrt-ipq807x-generic-netgear_rax120v2-initramfs-uImage.itb
Make 5G Aquantia phy work:
For the 5G port labeled 'lan5' to work a firmware is needed. This can be loaded in
u-boot by writing the firmware to the correct mtd partition.
The firmware file found in the Netgear stock firmware under /lib/firmware/ named
'AQR-G3_v4.3.C-AQR_DNI_DR-EQ35AX8-R-prov1_ID23888_VER1311.cld' is needed and has to
be converted to a MBN file.
The `mkheader.py` script used here can be found in the Netgear V1.2.8.40 GPL source,
under 'git_home/u-boot.git/tools/mkheader.py'
Convert the CLD file to MBN using:
$ python2 mkheader.py 0x44000000 0x13 <*.cld file> aqr_4.3.C.mbn
This MBN file can then be flashed to the MTD partition to be used by u-boot.
The necessary files can also be found in
https://github.com/boretom/openwrt-fork/tree/rax120v2/aquantia-firmware
* Write MBN file to MTD partition to be loaded automatically by u-boot:
U-boot automatically tries to load the firmware from nand at address 0x7e00000 which
corresponds to `/dev/mtd25` in OpenWrt.
- find ETHPHYFW partition while running OpenWrt (expected: /dev/mtd25)
$ fgrep -i 'ethphyfw' /proc/mtd
mtd25: 00080000 00020000 "ethphyfw
- copy mbn file to /tmp/ folder of the router
$ scp aqr-v4.3.C.mbn 192.168.1.1:/tmp/
- write mbn file to ethphyfw partition
$ mtd write /tmp/aqr_v4.3.C.mbn /dev/mtd25
Revert to stock firmware:
* Flash the stock firmware to the bootloader using TFTP/NMRP.
References to RAX120v2 GPL source:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/RAX120-V1.2.8.40_gpl_src.zip
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Kupper <thomas.kupper@gmail.com>
