The vendor flash layout of the Linksys E8450 is problematic as it uses
the SPI-NAND chip without any wear-leveling while at the same time
wasting a lot of space for padding.
Use an all-UBI layout instead, storing the kernel+dtb+squashfs in
uImage.FIT standard format in UBI volume 'fit', the read-write
overlay in UBI volume 'rootfs_data' as well as reduntant U-Boot
environments 'ubootenv' and 'ubootenv2', and a 'recovery'
kernel+dtb+initramfs uImage.FIT for dual-boot.
** WARNING **
THIS PROCEDURE CAN EASILY BRICK YOUR DEVICE PERMANENTLY IF NOT CARRIED
OUT VERY CAREFULLY AND EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED!
Step 0
* Configure your PC to have the static IPv4 address 192.168.1.254/24
* Provide bin/targets/mediatek/mt7622 via TFTP
Now continue EITHER with step 1A or 1B, depending on your preference
(and on having serial console wired up or not).
Step 1A (Using the vendor web interface (or non-UBI OpenWrt install))
In order to update to the new bootloader and UBI-based firmware,
use the web browser of your choice to open the routers web-interface
accessible on http://192.168.1.1
* Navigate to
'Configuration' -> 'Administration' -> 'Firmware Upgrade'
* Upload the file
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery.itb
and proceed with the upgrade.
* Once OpenWrt comes up, use SCP to upload the new bootloader files to
/tmp on the router:
*-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin
*-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip
* Connect via SSH as you will now need to replace the bootloader in
the Flash.
ssh root@192.168.1.1
(the usual warnings)
* First of all, backup all the flash now:
for mtd in /dev/mtdblock*; do
dd if=$mtd of=/tmp/$(basename $mtd);
done
* Then use SCP to copy /tmp/mtdblock* from the router and keep them
safe. You will need them should you ever want to return to the
factory firmware!
* Now flow the uploaded files:
mtd -e /dev/mtd0 write /tmp/*linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin /dev/mtd0
mtd -e /dev/mtd1 write /tmp/*linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip /dev/mtd1
If and only if both writes look like the completed successfully
reboot the router. Now continue with step 2.
Step 1B (Using the vendor bootloader serial console)
* Use the serial to backup all /dev/mtd* devices before using the
stock firmware (you got root shell when connected to serial).
* Then reboot and select 'U-Boot Console' in the boot menu.
* Copy the following lines, one by one:
tftpboot 0x40080000 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin
tftpboot 0x40100000 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip
nand erase 0x0 0x180000
nand write 0x40080000 0x0 0x180000
reset
Now continue with step 2
Step 2
Once the new bootchain comes up, the loader will initialize UBI and the
ubootenv volumes. It will then of course fail to find any bootable
volume and hence resort to load kernel via TFTP from server
192.168.1.254 while giving itself the address 192.168.1.1
The requested file is called
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery.itb
and your TFTP server should provide exactly that :)
It will be written to UBI as recovery image and booted.
You can then continue and flash the production OS image, either
by using sysupgrade in the booted initramfs recovery OS, or by using
the bootloader menu and TFTP.
That's it. Go ahead and mess around with a bootchain built almost
completely from source (only DRAM calibration blobs are fitted in bl2,
and the irreplacable on-chip ROM loader remains, of course).
And enjoy U-Boot built with many great features out-of-the-box.
You can access the bootloader environment from within OpenWrt using the
'fw_printenv' and 'fw_setenv' commands. Don't be afraid, once you got
the new bootchain installed the device should be fairly unbrickable
(holding reset button before and during power-on resets things and
allows reflashing recovery image via TFTP)
Special thanks to @dvn0 (Devan Carpenter) for providing amazingly fast
infra for test-builds, allowing for `make clean ; make -j$(nproc)` in
less than two minutes :)
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
The Linksys E8450, also known as Belkin RT3200, is a dual-band
IEEE 802.11bgn/ac/ax router based on MediaTek MT7622BV and
MediaTek MT7915AN chips.
FCC: K7S-03571 and K7S-03572
Hardware highlights:
- CPU: MediaTek MT7622BV (2x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1350 MHz max.)
- RAM: 512MB DDR3
- Flash: 128MB SPI-NAND (2k+64)
- Ethernet: MT7531BE switch with 5 1000Base-T ports
CPU port connected with 2500Base-X
- WiFi 2.4 GHz: 802.11bgn 4T4R built-in antennas
MT7622VB built-in
- WiFi 5 GHz: 802.11ac/ax 4T4R built-in antennas
MT7915AN chip on-board via PCIe
MT7975AN front-end
- Buttons: Reset and WPS
- LEDS: 3 user controllable LEDs, 4 wired to switch
- USB: USB2.0, single port
- no Bluetooth (supported by SoC, not wired on board)
- Serial: JST PH 2.0MM 6 Pin connector inside device
----_____________----
[ GND RX - TX - - ]
---------------------
- JTAG: unpopulated ARM JTAG 20-pin connector (works)
This commit adds support for the device in a way that is compatible
with the vendor firmware's bootloader and dual-boot flash layout, the
resulting image can directly be flashed using the vendor firmware.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Switch mt7622 subtarget to Linux 5.10, it has been tested by many of us
on several devices for a couple of weeks already.
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Use approach suggested by Adrian Schmutzler instead of introducing
another device variable.
Also revert the unnecessary white-space changes accidentally introduced
by the previous commit.
Fixed: c067b1e79b ("mediatek: move out-of-tree DTS files to dedicated dts folder")
Suggested-by: Adrian Schmutzler <mail@adrianschmutzler.de>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Use dedicated dts folder like on ramips to store device tree source
files for boards not already supported in vanilla Linux.
Doing so instead of having them in files-* has several advantages:
* we don't need to duplicate them for several kernel versions
* changes to a device tree don't trigger a complete kernel rebuild
* the files are more obvious to find
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Hardware
--------
MediaTek MT7622
512MB DDR3 RAM
64M SPI-NOR Flash (Winbond W25Q512JV)
MediaTek MT7622 802.11bgn 4T4R WMAC
MediaTek MT7915 802.11ax 4T4R
Marvell AQR1112 100/1000/2500 NBase-T PHY
Holtek HT32F52241 LED controller
Reset Switch
UART
----
CPU UART0 at the pinout next to the Holtek MCU.
Pinout (first pin next to SoC / MCU)
0 3V3
1 RX
2 TX
3 GND
Settings are 115200 8N1.
Opening the case
----------------
Opening the case is not a nice task, as itis glued together. Insert a
flat knife between the front and back casing below the ethernet port.
Open up a gap this way and insert a flat scredriver, remove the knife.
Work your way around the casing by applying force to seperate the front
and back casing. This losens the glue and opens the plastic clips. Be
gentle, as these clips are very cheap and break quickly.
Installation
------------
1. Connect to the booted device at 192.168.1.20 using username/password
"ubnt".
2. Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device using SCP.
3. Check the mtd partition number for bs / kernel0 / kernel1
$ cat /proc/mtd
4. Set the bootselect flag to boot from kernel0
$ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=1 of=/dev/mtdblock6
5. Write the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to both kernel0 as well as kernel1
$ dd if=openwrt.bin of=/dev/mtdblock8
$ dd if=openwrt.bin of=/dev/mtdblock9
6. Reboot the device. It should boot into OpenWrt.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
- sort device recipes alphabetically
- adjust board name of ELECOM WRC-2533GENT
- harmonize line wrapping
Signed-off-by: Sungbo Eo <mans0n@gorani.run>
[rebased]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This commit adds support for the MT7622-based Elecom WRC-2533gent router,
with spi-nand storage and 512MB RAM.
The device has the following specifications:
* MT7622 (arm64 dual-core)
* 512MB RAM (DDR3)
* 4GB storage (spi-nand)
* 5x 1Gbps Ethernet (RTL8337C switch)
* 1x UART header
* 1x USB 3.0 port
* 5x LEDs
* 1x reset button
* 1x WPS button
* 1x slider switch
* 1x DC jack for main power (12V)
The following has been tested and is working:
* Ethernet switch
* 2.4g and 5g wifi
* USB 3.0 port
* sysupgrade
* buttons/leds
Not working:
* bluetooth firmware does not load even though it is present int he rootfs
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Currently kmod-ata-* will not get into images unless kmod-ata-core is added to
DEVICE_PACKAGES as well. By changing the dependencies from "depends on" to
"select", we do not have the issue anymore.
Furthermore, we can remove most occurrences of the package from DEVICE_PACKAGES
and similar variables, as it is now pulled by dependent modules such as:
- kmod-ata-ahci
- kmod-ata-ahci-mtk
- kmod-ata-sunxi
While at it, use AddDepends/ata for kmod-ata-pdc202xx-old.
Signed-off-by: Sungbo Eo <mans0n@gorani.run>
This harmonizes the device node names (and thus the image names, too)
between subtargets of the mediatek target. So far, each subtarget
has somewhat used its own naming scheme. Now, we use the vendor_device
syntax there, too.
Since DTS names have different patterns and the target only contains
a few devices, this does not replace DEVICE_DTS by a calculated
default value (like for other targets).
SUPPORTED_DEVICES is adjusted based on the node rename where necessary,
though it looks like for several older devices it was not set up
correctly so far.
While at it, this also changes the DTS name for u7623-02-emmc-512m
to all-lower-case.
Cc: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This removes _all_ occurrences of kmod-usb-core from
DEVICE_PACKAGES and similar variables.
This package is pulled as dependency by one of the following
packages in any case:
- kmod-usb-chipidea
- kmod-usb-dwc2
- kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport
- kmod-usb-ohci
- kmod-usb2
- kmod-usb2-pci
- kmod-usb3
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
[remove kmod-usb-core from EnGenius ESR600]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The DEVICE_TITLE introduced in 66458c49aa ("mediatek: add
v4.19 support") is mistyped. Fix it.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Bump the target to v4.19. Add a patch with additional eth driver
fixes/features that MTK provided aswell as the driver for the new mt7530
switch.
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
