Globalscale MOCHAbin is a Armada 7040 based development board.
Specifications:
* Armada 7040 Quad core ARMv8 Cortex A-72 @ 1.4GHz
* 2 / 4 / 8 GB of DDR4 DRAM
* 16 GB eMMC
* 4MB SPI-NOR (Bootloader)
* 1x M.2-2280 B-key socket (for SSD expansion, SATA3 only)
* 1x M.2-2250 B-key socket (for modems, USB2.0 and I2C only)
* 1x Mini-PCIe 3.0 (x1, USB2.0 and I2C)
* 1x SATA 7+15 socket (SATA3)
* 1x 16-pin (2×8) MikroBus Connector
* 1x SIM card slot (Connected to the mini-PCIe and both M.2 slots)
* 2x USB3.0 Type-A ports via SMSC USB5434B hub
* Cortex 2x5 JTAG
* microUSB port for UART (PL2303GL/PL2303SA onboard)
* 1x 10G SFP+
* 1x 1G SFP (Connected to 88E1512 PHY)
* 1x 1G RJ45 with PoE PD (Connected to 88E1512 PHY)
* 4x 1G RJ45 ports via Topaz 88E6141 switch
* RTC with battery holder (SoC provided, requires CR2032 battery)
* 1x 12V DC IN
* 1x Power switch
* 1x 12V fan header (3-pin, power only)
* 1x mini-PCIe LED header (2x0.1" pins)
* 1x M.2-2280 LED header (2x0.1" pins)
* 6x Bootstrap jumpers
* 1x Power LED (Green)
* 3x Tri-color RGB LEDs (Controllable)
* 1x Microchip ATECC608B secure element
Note that 1G SFP and 1G WAN cannot be used at the same time as they are in
parallel connected to the same PHY.
Installation:
Copy dtb from build_dir to bin/ and run tftpserver there:
$ cp ./build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a72_musl/linux-mvebu_cortexa72/image-armada-7040-mochabin.dtb bin/targets/mvebu/cortexa72/
$ in.tftpd -L -s bin/targets/mvebu/cortexa72/
Connect to the device UART via microUSB port and power on the device.
Power on the device and hit any key to stop the autoboot.
Set serverip (host IP) and ipaddr (any free IP address on the same subnet), e.g:
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 # Host
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.15 # Device
Set the ethernet device (Example for the 1G WAN):
$ setenv ethact mvpp2-2
Ping server to confirm network is working:
$ ping $serverip
Using mvpp2-2 device
host 192.168.1.15 is alive
Tftpboot the firmware:
$ tftpboot $kernel_addr_r openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-initramfs-kernel.bin
$ tftpboot $fdt_addr_r image-armada-7040-mochabin.dtb
Boot the image:
$ booti $kernel_addr_r - $fdt_addr_r
Once the initramfs is booted, transfer openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
to /tmp dir on the device.
Gunzip and dd the image:
$ gunzip /tmp/openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
$ dd if=/tmp/openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 && sync
Reboot the device.
Hit any key to stop the autoboot.
Reset U-boot env and set the bootcmd:
$ env default -a
$ setenv bootcmd 'load mmc 0 ${loadaddr} boot.scr && source ${loadaddr}'
Optionally I would advise to edit the console env variable to remove earlycon as that
causes the kernel to never use the driver for the serial console.
Earlycon should be used only for debugging before the kernel can configure the console
and will otherwise cause various issues with the console.
$ setenv console 'console=ttyS0,115200'
Save and reset
$ saveenv
$ reset
OpenWrt should boot from eMMC now.
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Fix BPi-R2 GPIO LEDs to indicate boot into production or recovery
firmware in DTS and define them in default environment.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Fixes compilation with GCC11.
Kept PKG_VERSION as there's some bug that chops off the 12 at the end.
Refreshed other patch.
Signed-off-by: Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
This adds the hash also for the aarch64 toolchain in addition to the
x86_64 toolchain. This gets the build on a Linux aarch64 host one step
further.
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
bump version and remove patches that have been applied
176d701 wtmi: Wait 1s after putting PHYs INTn pin low
2eeccfe wtmi: Change comment describing reset workaround
e8c94a5 wtmi: Count RAM size from both CS0 and CS1
995979e wtmi: Rename macro
e29eb29 wtmi: soc: Fix start_ap_workaround() for TF-A with debug
81245ed wtmi: Use constant name PLAT_MARVELL_MAILBOX_BASE
18ccb83 wtmi: Do a proper UART reset with clock change as described in spec
15ff106 avs: Validate VDD value from OTP
3f33626 fix: clock: a3700: change pwm clock for 600/600 and 1200/750 preset
fb5e436 wtmi: uart: fix UART baudrate divisor calculation
Signed-off-by: sean lee <ilf@live.com>
The ZyXEL GS1900-24HPv2 is a 24 port PoE switch with two SFP ports, similar to the other GS1900 switches.
Specifications
--------------
* Device: ZyXEL GS1900-24HPv2
* SoC: Realtek RTL8382M 500 MHz MIPS 4KEc
* Flash: 16 MiB
* RAM: W631GG8MB-12 128 MiB DDR3 SDRAM
(stock firmware is configured to use only 64 MiB)
* Ethernet: 24x 10/100/1000 Mbps, 2x SFP 100/1000 Mbps
* LEDs: 1 PWR LED (green, not configurable)
1 SYS LED (green, configurable)
24 ethernet port link/activity LEDs (green, SoC controlled)
24 ethernet port PoE status LEDs
2 SFP status/activity LEDs (green, SoC controlled)
* Buttons: 1 "RESTORE" button on front panel
1 "RESET" button on front panel
* Power 120-240V AC C13
* UART: 1 serial header (J41) with populated standard pin connector on
the left edge of the PCB, angled towards the side.
The casing has a rectangular cutout on the side that provides
external access to these pins.
Pinout (front to back):
+ GND
+ TX
+ RX
+ VCC
Serial connection parameters for both devices: 115200 8N1.
Installation
------------
OEM upgrade method:
(Possible on master once https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/patch/20210624210408.19248-1-bjorn@mork.no/ is merged)
* Log in to OEM management web interface
* Navigate to Maintenance > Firmware > Management
* If "Active Image" has the first option selected, OpenWrt will need to be
flashed to the "Active" partition. If the second option is selected,
OpenWrt will need to be flashed to the "Backup" partition.
* Navigate to Maintenance > Firmware > Upload
* Upload the openwrt-realtek-generic-zyxel_gs1900-24hp-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin
file by your preferred method to the previously determined partition.
When prompted, select to boot from the newly flashed image, and reboot the switch.
* Once OpenWrt has booted, scp the sysupgrade image to /tmp and flash it:
> sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-realtek-generic-zyxel_gs1900-24hp-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
it may be necessary to restart the network (/etc/init.d/network restart) on
the running initramfs image.
U-Boot TFTP method:
* Configure your client with a static 192.168.1.x IP (e.g. 192.168.1.10).
* Set up a TFTP server on your client and make it serve the initramfs image.
* Connect serial, power up the switch, interrupt U-boot by hitting the
space bar, and enable the network:
> rtk network on
* Since the GS1900-24HPv2 is a dual-partition device, you want to keep the OEM
firmware on the backup partition for the time being. OpenWrt can only boot
from the first partition anyway (hardcoded in the DTS). To make sure we are
manipulating the first partition, issue the following commands:
> setsys bootpartition 0
> savesys
* Download the image onto the device and boot from it:
> tftpboot 0x84f00000 192.168.1.10:openwrt-realtek-generic-zyxel_gs1900-24hp-v2-initramfs-kernel.bin
> bootm
* Once OpenWrt has booted, scp the sysupgrade image to /tmp and flash it:
> sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-realtek-generic-zyxel_gs1900-24hp-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
it may be necessary to restart the network (/etc/init.d/network restart) on
the running initramfs image.
Signed-off-by: Soma Zambelly <zambelly.soma@gmail.com>
Sitecom WLR-4100 v1 002 (marked as X4 N300) is a wireless router
Specification:
SoC: MT7620A
RAM: 64 MB DDR2
Flash: MX25L6405D SPI NOR 8 MB
WIFI: 2.4 GHz integrated
Ethernet: 5x 10/100/1000 Mbps QCA8337
USB: 1x 2.0
LEDS: 2x GPIO controlled, 5x switch
Buttons: 1x GPIO controlled
UART: row of 4 unpopulated holes near USB port, starting count from
white triangle on PCB:
VCC 3.3V
GND
TX
RX
baud: 115200, parity: none, flow control: none
Installation
Connect to one of LAN (yellow) ethernet ports,
Open router configuration interface,
Go to Toolbox > Firmware,
Browse for OpenWrt factory image with dlf extension and hit Apply,
Wait few minutes, after the Power LED will stop blinking, the router is
ready for configuration.
Known issues
Some USB 2.0 devices work at full speed mode 1.1 only
MAC addresses
factory partition only contains one (binary) MAC address in 0x4.
u-boot-env contains four (ascii) MAC addresses, of which two appear
to be valid.
factory 0x4 **:**:**:**:b9:84 binary
u-boot-env ethaddr **:**:**:**:b9:84 ascii
u-boot-env wanaddr **:**:**:**:b9:85 ascii
u-boot-env wlanaddr 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:12 ascii
u-boot-env iNICaddr 00:AA:BB:CC:DD:22 ascii
The factory firmware only assigns ethaddr. Thus, we take the
binary value which we can use directly in DTS.
Additional information
OEM firmware shell password is: SitecomSenao
useful for creating backup of original firmware.
There is also another revision of this device (v1 001), based on RT3352 SoC
Signed-off-by: Andrea Poletti <polex73@yahoo.it>
[remove config DT label, convert to nvmem, remove MAC address
setup from u-boot-env, add MAC address info to commit message]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
BananaPi BPi-R2 comes with HDMI and MIPI-DSI. Use dislpay facility in
Linux by add "console=tty1" boot argument.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
This fixes a build problem seen after binutils 2.36 is used by default.
Fixes: 3f41153b1c ("toolchain/binutils: switch to version 2.36.1 by default")
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
CZ.NIC as part of Turris project released free and open source WTMI
application firmware wtmi_app.bin for all Armada 3720 devices.
This firmware includes additional features like access to Hardware
Random Number Generator of Armada 3720 SoC which original Marvell's
fuse.bin image does not have.
Add a patch which allows to pass the commit id, so the firmware is able
to identify itself, see a04bffeb.
Add a patch to disable linking with gold, since the ARM toolchain
doesn't ship gold.
Cherry-pick the 3 post-release fixes.
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
02e23db fix compilation errors popped up by GCC-10
7c35173 Merge pull request #29 from pali/sync-a38x-uboot
bb734f5 mv_ddr: a38x: Use SOC_REGS_PHY_BASE for INTER_REGS_BASE
ee1ea84 mv_ddr: a38x: Fix ddr3 compilation
70f3e2e mv_ddr: Fix comment typo
dd960b4 mv_ddr: ddr3: Allow boards to specify CK_DELAY parameter
a87f4f7 mv_ddr: ddr3: only use active chip-selects when tuning ODT
3defcec mv_ddr: a38x: Add support for setting timing in hws_topology_map
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
2efdb10 wtmi: Fix calculation of UART divider
4247e39 fix: twin die ddr porting guide
8ad7992 sys_init: Add missing newlines in debug mode
4ddea19 avs: Validate VDD value from OTP
c444aeb avs: Fix description for avs value 0x2e
1915b78 tim: Optimize code generated by gettimver.sh and print newline
21f566d tim: Print mv_ddr version and configuration on UART
840b70b tim: Use variable $DDRFILE where possible
c10e6ae tim: Fix waiting for UART TX ready
7bf95cf wtmi: Wait 3ms for the TX on UART to be empty prior resetting TX FIFO
63e8433 wtmi: Add "dirty" suffix to git commit and rebuild sys_init.bin binary when VERSION changes
e949b58 wtmi: During setup clock phase print CPU and DDR speed
10376b5 wtmi: Flush output on UART after the '\n' character
509c647 Makefile: Check that specified DDR_TOPOLOGY option is valid
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
Revert to using the checked in `tbb_linux` image tool binary since building
it drags in the rather big Crypto++ project.
Cherry-pick the post-release UART fixes.
Switch to AUTORELEASE while at it.
Signed-off-by: Andre Heider <a.heider@gmail.com>
From version 2021.09 U-Boot will fixup Turris Omnia's DTB before
booting, separating U-Boot's environment into separate MTD partition
"u-boot-env" [1].
Check if "u-boot-env" MTD partition exists and set the uci defaults
accordingly.
[1] https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2021-July/455017.html
Signed-off-by: Marek Behún <marek.behun@nic.cz>
As the board name was changed to be identical to the device tree
compatible string (just like for other boards), also reflect that
change for U-Boot.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Add fw_env configuration for the BPi-R2 which is a mediatek/mt7623
devboard which can be booted from SD Card or eMMC.
Auto detect the boot device and add environment accordingly.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
All mediatek boards having fw_env accessible through uboot-envtools
belong to be mt7622 subtarget. Move the file, as subtarget-specific
files are supported for a while now.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
* use built-in default environment instead of file in bootfs
* get rid of bootfs alltogether and use uImage.FIT
* auto-detect boot device like original script did
* add support for factory button
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
* ! Behavior change !
Old behavior: If the Reset button is held down during power-on
do factory reset and try booting recovery from TFTP forever.
If valid recovery is received via TFTP, write it to flash and boot.
New behavior: If the Reset button is held down during power-on
do factory reset, then try TFTP *once*, then try booting on-flash
recovery, then keep trying via TFTP forever until a valid image is
received.
Only if there is no bootable recovery stored on flash, store the
downloaded recovery. Then boot it.
* Set loadaddr to 0x48000000 in order to allow booting images larger
than ~47MB (reported by Oskari Lemmelä). Setting loadaddr to
0x48000000 gives us 384MB on devices with 512MB RAM, which should be
more than enough as a maximum size for uImage.FIT to be loaded.
* Widely unify device-specific default environment in preparation to
auto-generate it from parameters.
* backport upstream commit fixing MBR/DOS partitioning
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
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, EA7500 v2, and EA8100 v1.
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 Tom Wizetek (@wizetek) for testing.
Signed-off-by: Tee Hao Wei <angelsl@in04.sg>
In order for the grub2 boot-related code to compile normally, we have
made many adjustments to the compilation parameters. These adjustments
are not necessary for tools-related code. We apply these parameter
adjustments only to the boot-related code.
Signed-off-by: 李国 <uxgood.org@gmail.com>
grub2 boot-related code and tools-related code may require different
compilation parameters. We split them into different variants for
compilation, so that we can accurately pass the required parameters and
avoid causing problems.
Signed-off-by: 李国 <uxgood.org@gmail.com>
The grub2 and grub2-efi packages should only contain boot-related code.
grub-bios-setup is the same as grub-editenv, they are both grub2 tools
and should be placed in a separate package.
Signed-off-by: 李国 <uxgood.org@gmail.com>
[use AUTORELEASE and update to SPDX]
Signed-off-by: Paul Spooren <mail@aparcar.org>
This is only cosmetic, but the next one adding a patch here would
have to do it anyway, and thus will get a smaller diff for review
now.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
This adds support for the Askey RT4230W REV6
(Branded by Spectrum/Charter as RAC2V1K)
At this time, there's no way to reinstall the stock firmware so don't install
this on a router that's being rented.
Specifications:
Qualcomm IPQ8065
1 GB of RAM (DDR3)
512 MB Flash (NAND)
2x Wave 2 WiFi cards (QCA9984)
5x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet (Switch: QCA8337)
1x LED (Controlled by a microcontroller that switches it between red and
blue with different patterns)
1x USB 3.0 Type-A
12V DC Power Input
UART header on PCB - pinout from top to bottom is RX, TX, GND, 5V
Port settings are 115200n8
More information: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/askey-rac2v1k-support/15830https://deviwiki.com/wiki/Askey_RAC2V1K
To check what revision your router is, restore one of these config backups
through the stock firmware to get ssh access then run
"cat /proc/device-tree/model".
https://forum.openwrt.org/t/askey-rac2v1k-support/15830/17
The revision number on the board doesn't seem to be very consistent so that's
why this is needed. You can also run printenv in the uboot console and if
machid is set to 177d, that means your router is rev6.
Note: Don't install this if the router is being rented from an ISP. The defined
partition layout is different from the OEM one and even if you changed the
layout to match, backing up and restoring the OEM firmware breaks /overlay so
nothing will save and the router will likely enter a bootloop.
How to install:
Method 1: Install without opening the case using SSH and tftp
You'll need:
RAC2V1K-SSH.zip:
https://github.com/lmore377/openwrt-rt4230w/blob/master/RAC2V1K-SSH.zip
initramfs and sysupgrade images
Connect to one of the router's LAN ports
Download the RAC2V1K-SSH.zip file and restore the config file that
corresponds to your router's firmware (If you're firmware is newer than what's
in the zip file, just restore the 1.1.16 file)
After a reboot, you should be able to ssh into the router with username:
"4230w" and password: "linuxbox" or "admin". Run the following commannds
fw_setenv ipaddr 10.42.0.10 #IP of router, can be anything as long as
it's in the same subnet as the server
fw_setenv serverip 10.42.0.1# #IP of tftp server that's set up in next
steps
fw_setenv bootdelay 8
fw_setenv bootcmd "tftpboot initramfs.bin; bootm; bootipq"
Don't reboot the router yet.
Install and set up a tftp server on your computer
Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your computer (use this for
serverip in the above commands)
Rename the initramfs image to initramfs.bin, and host it with the tftp
server
Reboot the router. If you set up everything right, the router led should
switch over to a slow blue glow which means openwrt is booted. If for some
reason the file doesn't get loaded into ram properly, it should still boot to
the OEM firmware.
After openwrt boots, ssh into it and run these commands:
fw_setenv bootcmd "setenv mtdids nand0=nand0 && setenv mtdparts
mtdparts=nand0:0x1A000000@0x2400000(firmware) && ubi part firmware && ubi
read 0x44000000 kernel 0x6e0000 && bootm"
fw_setenv bootdelay 2
After openwrt boots up, figure out a way to get the sysupgrade file onto it
(scp, custom build with usb kernel module included, wget, etc.) then flash it
with sysupgrade. After it finishes flashing, it should reboot, the light should
start flashing blue, then when the light starts "breathing" blue that means
openwrt is booted.
Method 2: Install with serial access (Do this if something fails and you can't
boot after using method 1)
You'll need:
initramfs and sysupgrade images
Serial access:
https://openwrt.org/inbox/toh/askey/askey_rt4230w_rev6#opening_the_case
Install and set up a tftp server
Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your computer
Download the initramfs image, rename it to initramfs.bin, and host it with
the tftp server
Connect the wan port of the router to your computer
Interrupt U-Boot and run these commands:
setenv serverip 10.42.0.1 (You can use whatever ip you set for the computer)
setenv ipaddr 10.42.0.10 (Can be any ip as long as it's in the same subnet)
setenv bootcmd "setenv mtdids nand0=nand0 &&
set mtdparts mtdparts=nand0:0x1A000000@0x2400000(firmware) && ubi part firmware
&& ubi read 0x44000000 kernel 0x6e0000 && bootm"
saveenv
tftpboot initramfs.bin
bootm
After openwrt boots up, figure out a way to get the sysupgrade file onto it
(scp, custom build with usb kernel module included, wget, etc.) then flash it
with sysupgrade. After it finishes flashing, it should reboot, the light should
start flashing blue, then when the light starts "breathing" blue that means
openwrt is booted.
Signed-off-by: Lauro Moreno <lmore377@gmail.com>
[add entry in 5.10 patch, fix whitespace issues]
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 adds support for the Netgear WAC510 Insight Managed Smart Cloud
Wireless Access Point, an indoor dual-band, dual-radio 802.11ac
business-class wireless AP with integrated omnidirectional antennae
and two 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports.
For more information see:
<https://www.netgear.com/business/wifi/access-points/wac510>
Specifications:
SoC: Qualcomm IPQ4018 (DAKOTA) ARM Quad-Core
RAM: 256 MiB
Flash1: 2 MiB Winbond W25Q16JV SPI-NOR
Flash2: 128 MiB Winbond W25N01GVZEIG SPI-NAND
Ethernet: Built-in IPQ4018 (SoC, QCA8072 PHY), 2x 1000/100/10 port,
WAN port active IEEE 802.3af/at PoE in
Wireless1: Built-in IPQ4018 (SoC) 802.11b/g/n 2x2:2, 3 dBi antennae
Wireless2: Built-in IPQ4018 (SoC) 802.11a/n/ac 2x2:2, 4 dBi antennae
Input: (Optional) Barrel 12 V 2.5 A Power, Reset button SW1
LEDs: Power, Insight, WAN PoE, LAN, 2.4G WLAN, 5G WLAN
Serial: Header J2
1 - 3.3 Volt (Do NOT connect!)
2 - TX
3 - RX
4 - Ground
WARNING: The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 3.3 volt level converter!
The Serial settings are 115200-8-N-1.
Installation via Stock Web Interface:
BTW: The default factory console/web interface login user/password are
admin/password.
In the web interface navigating to Management - Maintenance - Upgrade -
'Firmware Upgrade' will show you what is currently installed e.g.:
Manage Firmware
Current Firmware Version: V5.0.10.2
Backup Firmware Version: V1.2.5.11
Under 'Upgrade Options' choose Local (alternatively SFTP would be
available) then click/select 'Browse File' on the right side, choose
openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_wac510-squashfs-nand-factory.tar
and hit the Upgrade button below. After a minute or two your browser
should indicate completion printing 'Firmware update complete.' and
'Rebooting AP...'.
Note that OpenWrt will use the WAN PoE port as actual WAN port
defaulting to DHCP client but NOT allowing LuCI access, use LAN port
defaulting to 192.168.1.1/24 to access LuCI.
Installation via TFTP Requiring Serial U-Boot Access:
Connect to the device's serial port and hit any key to stop autoboot.
Upload and boot the initramfs based OpenWrt image as follows:
(IPQ40xx) # setenv serverip 192.168.1.1
(IPQ40xx) # setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.2
(IPQ40xx) # tftpboot openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_wac510-initramfs-fit-uImage.itb
(IPQ40xx) # bootm
Note: This only runs OpenWrt from RAM and has not installed anything
to flash as of yet. One may permanently install OpenWrt as follows:
Check the MTD device number of the active partition:
root@OpenWrt:/# dmesg | grep 'set to be root filesystem'
[ 1.010084] mtd: device 9 (rootfs) set to be root filesystem
Upload the factory image ending with .ubi to /tmp (e.g. using scp or
tftp). Then flash the image as follows (substituting the 9 in mtd9
below with whatever number reported above):
root@OpenWrt:/# ubiformat /dev/mtd9 -f /tmp/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_wac510-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi
And reboot.
Dual Image Configuration:
The default U-Boot boot command bootipq uses the U-Boot environment
variables primary/secondary to decide which image to boot. E.g.
primary=0, secondary=3800000 uses rootfs while primary=3800000,
secondary=0 uses rootfs_1.
Switching their values changes the active partition. E.g. from within
U-Boot:
(IPQ40xx) # setenv primary 0
(IPQ40xx) # setenv secondary 3800000
(IPQ40xx) # saveenv
Or from a OpenWrt userspace serial/SSH console:
fw_setenv primary 0
fw_setenv secondary 3800000
Note that if you install two copies of OpenWrt then each will have its
independent configuration not like when switching partitions on the
stock firmware.
BTW: The kernel log shows which boot partition is active:
[ 2.439050] ubi0: attached mtd9 (name "rootfs", size 56 MiB)
vs.
[ 2.978785] ubi0: attached mtd10 (name "rootfs_1", size 56 MiB)
Note: After 3 failed boot attempts it automatically switches partition.
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@ziswiler.com>
[squashed netgear-tar commit into main and rename netgear-tar for
now, until it is made generic.]
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Device specifications:
======================
* Qualcomm/Atheros QCA9558 ver 1 rev 0
* 720/600/240 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
* 128 MB of RAM
* 16 MB of SPI NOR flash
- 2x 7 MB available; but one of the 7 MB regions is the recovery image
* 2T2R 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (11n)
* 2T2R 5 GHz Wi-Fi (11ac)
* multi-color LED (controlled via red/green/blue GPIOs)
* 1x GPIO-button (reset)
* external h/w watchdog (enabled by default))
* TTL pins are on board (arrow points to VCC, then follows: GND, TX, RX)
* 2x ethernet
- eth0
+ Label: Ethernet 1
+ AR8035 ethernet PHY (RGMII)
+ 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
+ 802.3af POE
+ used as WAN interface
- eth1
+ Label: Ethernet 2
+ AR8035 ethernet PHY (SGMII)
+ 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
+ used as LAN interface
* 1x USB
* internal antennas
Flashing instructions:
======================
Various methods can be used to install the actual image on the flash.
Two easy ones are:
ap51-flash
----------
The tool ap51-flash (https://github.com/ap51-flash/ap51-flash) should be
used to transfer the image to the u-boot when the device boots up.
initramfs from TFTP
-------------------
The serial console must be used to access the u-boot shell during bootup.
It can then be used to first boot up the initramfs image from a TFTP server
(here with the IP 192.168.1.21):
setenv serverip 192.168.1.21
setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
tftpboot 0c00000 <filename-of-initramfs-kernel>.bin && bootm $fileaddr
The actual sysupgrade image can then be transferred (on the LAN port) to the
device via
scp <filename-of-squashfs-sysupgrade>.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/
On the device, the sysupgrade must then be started using
sysupgrade -n /tmp/<filename-of-squashfs-sysupgrade>.bin
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Device specifications:
======================
* Qualcomm/Atheros QCA9558 ver 1 rev 0
* 720/600/240 MHz (CPU/DDR/AHB)
* 128 MB of RAM
* 16 MB of SPI NOR flash
- 2x 7 MB available; but one of the 7 MB regions is the recovery image
* 3T3R 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi (11n)
* 3T3R 5 GHz Wi-Fi (11ac)
* multi-color LED (controlled via red/green/blue GPIOs)
* 1x GPIO-button (reset)
* external h/w watchdog (enabled by default))
* TTL pins are on board (arrow points to VCC, then follows: GND, TX, RX)
* 2x ethernet
- eth0
+ Label: Ethernet 1
+ AR8035 ethernet PHY (RGMII)
+ 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
+ 802.3af POE
+ used as WAN interface
- eth1
+ Label: Ethernet 2
+ AR8031 ethernet PHY (SGMII)
+ 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
+ used as LAN interface
* 1x USB
* internal antennas
Flashing instructions:
======================
Various methods can be used to install the actual image on the flash.
Two easy ones are:
ap51-flash
----------
The tool ap51-flash (https://github.com/ap51-flash/ap51-flash) should be
used to transfer the image to the u-boot when the device boots up.
initramfs from TFTP
-------------------
The serial console must be used to access the u-boot shell during bootup.
It can then be used to first boot up the initramfs image from a TFTP server
(here with the IP 192.168.1.21):
setenv serverip 192.168.1.21
setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
tftpboot 0c00000 <filename-of-initramfs-kernel>.bin && bootm $fileaddr
The actual sysupgrade image can then be transferred (on the LAN port) to the
device via
scp <filename-of-squashfs-sysupgrade>.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/
On the device, the sysupgrade must then be started using
sysupgrade -n /tmp/<filename-of-squashfs-sysupgrade>.bin
Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
This patch fixes a recently found problem when a zImage passed to
kexec-tools contains an appended DTB. In that case kexec boot fails because
the decompressor wrongly tries to use the non-existing appended DTB instaed
of the one passed in the register r2.
- http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/kexec/2021-April/022353.html
Signed-off-by: Alexander Egorenkov <egorenar-dev@posteo.net>
Florian Ekert reported:
"I have build a fresh master branch recently, Since your last change [1]
on grub2, I have now a new dependency on liblzma for the install package
grub2-editenv.
root@st-dev-07 /usr/lib # ldd /root/grub-editenv
/lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f684b088000)
liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x7f684b06d000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7f684b059000)
libc.so => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7f684b088000)
This was not the case before your update.
root@st-dev-07 /usr/sbin # ldd /usr/sbin/grub-editenv
/lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fd970176000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x7fd970162000)
libc.so => /lib/ld-musl-x86_64.so.1 (0x7fd970176000)
My build complains that it cannot satisfy the runtime package dependency
for grub2-editenv.
install -d -m0755 /home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/build_dir/target-x86_64_musl/linux-x86_64/grub-pc/grub-2.06~rc1/ipkg-x86_64/grub2-editenv/usr/sbin
install -m0755 /home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/build_dir/target-x86_64_musl/linux-x86_64/grub-pc/grub-2.06~rc1/grub-editenv /home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/build_dir/target-x86_64_musl/linux-x86_64/grub-pc/grub-2.06~rc1/ipkg-x86_64/grub2-editenv/usr/sbin/
find /home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/build_dir/target-x86_64_musl/linux-x86_64/grub-pc/grub-2.06~rc1/ipkg-x86_64/grub2-editenv -name 'CVS' -o -name '.svn' -o -name '.#*' -o -name '*~'| xargs -r rm -rf
Package grub2-editenv is missing dependencies for the following libraries:
liblzma.so.5
make[2]: *** [Makefile:166: /home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/bin/APOS/feckert/master/master-Maggie-455-ga5edc0e8e/x86_64/targets/x86/64/packages/grub2-editenv_2.06~rc1-1_x86_64.ipk] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/package/boot/grub2'
time: package/boot/grub2/pc/compile#78.64#9.79#83.88
ERROR: package/boot/grub2 failed to build (build variant: pc).
make[1]: *** [package/Makefile:116: package/boot/grub2/compile] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt'
make: *** [/home/feckert/workspace/openwrt/LDM-master-x86_64/build/openwrt/include/toplevel.mk:230: package/boot/grub2/compile] Error 2
If I add the following changes to the package all works as expected.
<snip>
- DEPENDS:=@TARGET_x86
+ DEPENDS:=@TARGET_x86 +liblzma
VARIANT:=pc
endef
This is a hotfix but I dont´t think this is the final solution, because lzma is provided by the package xz.
And This is maintained in the package feed [not the core]"
Dirk stated & offered his patch to disable liblzma and thus resolve the
'out of core dependency' problem:
"LZMA is used in mkimage.c
disabling it prints
Without liblzma (no support for XZ-compressed mips images) (explicitly disabled)
(see configure.ac)
liblzma is autodetected so this issue was present but hidden somehow
[unsure: grep/image generation does not use grub with that option]
OpenWrt does not use that feature currently
[!] some scripts and examples use --compression=xz or -C xz and those will break
grub has an internal xzlib for different "lzma" functionality
(ext. LIBLZMA from XZ (GRUB_COMPRESSION_XZ) vs. GRUB_COMPRESSION_LZMA)"
Hopefully fixes e74d81ece2 and doesn't
break anything else.
Signed-off-by: Dirk Neukirchen <plntyk.lede@plntyk.name>
[include Florian's description of how problem 1st encountered]
[bump package release]
Signed-off-by: Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <ldir@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk>
The current version of 'uboot-envtools' package generates dedicated
uci-default file only per target. This change makes it possible to
use subtarget-specific files, with name pattern: 'target_subtarget'
(example: 'ath79_nand'). The subtarget-specific files will take
precedence over target-specific one.
Signed-off-by: Piotr Dymacz <pepe2k@gmail.com>
ZiKing CPE46B is a POE outdoor 2.4ghz device with an integrated directional
antenna. It is low cost and mostly available via Aliexpress, references can
be found at:
- https://forum.openwrt.org/t/anddear-ziking-cpe46b-ar9331-ap121/60383
- https://git.lsd.cat/g/openwrt-cpe46b
Specifications:
- Atheros AR9330
- 32MB of RAM
- 8MB of flash (SPI NOR)
- 1 * 2.4ghz integrated antenna
- 2 * 10/100/1000 ethernet ports (1 POE)
- 3 * Green LEDs controlled by the SoC
- 3 * Green LEDs controlled via GPIO
- 1 * Reset Button controlled via GPIO
- 1 * 4 pin serial header on the PCB
- Outdoor packaging
Flashing instruction:
You can use sysupgrade image directly in vendor firmware which is based
on OpenWrt/LEDE. In case of issues with the vendor GUI, the vendor
Telnet console is vulnerable to command injection and can be used to gain
a shell directly on the OEM OpenWrt distribution.
Signed-off-by: Giulio Lorenzo <salveenee@mortemale.org>
[fix whitespaces, drop redundant uart status and serial0, drop
num-chipselects, drop 0x1002 MAC address for wmac]
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
When building GRUB with binutils 2.35.2 or later, an error occurs due to
a section .note.gnu.property that is placed at an offset such that
objcopy needs to pad the img file with zeros. This in turn causes the
following error: "error: Decompressor is too big.".
The fix accepted by upstream patches a python script that isn't executed
at all when building GRUB with OpenWrt buildroot. There's another patch
that patches the files generated by that python script directly, but by
including it we would deviate further from upstream. Instead of doing
that, simply bump to the latest release candidate.
As one of the fixes for the CVEs causes grub to crash on some x86
hardware using legacy BIOS when compiled with -O2, filter -O2 and
-O3 out of TARGET_CFLAGS.
Fixes the following CVEs:
- CVE-2020-14372
- CVE-2020-25632
- CVE-2020-25647
- CVE-2020-27749
- CVE-2020-27779
- CVE-2021-3418
- CVE-2021-20225
- CVE-2021-20233
Runtime-tested on x86/64.
Fixes: FS#3790
Suggested-by: Dirk Neukirchen <plntyk.lede@plntyk.name>
Signed-off-by: Stijn Tintel <stijn@linux-ipv6.be>
Acked-by: Kevin Darbyshire-Bryant <ldir@darbyshire-bryant.me.uk>
The ZyXEL NR7101 is an 802.3at PoE powered 5G outdoor (IP68) CPE
with integrated directional 5G/LTE antennas.
Specifications:
- SoC: MediaTek MT7621AT
- RAM: 256 MB
- Flash: 128 MB MB NAND (MX30LF1G18AC)
- WiFi: MediaTek MT7603E
- Switch: 1 LAN port (Gigabiti)
- 5G/LTE: Quectel RG502Q-EA connected by USB3 to SoC
- SIM: 2 micro-SIM slots under transparent cover
- Buttons: Reset, WLAN under same cover
- LEDs: Multicolour green/red/yellow under same cover (visible)
- Power: 802.3at PoE via LAN port
The device is built as an outdoor ethernet to 5G/LTE bridge or
router. The Wifi interface is intended for installation and/or
temporary management purposes only.
UART Serial:
57600N1
Located on populated 5 pin header J5:
[o] GND
[ ] key - no pin
[o] RX
[o] TX
[o] 3.3V Vcc
Remove the SIM/button/LED cover, the WLAN button and 12 screws
holding the back plate and antenna cover together. The GPS antenna
is fixed to the cover, so be careful with the cable. Remove 4
screws fixing the antenna board to the main board, again being
careful with the cables.
A bluetooth TTL adapter is recommended for permanent console
access, to keep the router water and dustproof. The 3.3V pin is
able to power such an adapter.
MAC addresses:
OpenWrt OEM Address Found as
lan eth2 08:26:97:*:*:BC Factory 0xe000 (hex), label
wlan0 ra0 08:26:97:*:*:BD Factory 0x4 (hex)
wwan0 usb0 random
WARNING!!
ISP managed firmware might at any time update itself to a version
where all known workarounds have been disabled. Never boot an ISP
managed firmware with a SIM in any of the slots if you intend to use
the router with OpenWrt. The bootloader lock can only be disabled with
root access to running firmware. The flash chip is physically
inaccessible without soldering.
Installation from OEM web GUI:
- Log in as "supervisor" on https://172.17.1.1/
- Upload OpenWrt initramfs-recovery.bin image on the
Maintenance -> Firmware page
- Wait for OpenWrt to boot and ssh to root@192.168.1.1
- (optional) Copy OpenWrt to the recovery partition. See below
- Sysupgrade to the OpenWrt sysupgrade image and reboot
Installation from OEM ssh:
- Log in as "root" on 172.17.1.1 port 22022
- scp OpenWrt initramfs-recovery.bin image to 172.17.1.1:/tmp
- Prepare bootloader config by running:
nvram setro uboot DebugFlag 0x1
nvram setro uboot CheckBypass 0
nvram commit
- Run "mtd_write -w write initramfs-recovery.bin Kernel" and reboot
- Wait for OpenWrt to boot and ssh to root@192.168.1.1
- (optional) Copy OpenWrt to the recovery partition. See below
- Sysupgrade to the OpenWrt sysupgrade image and reboot
Copying OpenWrt to the recovery partition:
- Verify that you are running a working OpenWrt recovery image
from flash
- ssh to root@192.168.1.1 and run:
fw_setenv CheckBypass 0
mtd -r erase Kernel2
- Wait while the bootloader mirrors Image1 to Image2
NOTE: This should only be done after successfully booting the OpenWrt
recovery image from the primary partition during installation. Do
not do this after having sysupgraded OpenWrt! Reinstalling the
recovery image on normal upgrades is not required or recommended.
Installation from Z-Loader:
- Halt boot by pressing Escape on console
- Set up a tftp server to serve the OpenWrt initramfs-recovery.bin
image at 10.10.10.3
- Type "ATNR 1,initramfs-recovery.bin" at the "ZLB>" prompt
- Wait for OpenWrt to boot and ssh to root@192.168.1.1
- Sysupgrade to the OpenWrt sysupgrade image
NOTE: ATNR will write the recovery image to both primary and recovery
partitions in one go.
Booting from RAM:
- Halt boot by pressing Escape on console
- Type "ATGU" at the "ZLB>" prompt to enter the U-Boot menu
- Press "4" to select "4: Entr boot command line interface."
- Set up a tftp server to serve the OpenWrt initramfs-recovery.bin
image at 10.10.10.3
- Load it using "tftpboot 0x88000000 initramfs-recovery.bin"
- Boot with "bootm 0x8800017C" to skip the 380 (0x17C) bytes ZyXEL
header
This method can also be used to RAM boot OEM firmware. The warning
regarding OEM applies! Never boot an unknown OEM firmware, or any OEM
firmware with a SIM in any slot.
NOTE: U-Boot configuration is incomplete (on some devices?). You may
have to configure a working mac address before running tftp using
"setenv eth0addr <mac>"
Unlocking the bootloader:
If you are unebale to halt boot, then the bootloader is locked.
The OEM firmware locks the bootloader on every boot by setting
DebugFlag to 0. Setting it to 1 is therefore only temporary
when OEM firmware is installed.
- Run "nvram setro uboot DebugFlag 0x1; nvram commit" in OEM firmware
- Run "fw_setenv DebugFlag 0x1" in OpenWrt
NOTE:
OpenWrt does this automatically on first boot if necessary
NOTE2:
Setting the flag to 0x1 avoids the reset to 0 in known OEM
versions, but this might change.
WARNING:
Writing anything to flash while the bootloader is locked is
considered extremely risky. Errors might cause a permanent
brick!
Enabling management access from LAN:
Temporary workaround to allow installing OpenWrt if OEM firmware
has disabled LAN management:
- Connect to console
- Log in as "root"
- Run "iptables -I INPUT -i br0 -j ACCEPT"
Notes on the OEM/bootloader dual partition scheme
The dual partition scheme on this device uses Image2 as a recovery
image only. The device will always boot from Image1, but the
bootloader might copy Image2 to Image1 under specific conditions. This
scheme prevents repurposing of the space occupied by Image2 in any
useful way.
Validation of primary and recovery images is controlled by the
variables CheckBypass, Image1Stable, and Image1Try.
The bootloader sets CheckBypass to 0 and reboots if Image1 fails
validation.
If CheckBypass is 0 and Image1 is invalid then Image2 is copied to
Image1.
If CheckBypass is 0 and Image2 is invalid, then Image1 is copied to
Image2.
If CheckBypass is 1 then all tests are skipped and Image1 is booted
unconditionally. CheckBypass is set to 1 after each successful
validation of Image1.
Image1Try is incremented if Image1Stable is 0, and Image2 is copied to
Image1 if Image1Try is 3 or larger. But the bootloader only tests
Image1Try if CheckBypass is 0, which is impossible unless the booted
image sets it to 0 before failing.
The system is therefore not resilient against runtime errors like
failure to mount the rootfs, unless the kernel image sets CheckBypass
to 0 before failing. This is not yet implemented in OpenWrt.
Setting Image1Stable to 1 prevents the bootloader from updating
Image1Try on every boot, saving unnecessary writes to the environment
partition.
Keeping an OpenWrt initramfs recovery as Image2 is recommended
primarily to avoid unwanted OEM firmware boots on failure. Ref the
warning above. It enables console-less recovery in case of some
failures to boot from Image1.
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
Add support for pstore/ramoops now that DRAM content is preserved
over reboot on MT7622. On each boot, check pstore and boot to recovery
image in case there are records stored in it.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
