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Vinay Patil 30915e5a70 ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3 
The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer A6 v3
The router is sold in US and India with FCC ID TE7A6V3

Specification
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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
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ETH Ports:    LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN
             _______________________
             |                     |
Serial Pins: |   VCC GND TXD RXD   |
             |_____________________|

LEDs:         Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN

Build Output
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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
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* 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
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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
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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>

(cherry picked from commit f8f8935adb)
2021-06-10 17:09:35 +02:00
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base-files/etc ramips: remove model name from LED labels 2020-10-02 14:51:57 +02:00
dts ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3 2021-06-10 17:09:35 +02:00
files/drivers ramips: mt7530 swconfig: fix race condition in register access 2021-04-18 12:05:04 +02:00
image ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3 2021-06-10 17:09:35 +02:00
mt76x8 ramips: add support for ELECOM WRC-1167FS 2021-02-11 16:37:53 +01:00
mt7620 ramips: fix mac addresses of Youku YK1 2021-05-14 23:32:22 +02:00
mt7621 ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3 2021-06-10 17:09:35 +02:00
patches-5.4 kernel: bump 5.4 to 5.4.124 2021-06-06 17:54:51 +02:00
rt288x ramips: remove set_wifi_led function in 01_leds 2020-10-02 14:51:57 +02:00
rt305x ramips: add support for ZTE MF283+ 2021-06-02 21:29:16 +02:00
rt3883 ramips: remove generic profiles 2021-01-27 21:31:20 +01:00
Makefile target: use SPDX license identifiers on Makefiles 2021-02-10 15:47:18 +01:00
modules.mk ramips: rename mtk-hsdma to hsdma-mt7621 2021-03-15 10:32:53 -10:00