Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B 2x A53
Flash: 128 MB SPI-NAND
RAM: 256MB
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C
Button: Reset, WPS/Mesh
Power: DC 12V 1A
Gain SSH access:
1. Login into web interface, and download the configuration.
2. Download the configration utilities:
https://firmware.download.immortalwrt.eu.org/cnsztl/mediatek/filogic/openwrt-mediatek-mt7981-nokia-ea0326gmp-config-utils.tar.gz
These binaries are extraced from the factory firmware, which are
dynamically linked with aarch64 musl 1.1.24. To use them, you
must run them under the same runtime environment, otherwise the
binaries will not work properly!
3. Upload the configuration and utilities to a suitable environment.
4. Uncompress the utilities, move them to '/bin' and give them executable permisison:
tar -zxf openwrt-mediatek-mt7981-nokia-ea0326gmp-config-utils.tar.gz
mv mkconfig seama /bin
chmod +x /bin/mkconfig
chmod +x /bin/seama
5. Decrypt and uncompress the configuration:
Enter fakeroot if you are not login as root.
mkconfig -a de-enca -m EA0326GMP_3FE79221BAAA -i EA0326GMP_3FE79221BAAA-xxxxxxxx-backup.tar.gz -o backup.tar.gz
tar -zxf backup.tar.gz
6. Edit 'etc/config/dropbear', set 'enable' to '1'.
7. Edit `etc/passwd`, remove root password: 'root::1:0:99999:7:::'.
8. Repack the configuration:
tar -zcf backup.tar.gz etc/
mkconfig -a enca -m EA0326GMP_3FE79221BAAA -i backup.tar.gz -o EA0326GMP_3FE79221BAAA-xxxxxxxx-backup.tar.gz
9. Upload new configuration via web interface, now you can SSH to EA0326GMP.
A minimum configuration which enabled SSH access is also provided to simplify the process:
https://firmware.download.immortalwrt.eu.org/cnsztl/mediatek/filogic/openwrt-mediatek-mt7981-nokia-ea0326gmp-enable-ssh.tar.gz
Flash instructions:
1. SSH to EA0326GMP, backup everything, especially 'Factory' part.
2. Write new BL2:
mtd write immortalwrt-mediatek-filogic-nokia_ea0326gmp-preloader.bin BL2
3. Write new FIP:
mtd write immortalwrt-mediatek-filogic-nokia_ea0326gmp-bl31-uboot.fip FIP
4. Set static IP on your PC:
IP 192.168.1.254/24, GW 192.168.1.1
5. Serve ImmortalWrt initramfs image using TFTP server.
6. Cut off the power and re-engage, wait for TFTP recovery to complete.
7. Run 'fw_setenv bootargs' if comes with SNAPSHOT u-boot.
8. After ImmortalWrt has booted, perform sysupgrade.
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
(cherry picked from commit 767c4681fd)
[updated flash instructions for 23.05 branch]
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
MT7981B /256MB /16MB SPI (XM25QH128C)
AX 2.4Ghz
AX 5Ghz 160Mhz wide
1Gbit LAN
OEM:
root@RE3000:~# ifconfig |grep HWaddr
br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0 (label)
br-wan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
ra0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
ra2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 82:XX:XX:28:XX:X0
rax0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 82:XX:XX:38:XX:X0
rax2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 82:XX:XX:58:XX:X0
OpenWrt
root@OpenWrt:/# ifconfig |grep HW
br-lan Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
phy0-ap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 80:XX:XX:08:XX:X0
phy1-ap0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 82:XX:XX:08:XX:X1
tftp Installation via u-boot:
Connect TTL3.3V converter
connector is under the radiator Set speed 115200 8 N 1
Interrupt boot process by holding down-arrow key during boot then
>> 6. Load image
>> 0 - TFTP client (Default)
enter IP adresses and initramfs-kernel.bin
write to flash via sysupgrade or gui
Signed-off-by: Robert Senderek <robert.senderek@10g.pl>
(cherry picked from commit e8f7597317)
The flash procedure is similar to the Xiaomi AX6000 router.
Load openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb from original Zyxel U-Boot:
tftpboot openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb
bootm 0x46000000
Load mtd-rw
insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/mtd-rw.ko i_want_a_brick=1
Format ubi and create ubootenv partitions
ubidetach -p /dev/mtd5; ubiformat /dev/mtd5 -y; ubiattach -p /dev/mtd5
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 0 -N ubootenv -s 128KiB
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 1 -N ubootenv2 -s 128KiB
Copy openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb to /tmp and create recovery partition.
If your recovery image is larger than 10MiB, size the recovery partition accordingly to make it fit.
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 2 -N recovery -s 10MiB
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_2 openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb
Copy preloader and uboot to /tmp and write them in the mtd
mtd write /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-preloader.bin bl2
mtd write /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-bl31-uboot.fip fip
Now write the firmware:
sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
To create a correct BL2, I had to add a profile for 'spim:4k+256' as I could not find a way to value the variable 'NAND_TYPE'.
Features and fixes from hitech95 tree has been squashed, I'm attaching his commit message:
The Power LED was not working correctly and not reacting
to the boot process and statuses.
The board has space (footprint) for an unpopulated Zigbee chip,
while we dont know the device model having this chip populated
we have to assure that the common dts doesnt enable
interfaces that share pins with such device.
In this instance the PCIe and the uart1 and uart2 are disabled.
Some of the control PCIE pins seems to be used for the Zigbee chip,
UART1 seems to be used as a flash port while UART2 should be the
main comunication interface of Zigbee chip.
The Zigbee chip should be a EFR32MG21. But the pins used for UART
seems to be not on standard PINS used by other adapters.
So it cannot run firmwares shared on the web.
But it should be possible to build a custom firmware with
the corrtect pinmux.
This commit also contains the following squashed commit from hitech95
- mediatek: fix sysupgrade for Zyxel EX7601-T0 ubootmod
Changes and fixes added in common board:
- added aliases for boot status leds.
- added aliases for the mac-label-device.
- added pin claims for core features (MDIO and UART 0)
- added default LEDs configuration (01_leds)
- added default network configuration (02_network)
- added missing kmod-usb3 module for USB3
- fixed LED names
- fixed reset pin for SLIC chip
- removed unused pinmux configurations and devices
- fix LAN (switch) port numbering
- using nvmem cells for wifi eeprom, dropping deprecated "mediatek,mtd-eeprom"
- proper factory partition and mac address handling
- cleaned up spi_nand sections and partition
Changes and fixxes added in stock layout:
- added NMBM, if u-boot has it, the kernel must be informed.
Co-authored-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Valerio 'ftp21' Mancini <ftp21@ftp21.eu>
(cherry picked from commit b5df398a36)
Device specification:
- MT7629 with 16MB NOR flash W25Q128 and 128 MB DDR3 RAM.
- MT7761N and MT7762N wireless chips (currenlty no driver in OpenWrt available)
- WiFi is NOT working on this device
- Dual core but second CPU doesn't seem to work (Error message during boot: "CPU1: failed to come online")
There are two similar merge requests for similar devices with the same issues:
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/12286
- https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/5084
UART interface is next to the reset button, pinout:
- 1: TX (the pin with the arrow marker)
- 2: RX
- 3: GND
- 4: VCC
UART settings: 115200,8n1, 3.3V
U-Boot menu can be entered by pressing Ctrl+B during startup.
Booting initramfs:
- Set your computers IP adress to 192.168.1.110
- Run a TFTP server providing the initramfs image
- Power on the AP, press Ctrl+B to get to the U-Boot menu
- Select "1. System Load Linux to SDRAM via TFTP"
- Update kernel file name, input server IP and input device IP (if they deviate from the defaults)
- After booting, create a backup of all partitions, especially for kernel and root_fs. They are required for reverting back to stock firmware
- The sysupgrade image can be flashed now
MAC adresses:
- LAN and 2.4GHz use the same MAC (the one printed on the device)
- 5GHz WiFi MAC is LAN MAC + 1
GPIOs:
- GPIO 21 is the reset pin (low active)
- GPIO 55 is for the green LED (active high)
- GPIO 56 is for the yellow/amber LED (active high)
Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl <reinlroland+github@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 44cd32d764)
Specification:
- MT7622BV SoC with 2.4GHz wifi
- MT7975AN + MT7915AN for 5GHz
- MT7531BE Switch
- 512MB RAM
- 128 MB flash
- 3 LEDs (red, orange, white)
- 2 buttons (WPS and Reset)
MAC addresses:
- WAN MAC is stored in partition "Odm" at offset 0x83
- LAN (as printed on the device) is WAN MAC + 1
- WLAN MAC (2.4 GHz) is WAN MAC + 2
- WLAN MAC (5GHz) is WAN MAC + 3
Disassembly: Remove 4 screws in the bottom and 2 screws in the top (after removing the blue cover on the top), then the board can be pulled out.
The pins for the serial console are already labeled on the board (VCC, TX, RX, GND). Serial settings: 3.3V, 115200,8n1
Flashing via Recovery Web Interface:
- Set your IP address to 192.168.0.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.25
- Press the reset button while powering on the deivce
- Keep the reset button pressed until the status LED blinks fast
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.0.1
- Download openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-dlink_eagle-pro-ai-m32-a1-squashfs-recovery.bin
Flashing via uBoot:
- Open the case, connect to the UART console
- Set your IP address to 10.10.10.3, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Connect to one of the LAN interfaces of the router
- Run a tftp server which provides openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-dlink_eagle-pro-ai-m32-initramfs-kernel.bin. You can rename the file to iverson_uImage (no extension), then you don't have to enter the whole file name in uboot later.
- Power on the device and select "1. System Load Linux to SDRAM via TFTP." in the boot menu
- Enter image file, tftp server IP and device IP (if they differ from the default).
- TFTP download to RAM will start. After a few seconds OpenWrt initramfs should start
- The initramfs is accessible via 192.168.1.1, change your IP address accordingly (or use multiple IP addresses on your interface)
- Create a backup of the Kernel1 partition, this file is required if a revert to stock should be done later
- Perform a sysupgrade using openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-dlink_eagle-pro-ai-m32-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
- Reboot the device. OpenWrt should start from flash now
Revert back to stock using the Recovery Web Interface:
- Set your IP address to 192.168.0.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.25
- Press the reset button while powering on the deivce
- Keep the reset button pressed until the status LED blinks fast
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.0.1
- Flash a decrypted firmware image from D-Link. Decrypting an firmware image is described below.
Decrypting a D-Link firmware image:
- Download https://github.com/RolandoMagico/firmware-utils/blob/M32/src/m32-firmware-util.c
- Compile a binary from the downloaded file, e.g. gcc m32-firmware-util.c -lcrypto -o m32-firmware-util
- Run ./m32-firmware-util M32 --DecryptFactoryImage <OriginalFirmware> <OutputFile>
- Example for firmware 1.03.01_HOTFIX: ./m32-firmware-util M32 --DecryptFactoryImage M32-REVA_1.03.01_HOTFIX.enc.bin M32-REVA_1.03.01_HOTFIX.decrypted.bin
Revert back to stock using uBoot:
- Open the case, connect to the UART console
- Set your IP address to 10.10.10.3, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Connect to one of the LAN interfaces of the router
- Run a tftp server which provides the previously created backup of the Kernel1 partition. You can rename the file to iverson_uImage (no extension), then you don't have to enter the whole file name in uboot later.
- Power on the device and select "2. System Load Linux Kernel then write to Flash via TFTP." in the boot menu
- Enter image file, tftp server IP and device IP (if they differ from the default).
- TFTP download to FLASH will start. After a few seconds the stock firmware should start again
There is also an image openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-dlink_eagle-pro-ai-m32-a1-squashfs-tftp.bin which can directly be flashed via U-Boot and TFTP. It can be used if no backup of the Kernel1 partition is reuqired.
Flahsing via OEM web interface is currently not possible, the OEM images are encrypted and require a specific memory layout which is not compatible to the partition layout of OpenWrt.
Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl <reinlroland+github@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit e3a6945b58)
Buffalo WSR-3200AX4S is a 2.4/5 GHz band 11ax (Wi-Fi 6) router, based on
MT7622B.
Specification:
- SoC : MediaTek MT7622B
- RAM : DDR3 512 MiB
- Flash : SPI-NAND 128 MiB (Winbond W25N01GVZEIG)
- WLAN : 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R
- 2.4 GHz : MediaTek MT7622B (SoC)
- 5 GHz : MediaTek MT7915
- Ethernet : 5x 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Switch : MediaTek MT7531
- LEDs/Keys : 6x/5x (2x: buttons, 3x: slide-switches)
- UART : through-hole on PCB (J4)
- assignment: 3.3V, GND, TX, RX from tri-angle marking
- settings : 115200n8
- Power : 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Flash instruction using factory.bin image:
1. Boot WSR-3200AX4S with "Router" mode
2. Access to "http://192.168.11.1/" and open firmware update page
("ファームウェア更新")
3. Select the OpenWrt factory.bin image and click update ("更新実行")
button
4. Wait ~120 seconds to complete flashing
Note:
- This device has 2x OS images on flash. The first one will always be
used for booting and the secondary is for backup.
- This support generates multiple factory*.bin image:
- factory.bin : for flashing from OEM WebUI
- factory-uboot.bin: for flashing from U-Boot or clean installation
via sysupgrade (don't use for normal sysupgrade)
Known issues:
- Wi-Fi MAC addresses won't be applied to each adapter.
MAC Addresses:
LAN : C4:3C:EA:xx:xx:60 (board_data, mac (text))
WAN : C4:3C:EA:xx:xx:60 (board_data, mac (text))
2.4 GHz: C4:3C:EA:xx:xx:61
5 GHz : C4:3C:EA:xx:xx:68
Signed-off-by: INAGAKI Hiroshi <musashino.open@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 7383eb266b)
Merge similar helpers of trx image generation, "buffalo-kernel-trx" and
"trx-nand".
Signed-off-by: INAGAKI Hiroshi <musashino.open@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit d0929006f2)
(based on support for ASUS RT-AX59U by liushiyou006)
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 512MB DDR4
FLASH: 128MB SPI-NAND (Winbond W25N01GV)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not connect VCC)
Upgrade from AsusWRT to OpenWRT using UART
Download the OpenWrt initramfs image.
Copy the image to a TFTP server reachable at 192.168.1.70/24. Rename the image to rtax59u.bin.
Connect the PC with TFTP server to the RT-AX59U.
Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip address: 192.168.1.70, subnet mask:255.255.255.0)
Conect to the serial console, interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '4' when prompted.
Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.70
$ tftpboot 0x46000000 rtax59u.bin
$ bootm 0x46000000
Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Upgrade from AsusWRT to OpenWRT using WebUI
Download transit TRX file from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A20QdjK7Udagu31FSszpWAk8-cGlCwsq
Upgrade firmware from WebUI (192.168.50.1) using downloaded TRX file
Wait for OpenWRT to boot (192.168.1.1).
Upgrade system with sysupgrade image using luci or uploading it through scp and executing sysupgrade command
MAC Address for WLAN 5g is not following the same algorithm as in AsusWRT.
We have increased by one the WLAN 5g to avoid collisions with other networks from WLAN 2g
when bit 28 is already set.
: Stock : OpenWrt
WLAN 2g (1) : C8:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4 : C8:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 2g (2) : : CA:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 2g (3) : : CE:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 5g (1) : CA:xx:xx:1D:xx:D4 : CA:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 5g (2) : : CE:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 5g (3) : : C2:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 2g (1) : 08:xx:xx:76:xx:BE : 08:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 2g (2) : : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 2g (3) : : 0E:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 5g (1) : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BE : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
WLAN 5g (2) : : 0E:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
WLAN 5g (3) : : 02:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
Signed-off-by: Xavier Franquet <xavier@franquet.es>
(cherry picked from commit 782eb05008)
(based on support for ASUS RT-AX59U by liushiyou006)
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 512MB DDR4
FLASH: 128MB SPI-NAND (Winbond W25N01GV)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout silkscreened / Do not connect VCC)
Upgrade from AsusWRT to OpenWRT using UART
Download the OpenWrt initramfs image.
Copy the image to a TFTP server reachable at 192.168.1.70/24. Rename the image to rtax59u.bin.
Connect the PC with TFTP server to the RT-AX59U.
Set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip address: 192.168.1.70, subnet mask:255.255.255.0)
Conect to the serial console, interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '4' when prompted.
Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.70
$ tftpboot 0x46000000 rtax59u.bin
$ bootm 0x46000000
Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Upgrade from AsusWRT to OpenWRT using WebUI
Download transit TRX file from https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A20QdjK7Udagu31FSszpWAk8-cGlCwsq
Upgrade firmware from WebUI (192.168.50.1) using downloaded TRX file
Wait for OpenWRT to boot (192.168.1.1).
Upgrade system with sysupgrade image using luci or uploading it through scp and executing sysupgrade command
MAC Address for WLAN 5g is not following the same algorithm as in AsusWRT.
We have increased by one the WLAN 5g to avoid collisions with other networks from WLAN 2g
when bit 28 is already set.
: Stock : OpenWrt
WLAN 2g (1) : C8:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4 : C8:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 2g (2) : : CA:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 2g (3) : : CE:xx:xx:0D:xx:D4
WLAN 5g (1) : CA:xx:xx:1D:xx:D4 : CA:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 5g (2) : : CE:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 5g (3) : : C2:xx:xx:1D:xx:D5
WLAN 2g (1) : 08:xx:xx:76:xx:BE : 08:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 2g (2) : : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 2g (3) : : 0E:xx:xx:76:xx:BE
WLAN 5g (1) : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BE : 0A:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
WLAN 5g (2) : : 0E:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
WLAN 5g (3) : : 02:xx:xx:76:xx:BF
Signed-off-by: Xavier Franquet <xavier@franquet.es>
(cherry picked from commit 782eb05008)
Add support for wireless offload package in default configuration for
-Cudy WR3000
-Confiabits MT7981
For some reason those ware missing. I confirm this work for my Cudy WR3000
Signed-off-by: Robert Senderek <robert.senderek@10g.pl>
(cherry picked from commit b42eea0c2f)
Confiabits MT7981 is a Wi-Fi 6 router based on MediaTek MT7981.
Specification:
- SoC: MediaTek MT7981B
- CPU: 2x 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
- Flash: 128 MiB SPI NAND
- RAM: 256 MiB
- WLAN: 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz (MediaTek MT7976CN, 802.11ax)
- Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps MT7531AE (3xLAN, 1xWAN)
- USB 2.0 port
- Buttons: 1 Reset button, 1 Mesh button.
- LEDs: 7x light-blue, 2x warm-white
- Serial console: internal 4-pin header, 115200 8n1
- Power: 12 VDC, 1.5 A
MAC addresses in stock firmware and in this commit:
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
| | MAC | Algorithm |
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
| WAN | 00:0c:43:xx:xx:e1 | label+1 |
| LAN | 00:0c:43:xx:xx:e0 | label |
| WLAN 2g | 00:0c:43:xx:xx:e0 | label |
| WLAN 5g | 02:0c:43:xx:xx:e0 | |
+---------+-------------------+-----------+
The label MAC was found in 'Factory', 0x4
Installation:
The stock firmware is OpenWrt-based. If you can reach LuCI or SSH, just use the sysupgrade image
with the 'Keep settings' option turned off.
Signed-off-by: Luis Mita <luis@luismita.com>
(cherry picked from commit 2af07eb853)
Acelink EW-7886CAX is an MT7986A (AKA Filogic 830) based access point.
It has 512 MiB of RAM, one 2.5 Gbps PoE (802.3at) Ethernet port and
on-SoC Wi-Fi. There is no printed MAC label (on my unit).
My unit came with Mediatek's firmware (based on OpenWrt 21.02)
installed. It was possible to simply upgrade using OpenWrt's sysupgrade
tool.
Another verified upgrade method is using U-Boot (requires UART). During
every boot there is "U-Boot Boot Menu". Selecting option "2. Upgrade
firmware" allows using U-Boot's tftp client to load and flash factory
image.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
(cherry picked from commit 07765f28b7)
Acelink EW-7886CAX is an MT7986A (AKA Filogic 830) based access point.
It has 512 MiB of RAM, one 2.5 Gbps PoE (802.3at) Ethernet port and
on-SoC Wi-Fi. There is no printed MAC label (on my unit).
My unit came with Mediatek's firmware (based on OpenWrt 21.02)
installed. It was possible to simply upgrade using OpenWrt's sysupgrade
tool.
Another verified upgrade method is using U-Boot (requires UART). During
every boot there is "U-Boot Boot Menu". Selecting option "2. Upgrade
firmware" allows using U-Boot's tftp client to load and flash factory
image.
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
(cherry picked from commit 07765f28b7)
Specifications:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B
RAM: 1024MiB
Flash: SPI-NAND 128 MiB
Switch: 1 WAN, 4 LAN (Gigabit)
USB: two M.2 slots for 5G modems via USB 3.0 hub, external USB 3.0 port
Buttons: Reset, Mesh
Power: DC 12V 1A
WiFi: MT7976CN
UART: 115200n8
UART Layout:
VCC-RX-TX-GND
Installation:
A. Through OpenWrt Dashboard:
If your router comes with OpenWrt preinstalled (modified by the seller),
you can easily upgrade by going to the dashboard (192.168.1.1) and then
navigate to System -> Backup/Flash firmware, then flash the firmware
B. Through TFTP
Standard installation via UART:
1. Connect USB Serial Adapter to the UART, (NOTE: Don't connect the VCC pin).
2. Power on the router. Make sure that you can access your router via UART.
3. Restart the router then repeatedly press ctrl + c to skip default boot.
4. Type > bootmenu
5. Press '2' to select upgrade firmware
6. Press 'Y' on 'Run image after upgrading?'
7. Press '0' and hit 'enter' to select TFTP client (default)
8. Fill the U-Boot's IP address and TFTP server's IP address.
9. Finally, enter the 'firmware' filename.
Based on patch adding support for similar Zbtlink ZBT-Z8103AX device by
Ian Ishmael C. Oderon.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
(cherry picked from commit c8c2f52262)
Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B 2x A53
Flash: Winbond 128MB
RAM: DDR3 256MB
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C
Button: Reset
Power: DC 12V 1A
Flash instructions:
1. Connect to your PC via the Gigabit port of the router,
set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip 192.168.1.254, gateway 192.168.1.1)
2. Attach UART, pause at u-boot menu.
3. Select "Upgrade ATF BL2", then use preloader.bin
4. Select "Upgrade ATF FIP", then use bl31-uboot.fip
5. Download the initramfs image, and type "reset",
waiting for tftp recovery to complete.
6. After openwrt boots up, perform sysupgrade.
Note:
1. Since NMBM is disabled, we must back up all partitions.
2. Although we can upgrade new firmware in the stock firmware,
we need the special fit image signature of MediaTek and
dual boot (hack kernel) to make u-boot boot it. So just
abandon these hacks and flash it via the serial port.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
(cherry picked from commit 626344c992)
Hardware
========
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 512MB DDR3
FLASH: 256MB SPI-NAND
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R
ETH: MediaTek MT7530 Switch (LAN)
MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5 N-Base-T PHY (WAN)
MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5 N-Base-T PHY (LAN)
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Do not connect VCC)
USB 3.1
Installation
============
Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server
reachable at 192.168.1.70/24. Rename the image to TUF-AX6000.bin.
Connect to the serial console, interrupt the auto boot process by
pressing '4' when prompted or press '1' and set client IP, server
IP and name of the image.
yOU don't need to open the case or even soldering anything.
use three goldpin wires, remove their plastic cover and connect
them to the console pinout via the case holes.
You can see three holes
From Bottom: RX, TX, Ground - partially covered
Download & Boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
In case of option '4'
$ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
$ setenv serverip 192.168.1.70
$ tftpboot 0x46000000 TUF-AX6000.bin
$ bootm 0x46000000
In case of option '1'
1: Load System code to SDRAM via TFTP.
Please Input new ones /or Ctrl-C to discard
Input device IP (192.168.1.1) ==:
Input server IP (192.168.1.70) ==:
Input Linux Kernel filename (TUF-AX6000.trx) ==:
Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade
image to the device using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Missing features
================
2.5Gb LAN port LED is ON during boot or when the LAN cable is disconnected
The cover yellow light is not supported. (only blue one)
Signed-off-by: Patryk Kowalczyk <patryk@kowalczyk.ws>
(cherry picked from commit d522ccecb2)
The usb driver requires kmod-usb3, not kmod-usb2.
Remove the useless kmod-usb2 from default package.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
(cherry picked from commit b74ae69596)
**Hardware specification:**
- SoC: MediaTek MT7981B 2x A53
- Flash: ESMT F50L1G41LB 128MB
- RAM: Nanya NT5CC128M16JR-EK 256MB
- Ethernet: 4 x 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
- WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C
- Button: Reset, Mesh
- Power: DC 12V 1A
- UART: 3.3v, 115200n8
| Layout: |
| :-------- |
| <Antenna> |
| VCC |
| GND |
| Tx |
| Rx |
**Flash instructions:**
1. Rename `openwrt-mediatek-filogic-cetron_ct3003-squashfs-factory.bin` to `factory.bin`.
2. Upload the `factory.bin` using the device's Web interface.
3. Click the upgrade button and wait for the process to finish.
4. Access the OpenWrt interface using the same password.
5. Use the 'Restore' function to reset the firmware to its initial state.
**Notes:**
If you plan to recovery the stock firmware in the future, it's advisable
to connect the device via the serial port and enter failsafe mode to
back up all the MTD partitions before proceeding the steps above.
Signed-off-by: Patricia Lee <patricialee320@gmail.com>
(cherry picked from commit 907e9e0bd3)
Telenor quirks
--------------
The operator specific firmware running on the Telenor branded
ZyXEL EX5700 includes U-Boot modifications affecting the OpenWrt
installation.
Notable changes to U-Boot include
- environment is stored in RAM and reset to defaults when power
cycled
- dual partition scheme with "nomimal" or "rescue" systems, falling
back to "rescue" unless the OS signals success in 3 attempts
- several runtime additions to the device-tree
Some of these modifications have side effects requiring workarounds
- U-Boot modifies /chosen/bootargs in an unsafe manner, and will crash
unless this node exists
- U-Boot verifies that the selected rootfs UBI volume exists, and
refuses to boot if it doesn't. The chosen "rootfs" volume must contain
a squashfs signature even for tftp or initramfs booting.
- U-Boot parses the "factoryparams" UBI volume, setting the "ethaddr"
variable to the label mac. But "factoryparams" does not always
exist. Instead there is a "RIP" volume containing all the factory
data. Copying the "RIP" volume to "factoryparams" will fix this
Hardware
--------
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 1GB DDR4
FLASH: 512MB SPI-NAND (Mikron xxx)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 802.11ax 5 GHz
Mediatek MT7916 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4 + 6 GHz
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch + SoC
3 x builtin 1G phy (lan1, lan2, lan3)
2 x MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5 N-Base-T phy (lan4, wan)
USB: 1 x USB 3.2 Enhanced SuperSpeed port
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout: GND KEY RX TX VCC)
Installation
------------
1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server
reachable at 192.168.1.2/24. Rename the image to C0A80101.img.
2. Connect the TFTP server to lan1, lan2 or lan3. Connect to the serial
console, Interrupt the autoboot process by pressing ESC when prompted.
3. Download and boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ env set uboot_bootcount 0
$ env set firmware nominal
$ tftpboot
$ bootm
4. Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device
using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Missing features
----------------
- The "lan1", "lan2" and "lan3" port LEDs are driven by the switch but
OpenWrt does not correctly configure the output.
- The "lan4" and "wan" port LEDs are driven by the GPH211C phys and
not configured by OpenWrt.
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
(cherry picked from commit 6cc14bf66a)
This device does not have wireless hardware, thus we don't need to ship
neither hostapd nor wireless drivers.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
(cherry picked from commit 602ff8fbb1)
Append metadata in the special GL.iNet format.
This also enables use of the web-based U-Boot recovery.
U-Boot-Recovery
===============
The GL-MT2500 provides web-based U-Boot recovery. For this, hold the
reset button pressed for 5 seconds when attaching power to the device.
The LED will blink 5 times. Release the reset button.
The OpenWrt sysupgrade image can be installed by navigating to
http://192.168.1.1 in a web-browser.
The device does not work as a DHCP server, so manual IP configuration is
required.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
(cherry picked from commit f82ccee512)
The build-directives for the GL-MT2500 are not required, as the default
ones produce working images.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
(cherry picked from commit 9217d85a2c)
Hardware
--------
SoC: MediaTek MT7981BA
RAM: 1GB DDR4 (NANYA NT5AD512M16C4-JR)
MMC: 8GB eMMC (Samsung 8GTF4R)
ETH: 1000Base-T LAN (ePHY)
2500Base-T WAN (MaxLinear GPY211C)
BTN: 1x Reset Button
LED: System (blue/white)
VPN (white)
USB: 1x USB-A (USB 3.0)
UART: 115200 8N1 - Pinout on board next to LAN port
Don't connect 3.3V!
Known Issues
------------
U-Boot vendor recovery does not seem to accept any images, neither
GL.iNet images nor OpenWrt images. Recovery requires serial access!
Installation
------------
Upload the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the Gl.iNet Web-UI. Make sure to
not retain existing settings.
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
(cherry picked from commit 1239668648)
The usb driver requires kmod-usb3, not kmod-usb2.
Remove the useless kmod-usb2 from default package.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
(cherry picked from commit b74ae69596)
The flash procedure is similar to the Xiaomi AX6000 router.
Load openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb from original Zyxel U-Boot:
tftpboot openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb
bootm 0x46000000
Load mtd-rw
insmod /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/mtd-rw.ko i_want_a_brick=1
Format ubi and create ubootenv partitions
ubidetach -p /dev/mtd5; ubiformat /dev/mtd5 -y; ubiattach -p /dev/mtd5
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 0 -N ubootenv -s 128KiB
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 1 -N ubootenv2 -s 128KiB
Copy openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb to /tmp and create recovery partition.
If your recovery image is larger than 10MiB, size the recovery partition accordingly to make it fit.
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 2 -N recovery -s 10MiB
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_2 openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-initramfs-recovery.itb
Copy preloader and uboot to /tmp and write them in the mtd
mtd write /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-preloader.bin bl2
mtd write /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-bl31-uboot.fip fip
Now write the firmware:
sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-mediatek-filogic-zyxel_ex5601-t0-ubootmod-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
To create a correct BL2, I had to add a profile for 'spim:4k+256' as I could not find a way to value the variable 'NAND_TYPE'.
Features and fixes from hitech95 tree has been squashed, I'm attaching his commit message:
The Power LED was not working correctly and not reacting
to the boot process and statuses.
The board has space (footprint) for an unpopulated Zigbee chip,
while we dont know the device model having this chip populated
we have to assure that the common dts doesnt enable
interfaces that share pins with such device.
In this instance the PCIe and the uart1 and uart2 are disabled.
Some of the control PCIE pins seems to be used for the Zigbee chip,
UART1 seems to be used as a flash port while UART2 should be the
main comunication interface of Zigbee chip.
The Zigbee chip should be a EFR32MG21. But the pins used for UART
seems to be not on standard PINS used by other adapters.
So it cannot run firmwares shared on the web.
But it should be possible to build a custom firmware with
the corrtect pinmux.
This commit also contains the following squashed commit from hitech95
- mediatek: fix sysupgrade for Zyxel EX7601-T0 ubootmod
Changes and fixes added in common board:
- added aliases for boot status leds.
- added aliases for the mac-label-device.
- added pin claims for core features (MDIO and UART 0)
- added default LEDs configuration (01_leds)
- added default network configuration (02_network)
- added missing kmod-usb3 module for USB3
- fixed LED names
- fixed reset pin for SLIC chip
- removed unused pinmux configurations and devices
- fix LAN (switch) port numbering
- using nvmem cells for wifi eeprom, dropping deprecated "mediatek,mtd-eeprom"
- proper factory partition and mac address handling
- cleaned up spi_nand sections and partition
Changes and fixxes added in stock layout:
- added NMBM, if u-boot has it, the kernel must be informed.
Co-authored-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Co-developed-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Nicolò Veronese <nicveronese@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Valerio 'ftp21' Mancini <ftp21@ftp21.eu>
(cherry picked from commit b5df398a36)
Telenor quirks
--------------
The operator specific firmware running on the Telenor branded
ZyXEL EX5700 includes U-Boot modifications affecting the OpenWrt
installation.
Notable changes to U-Boot include
- environment is stored in RAM and reset to defaults when power
cycled
- dual partition scheme with "nomimal" or "rescue" systems, falling
back to "rescue" unless the OS signals success in 3 attempts
- several runtime additions to the device-tree
Some of these modifications have side effects requiring workarounds
- U-Boot modifies /chosen/bootargs in an unsafe manner, and will crash
unless this node exists
- U-Boot verifies that the selected rootfs UBI volume exists, and
refuses to boot if it doesn't. The chosen "rootfs" volume must contain
a squashfs signature even for tftp or initramfs booting.
- U-Boot parses the "factoryparams" UBI volume, setting the "ethaddr"
variable to the label mac. But "factoryparams" does not always
exist. Instead there is a "RIP" volume containing all the factory
data. Copying the "RIP" volume to "factoryparams" will fix this
Hardware
--------
SOC: MediaTek MT7986
RAM: 1GB DDR4
FLASH: 512MB SPI-NAND (Mikron xxx)
WIFI: Mediatek MT7986 802.11ax 5 GHz
Mediatek MT7916 DBDC 802.11ax 2.4 + 6 GHz
ETH: MediaTek MT7531 Switch + SoC
3 x builtin 1G phy (lan1, lan2, lan3)
2 x MaxLinear GPY211C 2.5 N-Base-T phy (lan4, wan)
USB: 1 x USB 3.2 Enhanced SuperSpeed port
UART: 3V3 115200 8N1 (Pinout: GND KEY RX TX VCC)
Installation
------------
1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server
reachable at 192.168.1.2/24. Rename the image to C0A80101.img.
2. Connect the TFTP server to lan1, lan2 or lan3. Connect to the serial
console, Interrupt the autoboot process by pressing ESC when prompted.
3. Download and boot the OpenWrt initramfs image.
$ env set uboot_bootcount 0
$ env set firmware nominal
$ tftpboot
$ bootm
4. Wait for OpenWrt to boot. Transfer the sysupgrade image to the device
using scp and install using sysupgrade.
$ sysupgrade -n <path-to-sysupgrade.bin>
Missing features
----------------
- The "lan1", "lan2" and "lan3" port LEDs are driven by the switch but
OpenWrt does not correctly configure the output.
- The "lan4" and "wan" port LEDs are driven by the GPH211C phys and
not configured by OpenWrt.
Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>
(cherry picked from commit 6cc14bf66a)
Specifications:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B
RAM: 1024MiB
Flash: SPI-NAND 128 MiB
Switch: 1 WAN, 4 LAN (Gigabit)
USB: two M.2 slots for 5G modems via USB 3.0 hub, external USB 3.0 port
Buttons: Reset, Mesh
Power: DC 12V 1A
WiFi: MT7976CN
UART: 115200n8
UART Layout:
VCC-RX-TX-GND
Installation:
A. Through OpenWrt Dashboard:
If your router comes with OpenWrt preinstalled (modified by the seller),
you can easily upgrade by going to the dashboard (192.168.1.1) and then
navigate to System -> Backup/Flash firmware, then flash the firmware
B. Through TFTP
Standard installation via UART:
1. Connect USB Serial Adapter to the UART, (NOTE: Don't connect the VCC pin).
2. Power on the router. Make sure that you can access your router via UART.
3. Restart the router then repeatedly press ctrl + c to skip default boot.
4. Type > bootmenu
5. Press '2' to select upgrade firmware
6. Press 'Y' on 'Run image after upgrading?'
7. Press '0' and hit 'enter' to select TFTP client (default)
8. Fill the U-Boot's IP address and TFTP server's IP address.
9. Finally, enter the 'firmware' filename.
Based on patch adding support for similar Zbtlink ZBT-Z8103AX device by
Ian Ishmael C. Oderon.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
(cherry picked from commit c8c2f52262)
Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981B 2x A53
Flash: Winbond 128MB
RAM: DDR3 256MB
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C
Button: Reset
Power: DC 12V 1A
Flash instructions:
1. Connect to your PC via the Gigabit port of the router,
set a static ip on the ethernet interface of your PC.
(ip 192.168.1.254, gateway 192.168.1.1)
2. Attach UART, pause at u-boot menu.
3. Select "Upgrade ATF BL2", then use preloader.bin
4. Select "Upgrade ATF FIP", then use bl31-uboot.fip
5. Download the initramfs image, and type "reset",
waiting for tftp recovery to complete.
6. After openwrt boots up, perform sysupgrade.
Note:
1. Since NMBM is disabled, we must back up all partitions.
2. Although we can upgrade new firmware in the stock firmware,
we need the special fit image signature of MediaTek and
dual boot (hack kernel) to make u-boot boot it. So just
abandon these hacks and flash it via the serial port.
Signed-off-by: Chukun Pan <amadeus@jmu.edu.cn>
(cherry picked from commit 626344c992)
