With the default BUILD_BOT configuration on a linux 6.6 kernel,
the WNDR4700's kernel no longer fits into the alloted ~3.5MiB,
even with LZMA compression.
Bigger kernels are possible, but there's a problem with Netgear's
"bootcmd":
> if loadn_dniimg 0 0x180000 0x4e0000 && chk_dniimg 0x4e0000; then nand read 0x800000 0x180000 0x20000;bootm 0x500000 - 0x800040;else fw_recovery; fi"
This loads the dni-image starting offset 0x180000 from the NAND
flash (which is the DTB partition) to 0x4e0000 in the RAM. It then
checks whenever the provided image is "valid". If it is then it
reads the DTB again to 0x800000 in the RAM and starts the extraction
and boot process. (If the image wasn't valid then it starts the
automated firmware recovery).
The issues here are that first: the kernel image gets "squeezed"
between 0x500040 and 0x7fffff... And second, the decompressor
only has area 0x0 - 0x500000 for decompression.
Hence the image now requires to update the bootcmd by providing
new values (which have been successfully tested with the original
Netgear WNDR4700 v1.0.0.56 firmware) for the RAM locations and
make full use of the fact that loadn_dniimg loads the DTB as well.
This needs to be done only once. Just connect a serial adapter to
interface with uboot and overwrite (and save) the new bootcmd.
WARNING: The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 3.3v level converter!
Steps:
0. Power-off the WNDR4700
1. Connect the serial interface (you need to open the WNDR4700)
2. Power-up the WNDR4700
3. Monitor the boot-sequence and hit "Enter"-key when it says:
"Hit any key to stop autoboot" (Be quick, you have a ~2 second window)
4. in the Prompt enter the following commands (copy & paste)
setenv bootcmd "if loadn_dniimg 0 0x180000 0xce0000 && chk_dniimg 0xce0000; then bootm 0xd00000 - 0xce0040;else fw_recovery; fi"
saveenv
run bootcmd
Note: This new bootcmd will also unbrick devices that were bricked
by the bigger 4.19-6.1 kernels.
Note2: This method was tested with a WNDR4700. A big kernel with most
debug features enabled on v6.6.22 measured 4.30 MiB when compressed
with lzma. The uncompressed kernel is 12.34 MiB. This is over the 3 MiB,
the device reserves for the kernel... But it booted! For bigger kernels,
the device needs repartitioning of the the ubi partition due to the
kernel+dtb not fitting into the partition.
Note3: For initramfs development. I would advice to load the initramfs
images to 0x800000 (or higher). i.e.: tftp 800000 wndr4700.bin
Note4: the fw_recovery uboot command to transfer the factory image to
the flash still works.
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@gmail.com>
Specification:
- MT7981 CPU using 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi (both AX)
- MT7531 switch
- 512MB RAM
- 128MB NAND flash with two UBI partitions with identical size
- 1 multi color LED (red, green, blue, white) connected via GCA230718
- 3 buttons (WPS, reset, LED on/off)
- 1 1Gbit WAN port
- 4 1Gbit LAN ports
Disassembly:
- There are four screws at the bottom: 2 under the rubber feets, 2 under the label.
- After removing the screws, the white plastic part can be shifted out of the blue part.
- Be careful because the antennas are mounted on the side and the top of the white part.
Serial Interface
- The serial interface can be connected to the 4 pin holes on the side of the board.
- Pins (from front to rear):
- 3.3V
- RX
- TX
- GND
- Settings: 115200, 8N1
MAC addresses:
- WAN MAC is stored in partition "Odm" at offset 0x81
- 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
Flashing via Recovery Web Interface:
- The recovery web interface always flashes to the currently active partition.
- If OpenWrt is flahsed to the second partition, it will not boot.
- Ensure that you have an OEM image available (encrypted and decrypted version). Decryption is described in the end.
- Set your IP address to 192.168.200.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.0
- Press the reset button while powering on the device
- Keep the reset button pressed until the LED blinks red
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.200.1 (recovery web interface)
- Download openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-squashfs-recovery.bin
- The recovery web interface always reports successful flashing, even if it fails
- After flashing, the recovery web interface will try to forward the browser to 192.168.0.1 (can be ignored)
- If OpenWrt was flashed to the first partition, OpenWrt will boot (The status LED will start blinking white and stay white in the end). In this case you're done and can use OpenWrt.
- If OpenWrt was flashed to the second partition, OpenWrt won't boot (The status LED will stay red forever). In this case, the following steps are reuqired:
- Start the web recovery interface again and flash the **decrypted OEM image**. This will be flashed to the second partition as well. The OEM firmware web interface is afterwards accessible via http://192.168.200.1.
- Now flash the **encrypted OEM image** via OEM firmware web interface. In this case, the new firmware is flashed to the first partition. After flashing and the following reboot, the OEM firmware web interface should still be accessible via http://192.168.200.1.
- Start the web recovery interface again and flash the OpenWrt recovery image. Now it will be flashed to the first partition, OpenWrt will boot correctly afterwards and is accessible via 192.168.1.1.
Flashing via U-Boot:
- Open the case, connect to the UART console
- Set your IP address to 192.168.200.2, subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Connect to one of the LAN interfaces of the router
- Run a tftp server which provides openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-initramfs-kernel.bin.
- Power on the device and select "7. Load image" in the U-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)
- Perform a sysupgrade using openwrt-mediatek-filogic-dlink_aquila-pro-ai-m30-a1-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 192.168.200.2, subnetmask 255.255.255.0
- Press the reset button while powering on the device
- Keep the reset button pressed until the LED blinks red
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.200.1 (recovery web interface)
- 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 M30 --DecryptFactoryImage <OriginalFirmware> <OutputFile>
- Example for firmware M30A1_FW101B05: ./m32-firmware-util M30 --DecryptFactoryImage M30A1_FW101B05\(0725091522\).bin M30A1_FW101B05\(0725091522\)_decrypted.bin
Flashing via OEM web interface is not possible, as it will change the active partition and OpenWrt is only running on the first UBI partition.
Controlling the LEDs:
- The LEDs are controlled by a chip called "GCA230718" which is connected to the main CPU via I2C (address 0x40)
- I didn't find any documentation or driver for it, so the information below is purely based on my investigations
- If there is already I driver for it, please tell me. Maybe I didn't search enough
- I implemented a kernel module (leds-gca230718) to access the LEDs via DTS
- The LED controller supports PWM for brightness control and ramp control for smooth blinking. This is not implemented in the driver
- The LED controller supports toggling (on -> off -> on -> off) where the brightness of the LEDs can be set individually for each on cycle
- Until now, only simple active/inactive control is implemented (like when the LEDs would have been connected via GPIO)
- Controlling the LEDs requires three sequences sent to the chip. Each sequence consists of
- A reset command (0x81 0xE4) written to register 0x00
- A control command (for example 0x0C 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0x01 0x00 0x00 0x00 0xFF 0x87 written to register 0x03)
- The reset command is always the same
- In the control command
- byte 0 is always the same
- byte 1 (0x02 in the example above) must be changed in every sequence: 0x02 -> 0x01 -> 0x03)
- byte 2 is set to 0x01 which disables toggling. 0x02 would be LED toggling without ramp control, 0x03 would be toggling with ramp control
- byte 3 to 6 define the brightness values for the LEDs (R,G,B,W) for the first on cycle when toggling
- byte 7 defines the toggling frequency (if toggling enabled)
- byte 8 to 11 define the brightness values for the LEDs (R,G,B,W) for the second on cycle when toggling
- byte 12 is constant 0x87
Comparison to M32/R32:
- The algorithms for decrypting the OEM firmware are the same for M30/M32/R32, only the keys differ
- The keys are available in the GPL sources for the M32
- The M32/R32 contained raw data in the firmware images (kernel, rootfs), the R30 uses a sysupgrade tar instead
- Creation of the recovery image is quite similar, only the header start string changes. So mostly takeover from M32/R32 for that.
- Turned out that the bytes at offset 0x0E and 0x0F in the recovery image header are the checksum over the data area
- This checksum was not checked in the recovery web interface of M32/R32 devices, but is now active in R30
- I adapted the recovery image creation to also calculate the checksum over the data area
- The recovery image header for M30 contains addresses which don't match the memory layout in the DTS. The same addresses are also present in the OEM images
- The recovery web interface either calculates the correct addresses from it or has it's own logic to determine where which information must be written
Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl <reinlroland+github@gmail.com>
Huawei AP5030DN is a dual-band, dual-radio 802.11ac Wave 1 3x3 MIMO
enterprise access point with two Gigabit Ethernet ports and PoE
support.
Hardware highlights:
- CPU: QCA9550 SoC at 720MHz
- RAM: 256MB DDR2
- Flash: 32MB SPI-NOR
- Wi-Fi 2.4GHz: QCA9550-internal radio
- Wi-Fi 5GHz: QCA9880 PCIe WLAN SoC
- Ethernet 1: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet through Broadcom B50612E PHY
- Ethernet 2: 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet through Marvell 88E1510 PHY
- PoE: input through Ethernet 1 port
- Standalone 12V/2A power input
- Serial console externally available through RJ45 port
- External watchdog: SGM706 (1.6s timeout)
Serial console:
9600n8 (9600 baud, no stop bits, no parity, 8 data bits)
MAC addresses:
Each device has 32 consecutive MAC addresses allocated by
the vendor, which don't overlap between devices.
This was confirmed with multiple devices with consecutive
serial numbers.
The MAC address range starts with the address on the label.
To be able to distinguish between the interfaces,
the following MAC address scheme is used:
- eth0 = label MAC
- eth1 = label MAC + 1
- radio0 (Wi-Fi 5GHz) = label MAC + 2
- radio1 (Wi-Fi 2.4GHz) = label MAC + 3
Installation:
0. Connect some sort of RJ45-to-USB adapter to "Console" port of the AP
1. Power up the AP
2. At prompt "Press f or F to stop Auto-Boot in 3 seconds",
do what they say.
Log in with default admin password "admin@huawei.com".
3. Boot the OpenWrt initramfs from TFTP using the hidden script
"run ramboot". Replace IP address as needed:
> setenv serverip 192.168.1.10
> setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
> setenv rambootfile
openwrt-ath79-generic-huawei_ap5030dn-initramfs-kernel.bin
> saveenv
> run ramboot
4. Optional but recommended as the factory firmware cannot
be downloaded publicly:
Back up contents of "firmware" partition using the web interface or ssh:
$ ssh root@192.168.1.1 cat /dev/mtd11 > huawei_ap5030dn_fw_backup.bin
5. Run sysupgrade using sysupgrade image. OpenWrt
shall boot from flash afterwards.
Return to factory firmware (using firmware upgrade package downloaded from
non-public Huawei website):
1. Start a TFTP server in the directory where
the firmware upgrade package is located
2. Boot to u-boot as described above
3. Install firmware upgrade package and format the config partitions:
> update system FatAP5X30XN_SOMEVERSION.bin
> format_fs
Return to factory firmware (from previously created backup):
1. Copy over the firmware partition backup to /tmp,
for example using scp
2. Use sysupgrade with force to restore the backup:
sysupgrade -F huawei_ap5030dn_fw_backup.bin
3. Boot AP to U-Boot as described above
Quirks and known issues
-----------------------
- On initial power-up, the Huawei-modified bootloader suspends both
ethernet PHYs (it sets the "Power Down" bit in the MII control
register). Unfortunately, at the time of the initial port, the kernel
driver for the B50612E/BCM54612E PHY behind eth0 doesn't have a resume
callback defined which would clear this bit. This makes the PHY unusable
since it remains suspended forever. This is why the backported kernel
patches in this commit are required which add this callback and for
completeness also a suspend callback.
- The stock firmware has a semi dual boot concept where the primary
kernel uses a squashfs as root partition and the secondary kernel uses
an initramfs. This dual boot concept is circumvented on purpose to gain
more flash space and since the stock firmware's flash layout isn't
compatible with mtdsplit.
- The external watchdog's timeout of 1.6s is very hard to satisfy
during bootup. This is why the GPIO15 pin connected to the watchdog input
is configured directly in the LZMA loader to output the CPU_CLK/4 signal
which keeps the watchdog happy until the wdt-gpio kernel driver takes
over. Because it would also take too long to read the whole kernel image
from flash, the uImage header only includes the loader which then reads
the kernel image from flash after GPIO15 is configured.
Signed-off-by: Marco von Rosenberg <marcovr@selfnet.de>
[fixed 6.6 backport patch naming]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
The uboot-envtools can automatically parse the dts 'u-boot,env'
compatible string. So the env config file is now useless.
Signed-off-by: Shiji Yang <yangshiji66@qq.com>
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. After OpenWrt has booted, run the following command:
This is required as there is a bug about detecting rootdisk.
sed -i 's,ubiblock,,g' /lib/upgrade/platform.sh
8. Perform sysupgrade.
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
Contrary to common ipTIME NOR devices, the "Config" partition of T5004
and AX2004M contain normal U-Boot environment variables. Renaming the
partition into "u-boot-env" serves for better description, and it also
conforms to common naming practice in OpenWrt.
This patch might also be extended to A3004T, but its u-boot-env
partition layout has not been confirmed yet.
Signed-off-by: Sungbo Eo <mans0n@gorani.run>
Netgear WAX214 is a 802.11 ax dual-band AP
with PoE. (similar to Engenius EWS357APV3)
Specifications:
• CPU: Qualcomm IPQ6010 Quad core Cortex-A53
• RAM: 512MB of DDR3
• Storage: 128MB NAND (Macronix MX30UF1G18AC)
• Ethernet: 1x 1G RJ45 port (QCA8072) PoE
• WIFI:
2.4GHz: Qualcomm QCN5022 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ax 574 Mbps PHY rate
5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5052 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 1201 PHY rate
• LEDs:
4 x GPIO-controlled LEDs
- 1 Power LED (orange)
- 1 LAN LED (blue)
- 1 WIFI 5g LED (blue)
- 1 WIFI 2g LED (blue)
black_small_square Buttons: 1x soft reset
black_small_square Power: 12V DC jack or PoE (802.3af )
An populated serial header is onboard, format is
1.25mm 4p (DF13A-4P-1.25H)
RX/TX is working, bootwait is active, secure boot is not
enabled.
The root password of the stock firmware is unknown,
but failsafe mode can be entered to reset the password.
Installation Instructions:
- obtain serial access
- stop auto boot (press "4", Entr boot command line
interface)
- setenv active_fw 0 (to boot from the primary rootfs,
or set to 1 to boot from the secondary rootfs
partition)
- saveenv
- tftpboot the initramfs image
- bootm
- copy
openwrt-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-squashfs-factory.ubi
to the device
- write the image to the NAND:
- cat /proc/mtd and look for rootfs partition (should
be mtd11,
or mtd12 if you choose active_fw 1)
- ubiformat /dev/mtd11 -f -y
openwrt-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-squashfs-factory.ubi
- reboot
Note: the firmware is senao-based. But I was unable to build
a valid senao-header into the image.
Maybe they changed the header format and senaoFW isn't
working any more.
Signed-off-by: Dirk Buchwalder <buchwalder@posteo.de>
Use the new fitblk driver on the BananaPi R2 as well as UniElec U7623.
Introduce boot device selection for fitblk's /chosen/rootdisk
handle, similar to how it is already done on MT7622, MT7986 and MT7988.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
**Netgear LBR20** is a router with two gigabit ethernets , three wifi radios and integrated LTE cat.18 modem.
SoC Type: Qualcomm IPQ4019
RAM: 512 MiB
Flash: 256 MiB , SLC NAND, 2 Gbit (Macronix MX30LF2G18AC)
Bootloader: U-Boot
Modem: LTE CAT.18 Quectel EG-18EA , Max. 1.2Gbps downlink / 150Mbps uplink
WiFi class AC2200:
- radio0 : 5G on QCA9888 , WiFi5- 802.11a/n/ac MU-MIMO 2x2 , 887Mbps , 80MHz - limited for low channels
- radio1: 2,4G on IPQ4019 ,WiFi4- 802.11b/g/n MIMO2x2 300Mbps 40Mhz
- radio2: 5G on IPQ4019 , WiFi5- 802.11a/n/ac MU-MIMO 2x2 , 887Mbps ,80Mhz - limited for high channels (from 100 up to 165) . Becouse of DFS remember to set country before turning on.
Ethernet: 2x1GbE (WAN/LAN1, LAN2)
LEDs: section power : green and red , section on top (orbi) drived by TLC59208F: red, green ,blue and white
USB ports: No
Buttons: 2 Reset and SYNC(WPS)
Power: 12 VDC, 2,5 A
Connector type: Barrel
OpenWRT Installation
1. Simplest way is just do upgrade from webpage with *factory.img
2. You can also do it with standard tool for Netgear's debricking - NMPRFlash
3. Most advanced way is to open device , connect to UART console and :
- Prepare OpenWrt initramfs image in TFTP server root (server IP 192.168.1.10)
- Connect serial console (115200,8n1) to UART connector
- Connect TFTP server to RJ-45 port
- Stop in u-Boot and run u-Boot command:
> setenv serverip 192.168.1.10
> set fdt_high 0x85000000
> tftpboot 0x83000000 openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_lbr20-initramfs-zImage.itb
> bootm 0x83000000
- Login via ssh
- upload or download *sysupgrade.bin ( like wget ... or scp transfer)
- Install image via "sysupgrade -n" (like “sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-netgear_lbr20-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin”)
Back to Stock
- Download firmware from official Netgear's webpage , it will be *.img file after decompressing.
- Use NMRPFlash tool ( detailed insructions on project page https://github.com/jclehner/nmrpflash )
Open the case
- Unscrew nuts and remove washers from antenna's conectors.
- There are two Torx T10 screws under the label next to antenna conectors. You have to unglue this label from left and right corner to get it
- Two parts of shell covers will slide out from eachother , you have to unglue two small rubber pads and namplate sticker on bottom to do that.
- PCB is screwed with 4Pcs of Torx T10 screws
- Before lifting up PCB remove pigtiles for LTE antennas and release them from PCB and radiator (black and white wires)
- On other side of PCB ,in left bottom corner there is already soldered with 4 pins UART connector for console. Counting from left it is +3,3V , TX , RX ,GND (reffer to this picture: https://i.ibb.co/Pmrf9KB/20240116-103524.jpg )
BDF's files are in firmware_qca-wireless https://github.com/openwrt/firmware_qca-wireless/ and in parallel sent to ath10k@lists.infradead.org.
Signed-off-by: Marcin Gajda <mgajda@o2.pl>
Hardware specification
----------------------
SoC: MediaTek MT7986A 4x A53
Flash: 128MB SPI-NAND, 8GB eMMC
RAM: 2GB DDR4
Ethernet: 2x 2.5GbE (Airoha EN8811H)
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976C 2x2 2.4G + 3x3 5G
Interfaces:
* M.2 Key-M: PCIe 2.0 x2 for NVMe SSD
* M.2 Key-B: USB 3.0 with SIM slot
* front USB 2.0 port
LED: Power, Status, WLAN2G, WLAN5G, LTE, SSD
Button: Reset, internal boot switch
Fan: PWM-controlled 5V fan
Power: 12V Type-C PD
Installation instructions for eMMC
----------------------------------
0. Set boot switch to boot from SPI-NAND (assuming stock rom or immortalwrt
running there).
1. Write GPT partition table to eMMC
Move openwrt-mediatek-filogic-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-gpt.bin to
the device /tmp using scp and write it to /dev/mmcblk0:
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-r3-mini-emmc-gpt.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0
2. Reboot (to reload partition table)
3. Write bootloader and OpenWrt images
Move files to the device /tmp using scp:
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-preloader.bin
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
Write them to the appropriate partitions:
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-preloader.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0boot0
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-emmc-bl31-uboot.fip of=/dev/mmcblk0p3
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb of=/dev/mmcblk0p4
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb of=/dev/mmcblk0p5
sync
4. Remove the device from power, set boot switch to eMMC and boot into
OpenWrt. The device will come up with IP 192.168.1.1 and assume the
Ethernet port closer to the USB-C power connector as LAN port.
5. If you like to have Ethernet support inside U-Boot (eg. to boot via
TFTP) you also need to write the PHY firmware to /dev/mmcblk0boot1:
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot1/force_ro
dd if=/lib/firmware/airoha/EthMD32.dm.bin of=/dev/mmcblk0boot1
dd if=/lib/firmware/airoha/EthMD32.DSP.bin bs=16384 seek=1 of=/dev/mmcblk0boot1
Installation instructions for NAND
----------------------------------
0. Set boot switch to boot from eMMC (assuming OpenWrt is installed there
by instructions above. Using stock rom or immortalwrt does NOT work!)
1. Write things to NAND
Move files to the device /tmp using scp:
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-preloader.bin
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
- openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
Write them to the appropriate locations:
mtd write /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-preloader.bin /dev/mtd0
ubidetach -m 1
ubiformat /dev/mtd1
ubiattach -m 1
volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip)
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N fip -n 0 -s $volsize -t static
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_0 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-snand-bl31-uboot.fip
cd /lib/firmware/airoha
cat EthMD32.dm.bin EthMD32.DSP.bin > /tmp/en8811h-fw.bin
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -N en8811h-firmware -n 1 -s 147456 -t static
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/en8811h-fw.bin
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 2 -N ubootenv -s 126976
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 3 -N ubootenv2 -s 126976
volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb)
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 4 -N recovery -s $volsize
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_4 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-initramfs-recovery.itb
volsize=$(wc -c < /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb)
ubimkvol /dev/ubi0 -n 4 -N recovery -s $volsize
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_4 /tmp/openwrt-*-bananapi_bpi-r3-mini-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
3. Remove the device from power, set boot switch to NAND, power up and
boot into OpenWrt.
Partially based on immortalwrt support for the R3 mini, big thanks for
doing the ground work!
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Modernize bootloader and flash memory layout of the BPi-R64 similar to
how it has also been done for the BPi-R3.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Add environment settings for the BananaPi BPI-R4 router board which
can boot from (and store its bootloader environment on) micro SD card,
SPI-NAND and eMMC.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Use function instead of duplicating the env settings on UBI for
OpenWrt-built U-Boot over and over.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Comfast CF-E393AX is a dual-band Wi-Fi 6 POE ceiling mount access point.
Oem firmware is a custom openwrt 21.02 snapshot version.
We can gain access via ssh once we remove the root password.
Hardware specification:
SoC: MediaTek MT7981A 2x A53
Flash: 128 MB SPI-NAND
RAM: 256MB DDR3
Ethernet: 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps built-in PHY (WAN)
1x 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps MaxLinear GPY211C (LAN)
Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
WiFi: MediaTek MT7976D
LEDS: 1x (Red, Blue and Green)
Button: Reset
UART: 3.3v, 115200n8
--------------------------
| Layout |
| ----------------- |
| 4 | VCC GND TX RX | <= |
| ----------------- |
--------------------------
Gain SSH access:
1. Login into web interface (http://apipaddress/computer/login.html),
and download the
configuration(http://apipaddress/computer/config.html).
2. Rename downloaded backup config - 'backup.file to backup.tar.gz',
Enter 'fakeroot' command then decompress the configuration:
tar -zxf backup.tar.gz
3. Edit 'etc/shadow', update (remove) root password:
With password =
'root:$1$xf7D0Hfg$5gkjmvgQe4qJbe1fi/VLy1:19362:0:99999:7:::'
'root:$1$xf7D0Hfg$5gkjmvgQe4qJbe1fi/VLy1:19362:0:99999:7:::'
to
Without password =
'root::0:99999:7:::'
'root::0:99999:7:::'
4. Repack 'etc' directory back to a new backup file:
tar -zcf backup-ssh.tar.gz etc/
5. Rename new config tar.gz file to 'backup-ssh.file'
Exit fakeroot - 'exit'
6. Upload new configuration via web interface, now you
can SSH with the following:
'ssh -vv -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
-o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa root@192.168.10.1'.
Backup the mtd partitions
- https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-user/installation/generic.backup
7. Copy openwrt factory firmware to the tmp folder to install via ssh:
'scp -o HostKeyAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
-o PubkeyAcceptedAlgorithms=+ssh-rsa \
*-mediatek-filogic-comfast_cf-e393ax-squashfs-factory.bin \
root@192.168.10.1:/tmp/'
'sysupgrade -n -F \
/tmp/*--mediatek-filogic-comfast_cf-e393ax-squashfs-factory.bin'
8. Once led has stopped flashing - Connect via ssh with the
default openwrt ip address - 'ssh root@192.168.1.1'
9. SSH copy the openwrt sysupgrade firmware and upgrade
as per the default instructions.
Signed-off-by: David Bentham <db260179@gmail.com>
This reverts commit dcdcfc1511.
This is a firmware for third-party u-boot mod, which should not
be carried here by us.
Signed-off-by: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@gmail.com>
Since the mainline implementation has been accepted by upstream,
it doesn't make sense to keep these hacks. People are also confused
with these "custom layouts".
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
Since the mainline implementation has been accepted by upstream,
it doesn't make sense to keep these hacks. People are also confused
with these "custom layouts".
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
Since the mainline implementation has been accepted by upstream,
it doesn't make sense to keep these hacks. People are also confused
with these "custom layouts".
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
Linksys MX4200 is a 802.11ax Tri-band router/AP.
Specifications:
* CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8174 Quad core Cortex-A53 1.4GHz
* RAM: 512MB of DDR3
* Storage: 512Mb NAND
* Ethernet: 4x1G RJ45 ports (QCA8075)
* WLAN:
* 2.4GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ax 574 Mbps PHY rate
* 5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 2x2@80MHz or 2x2@160MHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2402 PHY rate
* 5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 4x4@80MHz or 2x2@160MHz 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 2402 PHY rate
* LED-s:
* RGB system led
* Buttons: 1x Soft reset 1x WPS
* Power: 12V DC Jack
Installation instructions:
Open Linksys Web UI - http://192.168.1.1/ca or http://10.65.1.1/ca depending on your setup.
Login with your admin password. The default password can be found on a sticker under the device.
To enter into the support mode, click on the “CA” link and the bottom of the page.
Open the “Connectivity” menu and upload the squash-factory image with the “Choose file” button.
Click start. Ignore all the prompts and warnings by click “yes” in all the popups.
The Wifi radios are turned off by default. To configure the router, you will need to connect your computer to the LAN port of the device.
Then you would need to write openwrt to the other partition for it to work
- First Check booted partition
fw_printenv -n boot_part
- Then install Openwrt to the other partition if booted in slot 1:
mtd -r -e alt_kernel -n write openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_mx4200v(X)-squashfs-factory.bin alt_kernel
- If in slot 2:
mtd -r -e kernel -n write openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_mx4200v(X)-squashfs-factory.bin kernel
Replace (X) with your model version either 1 or 2
Signed-off-by: Mohammad Sayful Islam <sayf.mohammad01@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Since the mainline implementation has been accepted by upstream,
it doesn't make sense to keep these hacks. People are also confused
with these "custom layouts".
Signed-off-by: Tianling Shen <cnsztl@immortalwrt.org>
