The vendor u-boot knows nothing about UBI, and we used to have a
fixed-size kernel partition for vendor u-boot and UBI for rootfs.
However, that fixed partition becomes too small eventually, and
expanding it requires complicated procedure.
This commit changed the flash layout and added a second u-boot
where the kernel supposed to be.
Now the vendor u-boot chainloads our mainline u-boot, and our
u-boot reads kernel+rootfs from UBI, verifies it, and boot
into OpenWrt.
There are two possible ways to convert from the old fw:
Flash the factory image using mtd (provided by @rany2):
mount -o remount,ro /
mount -o remount,ro /overlay
cd /tmp
dd if=factory.bin bs=1M count=4 | mtd write - kernel
dd if=factory.bin bs=1M skip=4 | mtd -r write - ubi
Or, flash the 2nd u-boot via mtd and upload the firmware
to the 2nd u-boot using tftp:
1. prepare a tftp server at 192.168.1.254 to serve the
sysupgrade image:
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-xiaomi_redmi-router-ax6s-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb
2. upload the ubi-loader.itb to OpenWrt /tmp, and flash it to
the old kernel partition:
mtd -r write openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-xiaomi_redmi-router-ax6s-ubi-loader.itb
3. The router should reboot and flash the sysupgrade image via TFTP.
Procedure for flashing from vendor firmware shouldn't change.
Signed-off-by: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@gmail.com>
Now that we got fitblk_get_bootdev in /lib/upgrade/common.sh we don't
need platform_get_bootdev in each of the subtargets any longer.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Move fip and factory into UBI static volumes.
Use fitblk instead of partition parser.
!! RUN INSTALLER FIRST !!
Existing users of previous OpenWrt releases or snapshot builds will
have to **re-run the updated installer** before upgrading to firmware
after this commit.
DO NOT flash or run even just the initramfs image unless you have
run the updated installer which moves the content of the 'factory'
partition into a UBI volume.
tl;dr: DON'T USE YET!
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>
R32 is like the M32 part of the EAGLE PRO AI series from D-Link.
Specification:
- MT7622BV SoC with 2.4GHz wifi
- MT7975AN + MT7915AN for 5GHz
- MT7531BE Switch
- 512MB RAM
- 128 MB flash
- 2 LEDs (Status and Internet, both can be either orange or white)
- 2 buttons (WPS and Reset)
Compared to M32, the R32 has the following differences:
- 4 LAN ports instead of 2
- The recory image starts with DLK6E6015001 instaed of DLK6E6010001
- Individual LEDs for power and internet
- MAC address is stored at another offset in the ODM partition
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:
- Set your IP address to 192.168.0.10, subnetmask 255.255.255.0
- Press the reset button while powering on the deivce
- Keep the reset button pressed until the internet LED blinks fast
- Open a Chromium based and goto http://192.168.0.1
- Download openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-dlink_eagle-pro-ai-r32-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-r32-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-r32-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 255.255.255.0
- Press the reset button while powering on the deivce
- Keep the reset button pressed until the internet 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 R32 --DecryptFactoryImage <OriginalFirmware> <OutputFile>
- Example for firmware R32A1_FW103B01: ./m32-firmware-util R32 --DecryptFactoryImage R32A1_FW103B01.bin R32A1_FW103B01.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-r32-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. Creating images is only possible manually at the moment.
The support for the M32/R32 already includes support for flashing from the OEM web interface:
- The device tree contains both partitions (Kernel1 and Kernel2) with conditions to select the correct one based on the kernel command line
- The U-Boot variable "boot_part" is set accordingly during startup to finish the partition swap after flashing from the OEM web interface
- OpenWrt sysupgrade flashing always uses the partition where it was initially flashed to (no partition swap)
Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl <reinlroland+github@gmail.com>
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>
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>
Specifications:
* SoC: MediaTek MT7622BV
* RAM: DDR3 512 MiB (Nanya NT5CC256M16ER-EK)
* Flash: SPI-NAND 256 MiB (Toshiba TC58CVG1S3HRAIJ)
* Wi-Fi 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R:
* 2.4 GHz: MediaTek MT7622BV
* 5 GHz: MediaTek MT7915AN/MT7975AN
* Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN,
1x 10/100/1000/2500 Mbps WAN (Realtek RTL8221B PHY)
* Switch: MediaTek MT7531AE
* LEDs/Keys: 8/1 (Power, Internet, LAN1, LAN2, LAN3, LAN4,
Wifin and Wifia dual-colour LEDs + Reset pin)
* UART: Marked J19 on board VCC GND TX RX, beginning from "1". 3.3v,
115200n8
* Power: 12 VDC, 2.5 A
Installation:
* Flash the factory image through the stock web interface, or TFTP to
the bootloader. NMRP can be used to TFTP without opening the case.
* U-Boot allows booting an initramfs image via TFTP as follows:
setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
setenv serverip 192.168.1.100
tftpboot openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-netgear_wax206-initramfs-recovery.itb
bootm
Known Limitations:
* The 2.5G WAN port labeled 'wan' only works for speeds up to 1G at the
moment. If connected to a multi-gig port the speed has to be manually
set to 1G/full either for the switch port or in OpenWrt. For example
add the following to /etc/rc.local to set it on boot:
/usr/sbin/ethtool -s wan speed 1000 duplex full
Revert to stock firmware:
* Flash the stock firmware to the bootloader using TFTP/NMRP.
References to WAX206 GPL source:
https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/WAX206_V1.0.4.0_Source.rar
* openwrt/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7622-netgear-wax206.dts
DTS file for this device.
* openwrt/target/linux/mediatek/image/mt7622.mk
Image creation code for this device
Signed-off-by: Marcel Ziswiler <marcel@ziswiler.com>
[fix WAN port (1G only), adjust partition layout, adjust image creation]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Kupper <thomas.kupper@gmail.com>
A previous attempt to simplify things went wrong and now sysupgrade
is broken on this device. Fix that.
Fixes: d640cbac0e ("mediatek: mt7622: don't rely on existing image for sysupgrade")
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Don't reply on mapped rootfs partition but rather just take what ever
has been set to the kernel cmdline root= parameter as a hint to decide
which media to install sysupgrade to on the BananaPi BPi-R64.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Also known as the "Xiaomi Router AX3200" in western markets,
but only the AX6S is widely installation-capable at this time.
SoC: MediaTek MT7622B
RAM: DDR3 256 MiB (ESMT M15T2G16128A)
Flash: SPI-NAND 128 MiB (ESMT F50L1G41LB or Gigadevice GD5F1GQ5xExxG)
WLAN: 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R
2.4 GHz: MediaTek MT7622B
5 GHz: MediaTek MT7915E
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps
Switch: MediaTek MT7531B
LEDs/Keys: 2/2 (Internet + System LED, Mesh button + Reset pin)
UART: Marked J1 on board VCC RX GND TX, beginning from "1". 3.3v, 115200n8
Power: 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Notes:
U-Boot passes through the ethaddr from uboot-env partition,
but also has been known to reset it to a generic mac address
hardcoded in the bootloader.
However, bdata is also populated with the ethernet mac addresses,
but is also typically never written to. Thus this is used instead.
Installation:
1. Flash stock Xiaomi "closed beta" image labelled
'miwifi_rb03_firmware_stable_1.2.7_closedbeta.bin'.
(MD5: 5eedf1632ac97bb5a6bb072c08603ed7)
2. Calculate telnet password from serial number and login
3. Execute commands to prepare device
nvram set ssh_en=1
nvram set uart_en=1
nvram set boot_wait=on
nvram set flag_boot_success=1
nvram set flag_try_sys1_failed=0
nvram set flag_try_sys2_failed=0
nvram commit
4. Download and flash image
On computer:
python -m http.server
On router:
cd /tmp
wget http://<IP>:8000/factory.bin
mtd -r write factory.bin firmware
Device should reboot at this point.
Reverting to stock:
Stock Xiaomi recovery tftp that accepts their signed images,
with default ips of 192.168.31.1 + 192.168.31.100.
Stock image should be renamed to tftp server ip in hex (Eg. C0A81F64.img)
Triggered by holding reset pin on powerup.
A simple implementation of this would be via dnsmasq's
dhcp-boot option or using the vendor's (Windows only)
recovery tool available on their website.
Signed-off-by: Richard Huynh <voxlympha@gmail.com>
Now that both, fw_printenv/fw_setenv and fwtool are always present
during stage2 sysupgrade, we no longer need to list them in
RAMFS_COPY_BIN and RAMFS_COPY_DATA in platform.sh.
Drop both variables as they are now unneeded.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Limit bmt remapping range to cover everything up to and including the kernel image,
use the rest of the flash area for ubi.
Fix partition table and sysupgrade support
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
Similar to mt7623, also no longer use 'blockdev' and stop relying on
in-kernel partition parsers. Instead, strip off all metadata using
'fwtool' while writing the firmware image and scrape the number of
blocks written from 'dd', then use that block offset to stash the
configuration backup.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Use find_mmc_part instead of previously introduced
get_partition_by_name which requires a custom kernel patch.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
In case of the block device still being in use, re-reading the
partition table fails. In that case, abort sysupgrade to avoid
corrupting the just-written image because of wrong offsets caused
by failure to re-read the partition table.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Specifications:
- SoC: MT7622
- RAM: 512MB
- Flash: MX35LF1GE4AB 128MB SPI NAND
- Ethernet: RTL8367S 5x1GbE
- WiFi: 2.4G: MT7622 5G: MT7615N x2
- Other ports: USB3.0 x1
Flash instruction:
*important*: upgrade vendor firmware to at least V7.1cu.643_B20200521
1. hold the reset button and power on the device. wait for about 10s
before releasing the reset button.
2. upload sysupgrade.bin via u-boot recovery page on http://192.168.1.1
Signed-off-by: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@gmail.com>
Some of bpi-r64 boards have serial NAND attached to SPI bus.
Add SD card image support for installing openwrt to it.
Default to nand upgrade if root device is not mmc block device.
Separate preloader and uboot images for snand are generated.
Signed-off-by: Oskari Lemmela <oskari@lemmela.net>
This adds support for the Buffalo WSR-2533DHP2.
The device uses the Broadcom TRX image format with a special magic. To
be able to boot the images or load them they have to be wrapped with
different headers depending how it is loaded.
There are multiple ways to install OpenWrt on this device.
Boot ramdisk from U-Boot
----------------------------
This will load the image and not write it into the flash.
1. Stop boot menu with "space" key
2. Select "System Load Linux to SDRAM via TFTP."
3. Load this image:
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-buffalo_wsr-2533dhp2-initramfs-kernel.bin
4. The system boots the image
Write to flash from U-Boot
-----------------------------
This will load the image over tftp and directly write it into the flash.
1. Stop boot menu with "space" key
2. Select "System Load Linux Kernel then write to Flash via TFTP."
3. Load this image:
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-buffalo_wsr-2533dhp2-squashfs-factory-uboot.bin
4. The system writes this image into the flash and boots into it.
Write to flash from Web UI
-----------------------------
This will load the image over over the Web UI and write it into the flash
1. Open the Web UI
2. Go to "管理" -> "ファームウェア更新"
3. Select "ローカルファイル指定" and click "更新実行"
4. Load this image:
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-buffalo_wsr-2533dhp2-squashfs-factory.bin
5. The system writes this image into the flash and boots into it.
Specifications
-------------------
* SoC: MT7622 (4x4 2.4 GHz Wifi)
* Wifi: MT7615 (4x4 5 GHz Wifi)
* Flash: Winbond W29N01HZ 128MB SLC NAND
* RAM 256MB
* Ethernet: Realtek RTL8367S (5 x 1GBit/s, SoC via 2.5GBit/s)
Co-Developed-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Signed-off-by: INAGAKI Hiroshi <musashino.open@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
All mt7622 devices except for the UBI-variant of the mt7622-rfb1 carry
metadata appended to the sysupgrade image.
Add it for the mt7622-rfb1-ubi as well and check it on sysupgrade to
avoid accidentally flashing firmware for the wrong device (or variant
or future DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION).
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
**What's new**
* Bring support for the Bananapi BPi-R64 to the level desirable for
a nice hackable routerboard.
* Use ARM Trusted Firmware A from source. (goodbye binary preloader)
* Use Das U-Boot from source. (see previous commit)
* Assemble SD-card image using OpenWrt image-commands.
(no gen_sd_cruz_foo.sh added, this is not Raspbian)
* Updated kernel options to support root filesystem.
* Updated DTS to match OpenWrt LAN ports, known LEDs, buttons, ...
* Detect root device, handle sysupgrade, config restore, ...
* Wire up (known) LEDs and buttons in OpenWrt-fashion.
* Build one set of images from SD-card and eMMC.
* Hopefully provide a good example of how things can be done right
from scratch.
**Installation and images**
* Have an empty SD-card at hand
* Write stuff to the card, as root (card device is /dev/mmcblkX)
- write header, gpt, bl2, atf, u-boot and recovery kernel:
`cat *bpi-r64-boot-sdcard.img *bpi-r64-initramfs-recovery.fit > /dev/mmcblkX`
- rescan partitions:
`blockdev --rereadpt /dev/mmcblkX`
- write main system to production partition:
`cat *bpi-r64-squashfs-sysupgrade.fit > /dev/mmcblkXp5`
* Installation to eMMC works using SD-card bootloader via TFTP
When running OpenWrt of SD-card, issue this to trigger installation
to eMMC:
`fw_setenv bootcmd run emmc_init`
Be prepared to serve the content of bin/targets/mediatek/mt7622 on
TFTP server address 192.168.1.254.
**What's missing**
* The red LED is always on, probably a hardware bug.
* AHCI (probably needs DTS changes)
* Ship SD-card image ready with every needed for eMMC install.
* The eMMC has a second, currently unused boot partition. This would
be ideal to store the WiFi EEPROM and Ethernet MAC address(es).
@sinovoip ideas?
Thanks to Thomas Hühn @thuehn for providing the hardware!
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
The vendor flash layout of the Linksys E8450 is problematic as it uses
the SPI-NAND chip without any wear-leveling while at the same time
wasting a lot of space for padding.
Use an all-UBI layout instead, storing the kernel+dtb+squashfs in
uImage.FIT standard format in UBI volume 'fit', the read-write
overlay in UBI volume 'rootfs_data' as well as reduntant U-Boot
environments 'ubootenv' and 'ubootenv2', and a 'recovery'
kernel+dtb+initramfs uImage.FIT for dual-boot.
** WARNING **
THIS PROCEDURE CAN EASILY BRICK YOUR DEVICE PERMANENTLY IF NOT CARRIED
OUT VERY CAREFULLY AND EXACTLY AS DESCRIBED!
Step 0
* Configure your PC to have the static IPv4 address 192.168.1.254/24
* Provide bin/targets/mediatek/mt7622 via TFTP
Now continue EITHER with step 1A or 1B, depending on your preference
(and on having serial console wired up or not).
Step 1A (Using the vendor web interface (or non-UBI OpenWrt install))
In order to update to the new bootloader and UBI-based firmware,
use the web browser of your choice to open the routers web-interface
accessible on http://192.168.1.1
* Navigate to
'Configuration' -> 'Administration' -> 'Firmware Upgrade'
* Upload the file
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery.itb
and proceed with the upgrade.
* Once OpenWrt comes up, use SCP to upload the new bootloader files to
/tmp on the router:
*-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin
*-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip
* Connect via SSH as you will now need to replace the bootloader in
the Flash.
ssh root@192.168.1.1
(the usual warnings)
* First of all, backup all the flash now:
for mtd in /dev/mtdblock*; do
dd if=$mtd of=/tmp/$(basename $mtd);
done
* Then use SCP to copy /tmp/mtdblock* from the router and keep them
safe. You will need them should you ever want to return to the
factory firmware!
* Now flow the uploaded files:
mtd -e /dev/mtd0 write /tmp/*linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin /dev/mtd0
mtd -e /dev/mtd1 write /tmp/*linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip /dev/mtd1
If and only if both writes look like the completed successfully
reboot the router. Now continue with step 2.
Step 1B (Using the vendor bootloader serial console)
* Use the serial to backup all /dev/mtd* devices before using the
stock firmware (you got root shell when connected to serial).
* Then reboot and select 'U-Boot Console' in the boot menu.
* Copy the following lines, one by one:
tftpboot 0x40080000 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-preloader.bin
tftpboot 0x40100000 openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-bl31-uboot.fip
nand erase 0x0 0x180000
nand write 0x40080000 0x0 0x180000
reset
Now continue with step 2
Step 2
Once the new bootchain comes up, the loader will initialize UBI and the
ubootenv volumes. It will then of course fail to find any bootable
volume and hence resort to load kernel via TFTP from server
192.168.1.254 while giving itself the address 192.168.1.1
The requested file is called
openwrt-mediatek-mt7622-linksys_e8450-ubi-initramfs-recovery.itb
and your TFTP server should provide exactly that :)
It will be written to UBI as recovery image and booted.
You can then continue and flash the production OS image, either
by using sysupgrade in the booted initramfs recovery OS, or by using
the bootloader menu and TFTP.
That's it. Go ahead and mess around with a bootchain built almost
completely from source (only DRAM calibration blobs are fitted in bl2,
and the irreplacable on-chip ROM loader remains, of course).
And enjoy U-Boot built with many great features out-of-the-box.
You can access the bootloader environment from within OpenWrt using the
'fw_printenv' and 'fw_setenv' commands. Don't be afraid, once you got
the new bootchain installed the device should be fairly unbrickable
(holding reset button before and during power-on resets things and
allows reflashing recovery image via TFTP)
Special thanks to @dvn0 (Devan Carpenter) for providing amazingly fast
infra for test-builds, allowing for `make clean ; make -j$(nproc)` in
less than two minutes :)
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
The Linksys E8450, also known as Belkin RT3200, is a dual-band
IEEE 802.11bgn/ac/ax router based on MediaTek MT7622BV and
MediaTek MT7915AN chips.
FCC: K7S-03571 and K7S-03572
Hardware highlights:
- CPU: MediaTek MT7622BV (2x ARM Cortex-A53 @ 1350 MHz max.)
- RAM: 512MB DDR3
- Flash: 128MB SPI-NAND (2k+64)
- Ethernet: MT7531BE switch with 5 1000Base-T ports
CPU port connected with 2500Base-X
- WiFi 2.4 GHz: 802.11bgn 4T4R built-in antennas
MT7622VB built-in
- WiFi 5 GHz: 802.11ac/ax 4T4R built-in antennas
MT7915AN chip on-board via PCIe
MT7975AN front-end
- Buttons: Reset and WPS
- LEDS: 3 user controllable LEDs, 4 wired to switch
- USB: USB2.0, single port
- no Bluetooth (supported by SoC, not wired on board)
- Serial: JST PH 2.0MM 6 Pin connector inside device
----_____________----
[ GND RX - TX - - ]
---------------------
- JTAG: unpopulated ARM JTAG 20-pin connector (works)
This commit adds support for the device in a way that is compatible
with the vendor firmware's bootloader and dual-boot flash layout, the
resulting image can directly be flashed using the vendor firmware.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Signed-off-by: Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
This commit adds support for the MT7622-based Elecom WRC-2533gent router,
with spi-nand storage and 512MB RAM.
The device has the following specifications:
* MT7622 (arm64 dual-core)
* 512MB RAM (DDR3)
* 4GB storage (spi-nand)
* 5x 1Gbps Ethernet (RTL8337C switch)
* 1x UART header
* 1x USB 3.0 port
* 5x LEDs
* 1x reset button
* 1x WPS button
* 1x slider switch
* 1x DC jack for main power (12V)
The following has been tested and is working:
* Ethernet switch
* 2.4g and 5g wifi
* USB 3.0 port
* sysupgrade
* buttons/leds
Not working:
* bluetooth firmware does not load even though it is present int he rootfs
Signed-off-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
This splits some base-files across subtargets, as done previously
on ath79 and ramips and also introduced for mt7629 subtarget here
already. Most of the existing base-files content is specific to
mt7623.
While at it, apply the following fixes:
- Remove lots of trailing whitespaces
- Remove wildcard on unielec,u7623-02-emmc-512m
- Remove inconsistent quotation marks in cases
Signed-off-by: Adrian Schmutzler <freifunk@adrianschmutzler.de>
Acked-by: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Chuanhong Guo
Adrian Schmutzler