mtk-20170518/target/linux/ipq806x/image, branch master

build: add mkrasimage

2018-08-28T09:26:53+00:00

The current make-ras.sh image generation script for the ZyXEL NBG6617
has portability issues with bash. Because of this, factory images are
currently not built correctly by the OpenWRT buildbots.

This commit replaces the make-ras.sh by C-written mkrasimage.

The new mkrasimage is also compatible with other ZyXEL devices using
the ras image-format.
This is not tested with the NBG6616 but it correctly builds the
header for ZyXEL factory image.

Signed-off-by: David Bauer

ipq806x: add support for NEC Aterm WG2600HP

2018-06-19T18:46:01+00:00

NEC Aterm WG2600HP is a 2.4/5 GHz band 11ac router, based on Qualcomm
IPQ8064.

Specification:

- IPQ8064 (384 - 1,400 MHz)
- 512 MB of RAM
- 32 MB of Flash (SPI)
- 4T4R 2.4/5 GHz
- 5x 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet
- 12x LEDs, 4x keys
- 1x USB 3.0 Type-A
- UART header on PCB
  - RX, TX, NC, GND, Vcc from power connector side
  - baudrate: 115200 bps

Flash instruction using initramfs image:
1. Connect serial cable to UART header
2. Connect power cable and turn on the router
3. When the "Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode"
message is displayed on the console, press the "f" key and Enter key
sequentially to enter the failsafe mode
4. create fw_env.config file with following contents on failsafe mode:
  /dev/mtd9 0x0 0x10000 0x10000
5. Execute following commands to add and change the environment
variables of U-Boot
  fw_setenv ipaddr "192.168.0.1"
  fw_setenv serverip "192.168.0.2"
  fw_setenv autostart "yes"
  fw_setenv bootcmd "tftpboot 0x44000000 wg2600hp-initramfs.bin;
  bootipq"
6. Set the IP address of the computer to 192.168.0.2, connect to the LAN
port of WG2600HP, and start the TFTP server on the computer
7. Rename OpenWrt initramfs image for WG2600HP to
"wg2600hp-initramfs.bin" and place it in the TFTP directory
8. Remove power cable from WG2600HP, reconnect it and restart WG2600HP
9. WG2600HP downloads initramfs image from TFTP server on the computer,
loads it and boot with initramfs image
10. On the initramfs image, execute "mtd erase firmware" to erase stock
firmware and execute sysupgrade with the sysupgrade image
11. Wait ~180 seconds to complete flashing

Signed-off-by: INAGAKI Hiroshi

ipq806x: define KERNEL_SIZE in KB instead of byte for the image generation

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

ipq806x: increase kernel partition size for the Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500v2

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

Starting with kernel 4.14 and gcc 7, the kernel doesn't fit into the
2 MB reserved for the kernel partition by the OEM firmware anymore.

This patch increases the kernel partition from 2 MB to 4 MB, at the
expense of the rootfs, for all supported kernels.

WARNING: This breaks sysupgrade! Flashing a firmware containing this
changed partitioning from an older image with 2 MB reserved for the
kernel partion requires the tftp recovery procedure, thereby losing
all settings.

This change follows the functional example of the Netgear r7800, but
has not been runtime tested on a Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500v2.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

ipq806x: increase kernel partition size for the Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

Starting with kernel 4.14 and gcc 7, the kernel doesn't fit into the
2 MB reserved for the kernel partition by the OEM firmware anymore.

This patch increases the kernel partition from 2 MB to 4 MB, at the
expense of the rootfs, for all supported kernels.

WARNING: This breaks sysupgrade! Flashing a firmware containing this
changed partitioning from an older image with 2 MB reserved for the
kernel partion requires the tftp recovery procedure, thereby losing
all settings.

This change follows the functional example of the Netgear r7800, but
has not been runtime tested on a Netgear Nighthawk X4 R7500

Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann 
Cc: Jonas Gorski

ipq806x: increase kernel partition size for the Netgear Nighthawk X4 D7800

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

Starting with kernel 4.14 and gcc 7, the kernel doesn't fit into the
2 MB reserved for the kernel partition by the OEM firmware anymore.

This patch increases the kernel partition from 2 MB to 4 MB, at the
expense of the rootfs, for all supported kernels.

WARNING: This breaks sysupgrade! Flashing a firmware containing this
changed partitioning from an older image with 2 MB reserved for the
kernel partion requires the tftp recovery procedure, thereby losing
all settings.

This change follows the functional example of the Netgear r7800, but
has not been runtime tested on a Netgear Nighthawk X4 D7800.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann 
Cc: Tathagata Das

ipq806x: increase kernel partition size for the TP-Link Archer VR2600v

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

The default image does not fit 2 MB anymore, expand kernel partition
to 3 MB.

Upgrading should work transparently via sysupgrade in both directions.
Another option would be to merge "kernel" and "rootfs" into a single
"firmware" partition using MTD_SPLIT_TPLINK_FW, but just changing the
sizes of the existing partitioning has been deemed safer in the absence
of an actual runtime test on an affected device; the maximum for rootfs
changes from 10.4 MB to 9.4 MB.

This change follows the example for the TP-Link Archer C2600, but has
not been runtime tested on a TP-Link Archer VR2600v.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann 
Cc: Sebastian Quilitz

ipq806x: increase kernel partition size for the Netgear r7800

2018-05-22T18:34:14+00:00

Starting with kernel 4.14 and gcc 7, the kernel doesn't fit into the
2 MB reserved for the kernel partition by the OEM firmware anymore.

This patch increases the kernel partition from 2 MB to 4 MB, at the
expense of the rootfs, for all supported kernels.

WARNING: This breaks sysupgrade! Flashing a firmware containing this
changed partitioning from an older image with 2 MB reserved for the
kernel partion requires the tftp recovery procedure, thereby losing
all settings.

This patch is based on a corresponding change by Pavel Kubelun
 and has been tested by Michael Yartys


Signed-off-by: Stefan Lippers-Hollmann

build: consolidate fake uImage header build commands

2018-04-20T18:58:52+00:00

Merge the two existing functions and use a parameter for the type
header field.

It updates the syntax of the former mpc85xx fake ramdisk header
command to be compatible with mkimage from u-boot 2018.03 and fixes the
build error spotted by the build bot.

Signed-off-by: Mathias Kresin

ipq806x: add support for Compex WPQ864

2018-03-15T07:17:10+00:00

Hardware highlights:
- SoC: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8064/5 ARM Dual Core CPU
- RAM: (512MB or 1GB) DDR3 System Memory
- Storage: 32MB NOR (Cypress S25FL256S1)
           256MB NAND (Micron MT29F2G08ABBEAH4)
- Ethernet: 5 x 1G via QCA8337N
- USB: 1 x USB 2.0/3.0 + 1 x USB 2.0 on mini PCIe3 socket
- PCIe: 3x mini PCIe (third mini PCIE3 is PCIe/USB shared)
- SIM Card Slot: 2 x Slot
- Buttons: Reset Button
- LEDs: 18x, 8x GPIO controllable
- Buzzer

The correct amount of RAM will be passed by the bootloader.

In contrast to the documentation provided by Compex, the third PCIe
doesn't use GPIO16 for PERST. Instead, GPIO3 is shared and used as PERST
for PCIe0 and PCIe2.

So far, no one was able to get USB 3.0 working with the 1GB RAM version,
while it works fine for my 512MB version. Since USB 3.0 doesn't work with
the Compex firmware for the 1G variant either, it could be a hardware
issue with these boards.

OpenWrt will be installed to the NAND flash. Make sure to have a full
working image on the NOR flash. It will be the backup in case anything
goes wrong.

It has been observed that an image loaded via tftpboot might have
bitflips. Hence the extra step to create a crc32 checksum to allow to
compare the checksum with the one from the source file prior to flashing.

In all cases it is necessary to set the following u-boot parameter to an
empty (whitespace) value, to ensure that the chosen bootargs of the dts
isn't overwritten or set to bogus - not working - values:

  (IPQ) # set bootargs " "
  (IPQ) # set fsbootargs " "
  (IPQ) # saveenv

The sysupgrade image can be installed directly on flash using u-boot (put
jumper in JP13 (leave JP9 open) to boot from nand):

  (IPQ) # set serverip 192.168.1.20
  (IPQ) # set ipaddr 192.168.1.1

  (IPQ) # tftpboot 0x42000000 openwrt-ipq806x-compex_wpq864-squashfs-nand-factory.bin
  (IPQ) # crc32 0x42000000 $filesize

  (IPQ) # nand erase 0x1340000 0x4000000
  (IPQ) # nand write 0x42000000 0x1340000 $filesize

The initramfs image can be started using:

  (IPQ) # set fdt_high 0x48000000
  (IPQ) # tftpboot 0x44000000 openwrt-ipq806x-compex_wpq864-initramfs-fit-uImage.itb
  (IPQ) # bootm 0x44000000

Signed-off-by: Christian Mehlis 
Signed-off-by: Mathias Kresin