mtk-20170518/tools/firmware-utils/src/mktplinkfw-kernel.c, branch v17.01.0 MTK 20170518 : Mediatek SDK based on OpenWRT Barrier Breaker firmware-utils: kernel image generator for TP-Link RE450 2016-12-22T13:50:05+00:00 Tal Keren kooolk@gmail.com 2016-01-07T00:40:47+00:00 0d9d980ecd6fce5708003ed16c3238a680b1b16e The firmware image that is used in TP-Link RE450 (and some more devices from the RE series) is tplink-safeloader. In the kernel partition, the kernel is compressed in a regular tp-link firmware that is just used for booting. Since it is only used for compressing and booting, only four fields are filled in the header: Vendor, version, kernel load address and kernel entry point. mktplinkfw-kernel is a simpler version of mktpolinkfw that generate such images. It also specifies the hardware id (as it is in the product info section), so when doing a sysupgrade - the existing code will check for hardware compatibility. Signed-off-by: Tal Keren <kooolk@gmail.com> [rd@radekdostal.com: add build target to .../image/tp-link.mk] Signed-off-by: Radek Dostál <rd@radekdostal.com> 
The firmware image that is used in TP-Link RE450 (and some more devices from
the RE series) is tplink-safeloader.
In the kernel partition, the kernel is compressed in a regular tp-link
firmware that is just used for booting. Since it is only used for compressing
and booting, only four fields are filled in the header:
Vendor, version, kernel load address and kernel entry point.
mktplinkfw-kernel is a simpler version of mktpolinkfw that generate such
images. It also specifies the hardware id (as it is in the product info
section), so when doing a sysupgrade - the existing code will check for
hardware compatibility.

Signed-off-by: Tal Keren <kooolk@gmail.com>
[rd@radekdostal.com: add build target to .../image/tp-link.mk]
Signed-off-by: Radek Dostál <rd@radekdostal.com>