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This commit adds support for the TP-Link Deco M4R (it can also be M4, TP-Link uses both names) v1 and v2. It is similar hardware-wise to the Archer C6 v2. Software-wise it is very different. V2 has a bit different layout from V1 but the chips are the same and the OEM firmware is the same for both versions. Specifications: SoC: QCA9563-AL3A RAM: Zentel A3R1GE40JBF Wireless 2.4GHz: QCA9563-AL3A (main SoC) Wireless 5GHz: QCA9886 Ethernet Switch: QCA8337N-AL3C Flash: 16 MB SPI NOR Flashing: The device's bootloader only accepts images that are signed using TP-Link's RSA key, therefore this way of flashing is not possible. The device has a web GUI that should be accessible after setting up the device using the app (it requires the app to set it up first because the web GUI asks for the TP-Link account password) but for unknown reasons, the web GUI also refuses custom images. There is a debug firmware image that has been shared on the device's OpenWrt forum thread that has telnet unlocked, which the bootloader will accept because it is signed. It can be used to transfer an OpenWrt image file over to the device and then be used with mtd to flash the device. Pre-requisites: - Debug firmware. - A way of transferring the file to the router, you can use an FTP server as an example. - Set a static IP of 192.168.0.2/255.255.255.0 on your computer. - OpenWrt image. Installation: - Unplug your router and turn it upside down. Using a long and thin object like a SIM unlock tool, press and hold the reset button on the router and replug it. Keep holding it until the LED flashes yellow. - Open 192.168.0.1. You should see the bootloader recovery's webpage. Choose the debug firmware that you downloaded and flash it. Wait until the router reboots (at this stage you can remove the static IP). - Open a terminal window and connect to the router via telnet (the primary router should have a 192.168.0.1 IP address, secondary routers are different). - Transfer the file over to the router, you can use curl to download it from the internet (use the insecure flag and make sure your source accepts insecure downloads) or from an FTP server. - The router's default mtd partition scheme has kernel and rootfs separated. We can use dd to split the OpenWrt image file and flash it with mtd: dd if=openwrt.bin of=kernel.bin skip=0 count=8192 bs=256 dd if=openwrt.bin of=rootfs.bin skip=8192 bs=256 - Once the images are ready, you have to flash the device using mtd (make sure to flash the correct partitions or you may be left with a hard bricked router): mtd write kernel.bin kernel mtd write rootfs.bin rootfs - Flashing is done, reboot the device now. Signed-off-by: Foica David <superh552@gmail.com> |
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OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
Sunshine!
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or MacOSX system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.6+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0