openwrt/tools
Amish Vishwakarma d22fb7f4fd ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer C6 v3
The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer C6 v3 (FCC ID TE7A6V3)
The patch adds identification changes to the existing TP-Link Archer A6,
by Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>, which has identical hardware.

Specification
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MediaTek MT7621 SOC
RAM:         128MB DDR3
SPI Flash:   W25Q128 (16MB)
Ethernet:    MT7530 5x 1000Base-T
WiFi 5GHz:   Mediatek MT7613BE
WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603E
UART/Serial: 115200 8n1

Device Configuration & Serial Port Pins
---------------------------------------
ETH Ports:    LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN
             _______________________
             |                     |
Serial Pins: |   VCC GND TXD RXD   |
             |_____________________|

LEDs:         Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN

Build Output
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The build will generate following set of files
[1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin
[2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
[3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-c6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

How to Use - Flashing from TP-Link Web Interface
------------------------------------------------
* Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update".
* Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image: factory.bin[2]
* Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted.

TFTP Booting
------------
Setup a TFTP boot server with address 192.168.0.5.
While starting U-boot press '4' key to stop autoboot.
Copy the initramfs-kernel.bin[1] to TFTP server folder, rename as test.bin
From u-boot command prompt run tftpboot followed by bootm.

Recovery
--------
Archer A6 V3 has recovery page activated if SPI booting from flash fails.
Recovery page can be activated by powercycling the router four times
before the boot process is complete.
Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console.
Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1

Signed-off-by: Amish Vishwakarma <vishwakarma.amish@gmail.com>
[fix indent]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
2021-06-13 11:32:31 +02:00
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autoconf
autoconf-archive
automake
b43-tools
bc
bison
cbootimage
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ccache ccache: Build with ENABLE_DOCUMENTATION=OFF 2021-05-23 15:11:38 +02:00
cmake
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cpio tools: add cpio 2021-02-28 00:09:09 +00:00
dosfstools
e2fsprogs
elftosb
expat
fakeroot fakeroot: Alpine linux libc.musl build error fix 2021-05-23 15:11:19 +02:00
findutils
firmware-utils ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer C6 v3 2021-06-13 11:32:31 +02:00
flex
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isl tools/isl: bump to 0.24 2021-06-06 00:26:13 +02:00
kernel2minor
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libtool
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missing-macros
mkimage tools: mkimage: add patches for 64-bit MediaTek BootROM 2021-03-11 16:24:20 +00:00
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xxd tools/xxd: fix source URL 2021-03-01 16:39:17 +00:00
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