openwrt/package/boot
Alexandru Gagniuc 7801161c4b ipq807x: add support for Netgear WAX218
Netgear WAX218 is a 802.11ax AP claiming AX3600 support. It is wall
or ceiling mountable. It can be powered via PoE, or a 12 V adapter.

The board has footprints for 2.54mm UART headers. They're difficult to
solder because the GND is connected to a large copper plane. Only try
soldering if you are very skilled. Otherwise, use pogo pins.

Specifications:
---------------
    * CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8072A Quad core Cortex-A53 2.2GHz
    * RAM: 366 MB of RAM available to OS, not sure of total amount
    * Storage: Macronix MX30UF2G18AC 256MB NAND
    * Ethernet:
            * 2.5G RJ45 port (QCA8081) with PoE input
    * WLAN:
            * 2.4GHz/5GHz with 8 antennas
    * LEDs:
            * Power (Amber)
            * LAN (Blue)
            * 2G WLAN (Blue)
            * 5G WLAN (Blue)
    * Buttons:
            * 1x Factory reset
    * Power: 12V DC Jack
    * UART: Two 4-pin unpopulated headers near the LEDs
            * "J2 UART" is the CPU UART, 3.3 V level

Installation:
=============

Web UI method
-------------

Flashing OpenWRT using the vendor's Web UI is problematic on this
device. The u-boot mechanism for communicating the active rootfs is
antiquated and unreliable. Instead of setting the kernel commandline,
it relies on patching the DTS partitions of the nand node. The way
partitions are patched is incompatible with newer kernels.

Newer kernels use the SMEM partition table, which puts "rootfs" on
mtd12. The vendor's Web UI will flash to either mtd12 or mtd14. One
reliable way to boot from mtd14 and avoid boot loops is to use an
initramfs image.

 1. In the factory web UI, navigate to System Manager -> Firmware.
 2. In the "Local Firmware Upgrade" section, click Browse
 3. Navigate and select the 'web-ui-factory.fit' image
 4. Click "Upload"
 5. On the following page, click on "Proceed"

The flash proceeds at this point and the system will reboot
automatically to OpenWRT.

 6. Flash the 'nand-sysupgrade.bin' using Luci or the commandline

SSH method
----------

Enable SSH using the CLI or Web UI. The root account is locked out to
ssh, and the admin account defaults to Netgear's CLI application.
So we need to get creative:

First, make sure the device boots from the second firmware partition:

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 1

Then reboot the device, and run the update:

    scp -O -o kexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 \
        -o hostkeyalgorithms=ssh-rsa \
        netgear_wax218-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi \
        admin@<ipaddr>:/tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/ubiformat /dev/mtd12 -f /tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 0

Now reboot the device, and it should boot into a ready-to-use OpenWRT.

Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Marko <robimarko@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Francisco G Luna <frangonlun@gmail.com>
2023-03-20 11:40:36 -05:00
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arm-trusted-firmware-bcm63xx trusted-firmware-a.mk: pass DTC path similar to u-boot.mk 2022-08-28 19:01:55 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-mediatek arm-trusted-firmware-mediatek: update to sources of 2022-08-31 2022-08-31 21:10:39 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu: Use host flags for cryptest compilation 2022-12-31 19:55:42 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-rockchip atf-rockchip: update to 2.3 2020-07-28 15:52:44 +02:00
arm-trusted-firmware-sunxi arm-trusted-firmware-sunxi: Use common trusted-firmware-a.mk 2022-12-31 19:03:00 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-tools arm-trusted-firmware-tools: update to v2.7 2022-09-07 04:22:40 +01:00
at91bootstrap at91bootstrap: use sdmmc0 as booting media for sama5d27_som1_ek 2022-09-02 20:43:51 +02:00
fconfig treewide: unify OpenWrt hosted source via @OPENWRT 2021-02-05 12:00:24 -10:00
grub2 grub2: re-add test module 2023-02-26 22:22:48 +01:00
imx-bootlets imx-bootlets: refresh patches 2021-02-24 16:15:02 +01:00
kexec-tools kexec-tools: update to 2.0.26 2023-03-01 22:13:27 +01:00
kobs-ng kobs-ng: update dependencies after 'imx6' -> 'imx' rename 2021-11-03 12:45:40 +01:00
mt7623n-preloader mt7623n-preloader: remove mt7622-preloader 2021-02-28 04:12:23 +00:00
tfa-layerscape tfa-layerscape: Use trusted-firmware-a.mk 2022-12-31 20:02:09 +01:00
uboot-at91 uboot-at91: use sdmmc0 as booting media for sama5d27_som1_ek 2022-09-02 20:43:51 +02:00
uboot-bcm4908 uboot-bcm4908: update to the latest generic 2022-12-08 12:10:21 +01:00
uboot-envtools ipq807x: add support for Netgear WAX218 2023-03-20 11:40:36 -05:00
uboot-fritz4040 uboot-fritz4040: build FritzBox 7520 variant 2022-10-20 17:42:06 +02:00
uboot-imx uboot-imx: pico-pi-imx7d: fix wrong make flags overriding 2022-07-12 09:25:43 +02:00
uboot-kirkwood uboot-kirkwood: build with kirkwood generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:52 +01:00
uboot-lantiq uboot-lantiq: danube: fix hanging lzma kernel uncompression 2021-11-27 21:49:10 +01:00
uboot-layerscape layerscape: Switch LS1012A-FRDM initramfs to gzip 2022-11-27 13:18:29 +01:00
uboot-mediatek uboot-mediatek: mark all packages as hidden 2023-03-04 16:27:25 +01:00
uboot-mvebu uboot-mvebu: update to version 2023.01 2023-01-17 23:17:33 +01:00
uboot-mxs uboot-mxs: build with mxs generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:52 +01:00
uboot-omap uboot-omap: build with omap generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:54 +01:00
uboot-oxnas treewide: use AUTORELEASE on all uboot-* packages 2021-10-02 21:26:12 +02:00
uboot-rockchip uboot-rockchip: drop CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 2022-06-19 12:31:02 +02:00
uboot-sunxi arm-trusted-firmware-sunxi: Use common trusted-firmware-a.mk 2022-12-31 19:03:00 +01:00
uboot-tegra uboot-tegra: build with tegra generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:53 +01:00
uboot-zynq uboot-zynq: build with zynq generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:53 +01:00