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David Bauer f0445746f6 mediatek: add support for ZyXEL NWA50AX Pro
Hardware
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CPU:    Mediatek MT7981
RAM:    512M DDR4
FLASH:  256M NAND
ETH:    MaxLinear GPY211 (2.5GbE N Base-T)
WiFi:   Mediatek MT7981 (2.4GHz 2T2R:2 5GHz 3T3R:2 802.11ax)
BTN:    1x Reset
LED:    1x Multi-Color

UART Console
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Available below the rubber cover next to the ethernet port.

Settings: 115200 8N1

Layout:

<12V> <LAN> GND-RX-TX-VCC

Logic-Level is 3V3. Don't connect VCC to your UART adapter!

Installation Web-UI
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Upload the Factory image using the devices Web-Interface.

As the device uses a dual-image partition layout, OpenWrt can only
installed on Slot A. This requires the current active image prior
flashing the device to be on Slot B.

In case this is not the case, OpenWrt will boot only one time, returning
to the ZyXEL firmware the second boot.

If this happens, first install a ZyXEL firmware upgrade of any version
and install OpenWrt after that.

Installation TFTP / Recovery
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This installation routine is especially useful in case of a bricked
device.

Attach to the UART console header of the device. Interrupt the boot
procedure by pressing Enter.

The bootloader has a reduced command-set available from CLI, but more
commands can be executed by abusing the atns command.

Boot a OpenWrt initramfs image available on a TFTP server at
192.168.1.66. Rename the image to nwa50axpro-openwrt-initramfs.bin.

 $ atnf nwa50axpro-openwrt-initramfs.bin
 $ atna 192.168.1.88
 $ atns "192.168.1.66; tftpboot; setenv fdt_high 0xffffffffffffffff;
   bootm"

Upon booting, set the booted image to the correct slot:

 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd9 get-status
 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd9 set-image-status 0 valid
 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd9 set-active-image 0

Copy the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device using scp.
Write the sysupgrade image to NAND using sysupgrade.

 $ sysupgrade -n image.bin

Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
2023-07-21 20:28:13 +02:00
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README.md

OpenWrt logo

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!

Download

Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.

If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.

An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:

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 python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which

Quickstart

  1. Run ./scripts/feeds update -a to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default

  2. Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/

  3. Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

  4. Run make to 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.

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.

  • LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.

  • OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.

  • OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.

  • 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 #openwrt on oftc.net.

Developer Community

License

OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0