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Edward Chow 50f727b773 ath79: add support for Linksys EA4500 v3
Add support for the Linksys EA4500 v3 wireless router

Hardware
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SoC:    Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
RAM:    128M DDR2 (Winbond W971GG6KB-25)
FLASH:  128M SPI-NAND (Spansion S34ML01G100TFI00)
WLAN:   QCA9558 3T3R 802.11 bgn
        QCA9580 3T3R 802.11 an
ETH:    Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
UART:   115200 8n1, same as ea4500 v2
USB:	1 single USB 2.0 host port
BUTTON: Reset - WPS
LED:    1x system-LED
        LEDs besides the ethernet ports are controlled
        by the ethernet switch

MAC Address:
 use        address(sample 1)    source
 label      94:10:3e:xx:xx:6f   caldata@cal_macaddr
 lan        94:10:3e:xx:xx:6f   $label
 wan        94:10:3e:xx:xx:6f   $label
 WiFi4_2G   94:10:3e:xx:xx:70   caldata@cal_ath9k_soc
 WiFi4_5G   94:10:3e:xx:xx:71   caldata@cal_ath9k_pci

Installation from Serial Console
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1. Connect to the serial console. Power up the device and interrupt
   autoboot when prompted

2. Connect a TFTP server reachable at 192.168.1.0/24
   (e.g. 192.168.1.66) to the ethernet port. Serve the OpenWrt
   initramfs image as "openwrt.bin"

3. To test OpenWrt only, go to step 4 and never execute step 5;
   To install, auto_recovery should be disabled first, and boot_part
   should be set to 1 if its current value is not.

   ath> setenv auto_recovery no
   ath> setenv boot_part 1
   ath> saveenv

4. Boot the initramfs image using U-Boot

   ath> setenv serverip 192.168.1.66
   ath> tftpboot 0x84000000 openwrt.bin
   ath> bootm

5. Copy the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device using scp and
   install it like a normal upgrade (with no need to keeping config
   since no config from "previous OpenWRT installation" could be kept
   at all)

   # sysupgrade -n /path/to/openwrt/sysupgrade.bin

Note: Like many other routers produced by Linksys, it has a dual
      firmware flash layout, but because I do not know how to handle
      it, I decide to disable it for more usable space. (That is why
      the "auto_recovery" above should be disabled before installing
      OpenWRT.) If someone is interested in generating factory
      firmware image capable to flash from stock firmware, as well as
      restoring the dual firmware layout, commented-out layout for the
      original secondary partitions left in the device tree may be a
      useful hint.

Installation from Web Interface
------------

1. Login to the router via its web interface (default password: admin)

2. Find the firmware update interface under "Connectivity/Basic"

3. Choose the OpenWrt factory image and click "Start"

4. If the router still boots into the stock firmware, it means that
   the OpenWrt factory image has been installed to the secondary
   partitions and failed to boot (since OpenWrt on EA4500 v3 does not
   support dual boot yet), and the router switched back to the stock
   firmware on the primary partitions. You have to install a stock
   firmware (e.g. 3.1.6.172023, downloadable from
   https://www.linksys.com/support-article?articleNum=148385 ) first
   (to the secondary partitions) , and after that, install OpenWrt
   factory image (to the primary partitions). After successful
   installation of OpenWrt, auto_recovery will be automatically
   disabled and router will only boot from the primary partitions.

Signed-off-by: Edward Chow <equu@openmail.cc>
2022-10-30 23:14:45 +01:00
.github CI: kernel: fix deprecation of set-output 2022-10-21 16:09:19 +02:00
config scripts/download.pl: make the download tool configurable 2022-10-20 00:35:19 +02:00
include kernel: bump 5.15 to 5.15.76 2022-10-30 17:57:25 +01:00
LICENSES LICENSES: include all used licenses in LICENSES directory 2021-02-14 19:21:38 +01:00
package ath79: add support for Linksys EA4500 v3 2022-10-30 23:14:45 +01:00
scripts scripts/download.pl: pass aria2 config in ENV only 2022-10-20 20:38:31 +02:00
target ath79: add support for Linksys EA4500 v3 2022-10-30 23:14:45 +01:00
toolchain toolchain: gcc: Remove gcc 10.x support 2022-10-23 22:53:33 +02:00
tools tools/mkimage: bring back removed patches 2022-10-23 16:29:59 +01:00
.gitattributes add .gitattributes to prevent the git autocrlf option from messing with CRLF/LF in files 2012-05-08 13:30:49 +00:00
.gitignore .gitgnore: add llvm-bpf 2021-11-21 18:18:01 +01:00
BSDmakefile build: use SPDX license tags 2021-02-05 14:54:47 +01:00
Config.in build: scripts/config - update to kconfig-v5.14 2022-02-19 13:10:01 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: add COPYING file to specify project licenses 2021-02-14 19:21:38 +01:00
feeds.conf.default feeds: use git-src-full to allow Git versioning 2022-02-15 00:24:24 +01:00
Makefile Makefile: fix stray \ warnings with grep-3.8 2022-09-27 16:45:08 +02:00
README.md README: add download section 2022-10-06 16:08:24 +02:00
rules.mk rules.mk: move DOWNLOAD_CHECK_CERTIFICATE to include/download.mk 2022-10-05 17:49:19 +02:00

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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.

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  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.

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  • 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).

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