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authorVinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>2021-04-19 06:52:51 +0530
committerDavid Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>2021-05-26 23:10:14 +0200
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ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3
The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer A6 v3 The router is sold in US and India with FCC ID TE7A6V3 Specification ------------- 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 ------------ The build will generate following set of files [1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin [2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin [3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-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 from serial console only. Press 'x' while u-boot is starting Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console. Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1 Thanks to: Frankis for Randmon MAC address fix. Signed-off-by: Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com> [remove superfluous factory image definition, whitespacing] Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rw-r--r--tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c40
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
index 8a47e6a58f..ac83b686d8 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/src/tplink-safeloader.c
@@ -1061,7 +1061,44 @@ static struct device_info boards[] = {
.first_sysupgrade_partition = "os-image",
.last_sysupgrade_partition = "file-system",
},
+ /** Firmware layout for the Archer A6 v3 */
+ {
+ .id = "ARCHER-A6-V3",
+ .vendor = "",
+ .support_list =
+ "SupportList:\n"
+ "{product_name:Archer A6,product_ver:3.0.0,special_id:55530000}\n"
+ "{product_name:Archer A6,product_ver:3.0.0,special_id:54570000}\n",
+ .part_trail = 0x00,
+ .soft_ver = "soft_ver:1.0.5\n",
+ .partitions = {
+ {"fs-uboot", 0x00000, 0x40000},
+ {"firmware", 0x40000, 0xf60000},
+ {"default-mac", 0xfa0000, 0x00200},
+ {"pin", 0xfa0200, 0x00100},
+ {"device-id", 0xfa0300, 0x00100},
+ {"product-info", 0xfa0400, 0x0fc00},
+ {"default-config", 0xfb0000, 0x08000},
+ {"ap-def-config", 0xfb8000, 0x08000},
+ {"user-config", 0xfc0000, 0x0a000},
+ {"ag-config", 0xfca000, 0x04000},
+ {"certificate", 0xfce000, 0x02000},
+ {"ap-config", 0xfd0000, 0x06000},
+ {"router-config", 0xfd6000, 0x06000},
+ {"favicon", 0xfdc000, 0x02000},
+ {"logo", 0xfde000, 0x02000},
+ {"partition-table", 0xfe0000, 0x00800},
+ {"soft-version", 0xfe0800, 0x00100},
+ {"support-list", 0xfe0900, 0x00200},
+ {"profile", 0xfe0b00, 0x03000},
+ {"extra-para", 0xfe3b00, 0x00100},
+ {"radio", 0xff0000, 0x10000},
+ {NULL, 0, 0}
+ },
+ .first_sysupgrade_partition = "os-image",
+ .last_sysupgrade_partition = "file-system",
+ },
/** Firmware layout for the C60v1 */
{
.id = "ARCHER-C60-V1",
@@ -2826,7 +2863,8 @@ static void build_image(const char *output,
parts[4] = read_file("file-system", rootfs_image, add_jffs2_eof, file_system_partition);
/* Some devices need the extra-para partition to accept the firmware */
- if (strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-A7-V5") == 0 ||
+ if (strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-A6-V3") == 0 ||
+ strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-A7-V5") == 0 ||
strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-C2-V3") == 0 ||
strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-C7-V4") == 0 ||
strcasecmp(info->id, "ARCHER-C7-V5") == 0 ||