[OpenWrt-Devel] [RFC 0/2]

[John Crispin]

On 21/11/2014 09:41, Matthias Schiffer wrote:
> Hi, this adds support for the new TP-LINK outdoor series
> CPE210/220/510/520 ("Pharos"). I'm sending this as a RFC as there
> is a still a number of open questions:
> 
> eth0 configuration ================== Looking at the log output of
> the stock firmware, it seems like the to ethernet ports both have
> their own MAC.
> 
> After booting OpenWrt, both ethernet ports are connected to the
> internal switch, which is connected to the CPUs GMAC1; I haven't
> been able to get a link on GMAC0 at all, so the current code of
> these patches only initializes GMAC1. I don't know if using both
> GMACs would be preferable, but it seems a bit strange like this, so
> maybe someone with some more insight into the Atheros SoCs could
> look at it or give me some hints?

if you connect tot he switch with 2 macs then you can do the lan/wan
segmenting via vlan'ing inside the swith without the need for a trunk
port and the matching vlan1/2 inside the network config. it would be
preferable to have both working. its not a reason to not merge though





> LED configuration ================= The CPEs have 6 controllable
> LEDs: LAN0, LAN1 and four WLAN signal indicators. Currently my
> patches configure all signal indicators using rssileds, but no 
> status or WLAN activity LEDs are left like this.
> 
> 
> Image generation ================ The new TP-LINK bootloader
> ("TP-LINK Safeloader") expects the kernel image in ELF format. I've
> tried building the ELF LZMA loader via Image/BuildLoader, but as
> soon as I added a kernel command line there, the image wouldn't
> boot at all. As a workaround, I'm using PatchKernelLzma and then
> build the LZMA loader using the patched kernel as LOADER_DATA.
> 
> Also, there's no initramfs support so far. (I've never used
> initramfs with OpenWrt, but it seems like all other image types
> support it?)
> 

initramfs is a ram boot image. the kernel has a rootfs inside and most
bootloader will allow you to boot hese without the need to actually
flash the image.



> 
> Apart from these issues, everything seems to work fine. I've only
> tested this on the CPE510 so far, but I don't see why it shouldn't
> work the same on the CPE210 (the stock firmware, "PharOS", also
> uses just one image for both devices). The CPE220 and CPE520
> variants aren't available yet, but as far as I can tell from the
> information in the manual book, the only difference is the antenna
> (lower angle, higher gain), so I've included them as supported
> devices as well.
> 
> 

looks good, i saw 2-3 mini details int he firmware tool which i will
fix up while merging.

one question, why the mach file and the leds named cpe501 and not say
cpe201 ? (just curious)

	John



> 
> Matthias Schiffer (2): firmware-utils: add new tool mktplinkfw3 for
> the new TP-LINK Pharos devices (CPE210/220/510/520) ar71xx: add
> support for TP-LINK CPE210/220/510/520
> 
> target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/etc/diag.sh         |   3 + 
> .../ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/01_leds     |  10 + 
> .../ar71xx/base-files/etc/uci-defaults/02_network  |   7 + 
> target/linux/ar71xx/base-files/lib/ar71xx.sh       |  40 +- 
> .../ar71xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh      |  32 ++ 
> target/linux/ar71xx/config-3.10                    |   1 + 
> .../ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-cpe510.c     | 107 +++++ 
> target/linux/ar71xx/generic/profiles/tp-link.mk    |  11 + 
> target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile                 |  27 ++ 
> .../610-MIPS-ath79-openwrt-machines.patch          |  23 +- 
> tools/firmware-utils/Makefile                      |   1 + 
> tools/firmware-utils/src/mktplinkfw3.c             | 469
> +++++++++++++++++++++ 12 files changed, 724 insertions(+), 7
> deletions(-) create mode 100644
> target/linux/ar71xx/files/arch/mips/ath79/mach-cpe510.c create mode
> 100644 tools/firmware-utils/src/mktplinkfw3.c
> 
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