[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH v1] apm821xx: switch MX60(W)'s recovery images to multi-image method

[Christian Lamparter]

In the past, the MX60(W)'s recovery images always had problems
with the size restriction and never really worked without manual
intervention. But starting with 4.19, the MX60(W)'s kernel image
outgrew the allocated space for sysupgrade images as well. Hence
This patch reworks the initramfs, which allows the device to ease
up on the impossible tight kernel size requirements for the
sysupgrade creation and packaging. And as a result, the now
orphaned special ramdisk setup is removed in the process.

This new initramfs can be loaded through the MX60(W) U-boot
in the following way:

=> setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,$baudrate
=> tftpboot $meraki_loadaddr meraki_mx60-initramfs-kernel.bin
   [...]
   Load address: 0x800000
    Loading: ################################################ [...]
    done
   [...]

=> bootm $fileaddr
   \## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00800000 ...
    ...

Updated Flashing instructions for new installations which integrates
the new recovery method. Users of existing installations that only
want to sysupgrade don't need to update their existing u-boot env.

=> setenv owrt_load1 ubi read \${meraki_loadaddr} kernel
=> setenv owrt_load2 ubi read \${meraki_loadaddr} recovery
=> setenv lede_bootkernel bootm \${meraki_loadaddr_kernel} - \${meraki_loadaddr_fdt}
=> setenv owrt_bootkernel bootm \${meraki_loadaddr}
=> setenv owrt_bootargs setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,\${baudrate} rootfstype=squashfs mtdoops.mtddev=oops
=> setenv owrt_boot run meraki_ubi owrt_bootargs\; run owrt_load1 meraki_checkpart lede_bootkernel\; run owrt_load2 owrt_bootkernel
=> setenv bootcmd run owrt_boot
=> saveenv

For more information and the latest flashing guide:
please visit the OpenWrt Wiki Page for the MR60:
<https://openwrt.org/toh/meraki/mx60#flashing>

Signed-off-by: Chris Blake <chrisrblake93 at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at gmail.com>
---
 target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile | 28 +++-------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 1925a00d6e..a808a6342c 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -61,21 +61,6 @@ define Build/MerakiAdd-dtb
 	@mv $@.new $@
 endef
 
-define Build/MerakiAdd-initramfs
-	$(call Image/cpiogz)
-
-	-$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkimage -A $(LINUX_KARCH) -O linux -T ramdisk \
-		-C gzip -n "$(PROFILE) rootfs" \
-		-d $(KDIR_TMP)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-rootfs.cpio.gz \
-		$(KDIR_TMP)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-uramdisk.image.gz
-
-	( \
-		dd if=$@ bs=1k conv=sync; \
-		dd if=$(KDIR_TMP)/$(IMG_PREFIX)-uramdisk.image.gz bs=$(BLOCKSIZE) conv=sync; \
-	) > $@.new
-	@mv $@.new $@
-endef
-
 define Build/MerakiNAND
 	-$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkmerakifw \
 		-B $(BOARD_NAME) -s \
@@ -154,23 +139,16 @@ TARGET_DEVICES += meraki_mr24
 define Device/meraki_mx60
   DEVICE_TITLE := Cisco Meraki MX60/MX60W
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-spi-gpio kmod-usb-ledtrig-usbport kmod-usb-dwc2 \
-  kmod-usb-storage block-mount
+		     kmod-usb-storage block-mount
   BOARD_NAME := mx60
   DEVICE_DTS := meraki-mx60
   BLOCKSIZE := 63k
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.tar
   DTB_SIZE := 64512
-  # The kernel size will need to match the offset defined in mkmerakifw.c,
-  # otherwise the final image will fail to boot. This is set within the
-  # MX60 kernel header definition which is found at
-  # ./tools/firmware-utils/src/mkmerakifw.c, line 103~
-  KERNEL_SIZE := 2984k
   IMAGE_SIZE := 1021m
+  KERNEL_SIZE := 4031k
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | gzip | uImage gzip | MerakiAdd-dtb | MerakiNAND
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | gzip | uImage gzip | \
-		      check-size $$(KERNEL_SIZE) | \
-		      MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | \
-		      MerakiNAND
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | MuImage-initramfs gzip
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
   UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES += mx60
-- 
2.20.1


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