[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] apm821xx: switch MR24's initramfs to multi-image method

[Christian Lamparter]

The recent change to switch to gcc 7.3 broke the image
generation code, as the kernel would no longer fit into
KERNEL_SIZE.

This patch fixes the issue by reworking the initramfs
creation and packaging, which will get rid of the
KERNEL_SIZE check in the process.

This new initramfs can be loaded through the MR24 U-boot
in the following way:

=> setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
=> setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,$baudrate
=> tftpboot c00000 192.168.1.2:meraki_mr24-initramfs-kernel.bin
[...]
Load address: 0xc00000
Loading: ################################################ [...]
done
    Bytes transferred = 5952544 (5ad420 hex)
    => bootm $fileaddr
    \## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 00c00000 ...
    ...

For more information and the latest flashing guide:
please visit the OpenWrt Wiki Page for the MR24:
<https://openwrt.org/toh/meraki/mr24#flashing>

Cc: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
Signed-off-by: Christian Lamparter <chunkeey at gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Chris Blake <chrisrblake93 at gmail.com>
---
 target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
index 82a857a4d0..4e6b6e4995 100644
--- a/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/apm821xx/image/Makefile
@@ -75,13 +75,9 @@ define Device/meraki_mr24
   BLOCKSIZE := 63k
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.tar
   DTB_SIZE := 64512
-  KERNEL_SIZE := 1984k
   IMAGE_SIZE := 8191k
   KERNEL := kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | MerakiAdd-dtb | MerakiNAND
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux | lzma | uImage lzma | \
-		      check-size $$(KERNEL_SIZE) | \
-		      MerakiAdd-dtb | pad-to 2047k | MerakiAdd-initramfs | \
-		      MerakiNAND
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | lzma | dtb | MuImage-initramfs lzma
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
   UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
   SUPPORTED_DEVICES += mr24
@@ -123,7 +119,7 @@ define Build/create-uImage-dtb
 	@mv $@.new $@
 endef
 
-define Build/wndr4700-specialImage
+define Build/MuImage-initramfs
 	rm -rf $@.fakerd $@.new
 
 	dd if=/dev/zero of=$@.fakerd bs=32 count=1 conv=sync
@@ -170,7 +166,7 @@ define Device/netgear_wndr4700
   KERNEL_SIZE := 1920k
   KERNEL := dtb | kernel-bin | lzma | uImage lzma | pad-offset $$(BLOCKSIZE) 64 | \
 	  append-uImage-fakeroot-hdr
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | wndr4700-specialImage gzip
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := kernel-bin | gzip | dtb | MuImage-initramfs gzip
   IMAGE/factory.img := create-uImage-dtb | append-kernel | pad-to 2M | append-ubi | \
 		       netgear-dni | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.tar := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
-- 
2.16.2
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