[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] ar71xx: ubnt-m-xw: Fix factory image flashing using TFTP recovery

[Petr Štetiar]

This is backport of the same functionality in ath79, from commit
 d42a7c469 ("ath79: ubnt-m-xw: Fix factory image flashing using TFTP
             recovery method")

Ubiquity allows flashing of unsigned factory images via TFTP recovery
method[1]. They claim in airOS v6.0.7 release changelog[2] following:

 All future airOS versions will be signed in this way and not allow
 unsigned firmware to be loaded except via TFTP.

U-boot bootloader on M-XW devices expects factory image revision
version in specific format. On airOS v6.1.7 with `U-Boot 1.1.4-s1039
(May 24 2017 - 15:58:18)` bootloader checks if the revision major(?)
number is actually a number, but in currently generated images there's
OpenWrt text and so the check fails:

 Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
 Setting default IP 192.168.1.20
 Starting TFTP server...
 Receiving file from 192.168.1.25:38438
 Received 4981148 bytes
 Firmware check failed! (1)

By placing arbitrary correct number first in major version, we make the
bootloader happy and we can flash factory images over TFTP again:

 Received 3801500 bytes
 Firmware Version: XW.ar934x.v6.0.4-42.OpenWrt-r9766+2-be42e44
 Setting U-Boot environment variables
 Un-Protected 1 sectors
 Erasing Flash.... done

Patch provided by AREDN[3] project, tested on Bullet M2 XW.

1. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204910124-UniFi-TFTP-Recovery-for-Bricked-Access-Points
2. https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XW-fw/v6.0.7/changelog.txt
3. https://github.com/aredn

Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz at true.cz>
---
 target/linux/ar71xx/image/generic-ubnt.mk | 13 +++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/generic-ubnt.mk b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/generic-ubnt.mk
index 5db5c87..84471a5 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/generic-ubnt.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/generic-ubnt.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE
+DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE UBNT_VERSION UBNT_REVISION
+
+# On M (XW) devices the U-Boot as of version 1.1.4-s1039 doesn't like
+# VERSION_DIST being on the place of major(?) version number, so we need to
+# use some number.
+UBNT_REVISION := $(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION)
 
 # mkubntimage is using the kernel image direct
 # routerboard creates partitions out of the ubnt header
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ define Build/mkubntimage-split
 	dd if=$@ of=$@.old1 bs=1024k count=1; \
 	dd if=$@ of=$@.old2 bs=1024k skip=1; \
 	$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfwimage \
-		-B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v6.0.0-$(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION) \
+		-B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v$(UBNT_VERSION)-$(UBNT_REVISION) \
 		-k $@.old1 \
 		-r $@.old2 \
 		-o $@; \
@@ -36,12 +41,14 @@ endef
 # UBNT_BOARD e.g. one of (XS2, XS5, RS, XM)
 # UBNT_TYPE e.g. one of (BZ, XM, XW)
 # UBNT_CHIP e.g. one of (ar7240, ar933x, ar934x)
+# UBNT_VERSION e.g. one of (6.0.0, 8.5.0)
 define Device/ubnt
   DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb-core kmod-usb2
   DEVICE_PROFILE := UBNT
   IMAGE_SIZE := 7552k
   MTDPARTS := spi0.0:256k(u-boot)ro,64k(u-boot-env)ro,7552k(firmware),256k(cfg)ro,64k(EEPROM)ro
   UBNT_BOARD := XM
+  UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.0
   IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin factory.bin
   IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
   IMAGE/factory.bin := $$(IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin) | mkubntimage-split
@@ -60,6 +67,8 @@ define Device/ubnt-xw
   DEVICE_PACKAGES += rssileds
   UBNT_TYPE := XW
   UBNT_CHIP := ar934x
+  UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.4
+  UBNT_REVISION := 42.$(UBNT_REVISION)
 endef
 
 define Device/ubnt-bz
-- 
1.9.1


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