[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH v2] ramips: Add support for Head Weblink HDRM200

[Kristian Evensen]

Hi Petr,

Thanks a lot for your feedback. I have implemented most of it and the
board seems to work fine, but I have some questions.

On Fri, May 3, 2019 at 6:32 PM Petr Štetiar <ynezz at true.cz> wrote:
> > In order to install OpenWRT, you first need to compile an initramfs
> > (ramdisk)-image for the device.
>
> if the ramdisk image is needed, then we probably should enable it for that
> target and provide it, we shouldn't demand end users to build the ramdisk
> images by themselves in order to be able to install OpenWrt, right?
>
> This needs adding `ramdisk` in FEATURES in target.mk.

I agree, building a ramdisk-image by default would be preferable.
However, wont adding ramdisk to FEATURES build a ramdisk image for all
mt7620-boards? Do you know any way to avoid that?

Also, I am having some issues getting a ramdisk image to be built by
default. After adding ramdisk to FEATURES, I still need to manually
choose to build a ramdisk image. I have spent some time looking into
the different mk-files to try to figure out what could be wrong, but
without any luck. Do you have any pointers?

> > The image should now be loaded to memory and board boot. If the router
> > reboots while the image is loading, you need to try again.
>
> Why does it reboot? Is there any kind of watchdog? Do you get any error in the
> bootloader?

Why the board reboots is a good question. I tried to ask the
manufacturer, but got no answer. There are no errors  as the board
just suddenly reboots, but I do suspect that there is some kind of
watchdog triggering the reboots. The reboot seems to occur after
roughly the same time, but something needs to happen for the reboot to
be triggered. For example, I can idle on the bootloader command line
for as long as I want. However, if I wait sufficiently long before
pressing enter, then the board reboots.

> > +&pinctrl {
> > +     state_default: pinctrl0 {
> > +             default {
> > +                     ralink,group = "i2c", "uartf", "pa", "spi refclk", "wled";
> > +                     ralink,function = "gpio";
> > +             };
> > +     };
> > +};
>
> ...

I have to admit that I don't understand what you are refering to there
(unless it is the too long "ralink,group"-line) :)

Thanks again for your comments!

BR,
Kristian

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