[PATCH 1/2] realtek: Add generic zyxel_gs1900 image definition

[Bjørn Mork]

Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> writes:

> I used the wrong AAHI magic and it was possible to falsh the image
> over the Web UI, buit the image did not boot, it was unable to find
> the root fs for me.

That's odd.  Didn't work in my tests, but I've only tested the
GS1900-10HP with the latest stock firmware.

But rootfs?  Flashing from stock will only work with the initramfs
image.  The stock web ui will cut the image according to the uimage
header, without warning.  So everything has to be "inside" the uimage.

But there is something wrong with our image code if you are able to
flash anything else than the initramfs image from stock.  Specifically:
The "zyxel-vers" stuff should *not* be appended to the kernel in the
sysupgrade image.

> Where is this check done?

AFAICS, only in the stock firmware upgrade "app".

> I was unable to extract the original firmware with binwalk which would
> be nice to get some more information about how it is structured.


The GPL drop at https://biot.com/gpl/GS1900-10HP(V2.60(AAZI.2)C0).zip is
pretty complete.  Only a few files are binary blobs.  And everything
necessary to build an image is included.

There isn't anything weird with the stock image.  It's a standard uimage
with a non-standard magic.  The list of supported hardware versions is an
ascii text file at the end of the real image, but inside the size and
checksum coverage of the uimage header.



Bjørn