[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 2/8] lantiq: add dsl-vr9-firmware-xdsl

John Crispin blogic at openwrt.org
Thu Nov 26 01:19:57 EST 2015



On 25/11/2015 23:39, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 11/25/2015 11:29 AM, John Crispin wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 25/11/2015 10:53, Andre Heider wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:24 PM, Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de> wrote:
>>>> +define Package/dsl-vr9-firmware-xdsl/install
>>>> +       $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/lib/firmware/
>>>> +       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/LICENSE $(1)/lib/firmware/xcpe_574306_571801.LICENSE
>>>> +       $(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/xcpe_574306_571801.bin $(1)/lib/firmware/
>>>> +       ln -s xcpe_574306_571801.bin $(1)/lib/firmware/vdsl.bin
>>>> +endef
>>>
>>> this adds +900kb to the root fs, at least on my TD-W8970 there's a MTD
>>> partition which I use for the dsl firmware.
>>> That gets tmpfs mounted at boot, see /etc/init.d/dsl_fs and
>>> /sbin/vdsl_fw_install.sh.
>>>
>>> Can we use that instead?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Andre
>>>
>>
>> no we will drop the dsl partition once the annex-B version of the FW is
>> available.
>> 	John
>>
> Hi,
> 
> the Annex B firmware is currently located here, but it should show up on
> the OpenWrt mirror soon:
> https://www.hauke-m.de/files/.lantiq/dsl_vr9_firmware_xdsl-05.07.03.03.00.06_05.07.01.0C.00.02_osc.tar.gz
> 
> We probably have to change some of the scripts, because OpenWrt was not
> allowed to ship the firmware before. Currently it is in a extra package.
> 
> Hauke
> 

ok ! should we use the same pattern that AVM uses and ship the B FW + a
binary patch to make it into an A ?
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