[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH] ath79: Add support for Ubiquity

[Lech Perczak]

W dniu 2018-11-17 o 15:11, Joe Ayers pisze:
>>>> For example, Nanostation is basically a Bullet with extra ethernet port, and
>>>> Rocket is a Bullet with added USB port.
>>> Ah, thanks for explanation.
>> You're welcome
>>>> It'd be great if support for all of them could be included in
>>>> ar9342_ubnt_xw.dtsi, and then secondary ethernet and USB only enabled in
>>>> respective .dts files. It'd be even better if someone on the list had a
>>>> Rocket M XW to test, as it is the fullest variant.
>>> Hm, so maybe I should move definition of mdio and eth0 from
>>> ar9342_ubnt_bullet-m-xw.dts to ar9342_ubnt_xw.dtsi as well?  But this could be
>>> done later once someone with Nanostation XW shows up and can confirm, that it
>>> actually works.
>> Yes please :)
> I have a NanoStation M5 XW (and can get access to a NS M2 XW).    I
> can test. What's the reference to build and test?
I'd go against ar71xx images, as those support XW line already.
>
>>>> if I haven't overlooked it, the patch does not provide a "factory" Image as
>>>> in ar71xx, at least according to "Flashing instructions".
>>> if I parse this correctly, then my answer is, that I simply didn't included
>>> instructions for flashing of factory image as it wasn't possible at that time,
>>> because `fwupdate.real` utility in airOS v6+ (I'm not 100% sure about this),
>>> doesn't allow flashing of unsigned factory images, so you simply couldn't
>>> flash other factory images then those from Ubiquity.
>>>
> The signature restriction for Ubiquiti is enforced in the AirOS UI.
> The bootloader does not check for signatures.   We routinely tftp
> images to all the newer UBNT devices based on 3.18.06.1, including
> latest models for NanoStation M2 XW. http://www.arednmesh.org
>
>>>    XW.v6.1.7# fwupdate.real -m /tmp/openwrt-ath79-generic-ubnt_bullet-m2hp-squashfs-factory.bin  -d
>>>    ...
>>>    Current: XW.ar934x.v6.1.7.32555.180523.1754
>>>    New ver: XW.ar934x.v6.0.4-OpenWrt-r8452+9-e95e9fc
>>>    Versions: New(393220) 6.0.4, Required(393220) 6.0.4
>>>    ...
>>>    Bad Image Structure
>>>    Signature check failed
>>>
> The current bootloader version in AirOS is checking the version
> string.   I don't know exactly the check, but if using the format
> above of "Current", then tftp works.  It doesn't work with the string
> "OpenWrt"...
>
>> Wasn't this possible with downgrading to AirOS 5 first just as it is
>> done for XM series?
>> Please take a look for instructions for them, on XM the procedure is
>> quite easy.
> These newer models didn't exist when AirOS 5 was released, like the
> NanoStation M2 XW.  The AirOS 5 firmware won't install, at least we
> never found a way for it to work, but didn't need to as we directly
> tftp to the latest AirOS versions.
>
> Note, the NS M2 XW has a 8035 PHY and works with the rocket-m-xw image
> in 3.18.06.1.   It didn't work with the loco-m-xw image, did't
> recognize PHY.
This seems expected, as Nanostation Loco is basically a Bullet with a 
different type of antenna (a sector one),
and it lacks 2nd ethernet port.
>
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