[PATCH v2] ramips: mt76x8: add support for TP-Link RE365 v1

Tomasz Maciej Nowak tmn505 at terefe.re
Fri Dec 22 02:36:55 PST 2023


From: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>

TP-Link RE365 is a wireless range extender, hardware-wise resembles
RE305 with slight changes regarding buttons and LEDs.

Specification
SoC: MediaTek MT7628AN
RAM: 64 MiB DDR2
Flash: 8 MiB SPI NOR
WiFi: 2.4 GHz 2T2R integrated
      5 GHz 2T2R MediaTek MT7612EN conncted to PCIe lanes
Ethernet: 1x 10/100 Mbps integrated
LEDs: 6x GPIO controlled
Buttons: 4x GPIO controlled
UART: row of 4 holes marked on PCB as J1, starting count from white
      triangle
      1. VCC (3.3V), 2. GND, 3. RX, 4. TX
      baud: 57600, parity: none, flow control: none

Installation
1. Open web management interface.
2. Go to Settings > System Tools > Firmware upgrade.
3. Select "Browse" and select the OpenWrt image with factory.bin suffix.
4. After selecting "Upgrade" firmware writing process will start.
5. Wait till device reboots, power LED should stay solid when it's fully
   booted, then it's ready for configuration through LAN port.

Additional information
With how device manufacturer patrtitioned the flash memory, it's possible
that with default packages set, initial factory.bin image won't be
created. In such case, try to reduce packages amount or use older release
for initial conversion to OpenWrt. Later You can use sysupgrade.bin
image with full set of packages, because OpenWrt uses unpartitioned flash
memory space unused by vendor firmware.

Reverting to vendor firmware involves converting firmware using
tplink-safeloader with -z option (can be found in ImageBuilder or SDK)
and forcibly applying converted firmware as sysupgrade.

Known issues
WARNING: after removing casing of the device one is exposed to high
voltage and is in a risk of being electrocuted.

Caution when interfacing whith bootloader, saving its environment either
by issuing "saveenv" or selecting option "1: Load system code to SDRAM
via TFTP." in boot menu, one of those will lead to overwriting part of
kernel. This will lead to need of firmware recovery. The cause of this
issue is bootloader having environment offset on flash at 0x40000 while
kernel starts from 0x20000.

Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
---
v1 -> v2
correct commit message, obviously "2: Load system code then write to
Flash via TFTP." will overwrite kernel, so replace it with intended
content "1: Load system code to SDRAM via TFTP."

 .../ramips/dts/mt7628an_tplink_re365-v1.dts   | 213 ++++++++++++++++++
 target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk           |  11 +
 .../mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds     |   3 +
 .../mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network  |   1 +
 4 files changed, 228 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an_tplink_re365-v1.dts

diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an_tplink_re365-v1.dts b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an_tplink_re365-v1.dts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..50999ab6b229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7628an_tplink_re365-v1.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
+
+#include "mt7628an.dtsi"
+
+#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
+
+/ {
+	model = "TP-Link RE365 v1";
+	compatible = "tplink,re365-v1", "mediatek,mt7628an-soc";
+
+	aliases {
+		led-boot = &led_power;
+		led-failsafe = &led_power;
+		led-running = &led_power;
+		led-upgrade = &led_power;
+		label-mac-device = ðernet;
+	};
+
+	keys {
+		compatible = "gpio-keys";
+
+		button-led {
+			label = "led";
+			gpios = <&gpio 44 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,code = <KEY_LIGHTS_TOGGLE>;
+		};
+
+		button-power {
+			label = "power";
+			gpios = <&gpio 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,code = <KEY_POWER>;
+		};
+
+		button-reset {
+			label = "reset";
+			gpios = <&gpio 37 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,code = <KEY_RESTART>;
+		};
+
+		button-wps {
+			label = "wps";
+			gpios = <&gpio 38 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,code = <KEY_WPS_BUTTON>;
+		};
+	};
+
+	leds {
+		compatible = "gpio-leds";
+
+		led-lan {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+			gpios = <&gpio 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+		};
+
+		led_power: led-power {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_POWER;
+			gpios = <&gpio 39 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			panic-indicator;
+		};
+
+		led-rssi-bad {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+			gpios = <&gpio 43 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		};
+
+		led-rssi-good {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+			gpios = <&gpio 42 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+		};
+
+		led-wlan2g {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN;
+			function-enumerator = <2>;
+			gpios = <&gpio 41 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,default-trigger = "phy0tpt";
+		};
+
+		led-wlan5g {
+			color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+			function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN;
+			function-enumerator = <5>;
+			gpios = <&gpio 40 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+			linux,default-trigger = "phy1tpt";
+		};
+	};
+
+	virtual_flash {
+		compatible = "mtd-concat";
+		devices = <&fwconcat0 &fwconcat1>;
+
+		partitions {
+			compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <1>;
+
+			partition at 0 {
+				compatible = "tplink,firmware";
+				label = "firmware";
+				reg = <0x0 0x0>;
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+&ethernet {
+	nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_config_10008 0>;
+	nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+};
+
+&pcie {
+	status = "okay";
+};
+
+&pcie0 {
+	mt76 at 0,0 {
+		compatible = "mediatek,mt76";
+		reg = <0x0000 0 0 0 0>;
+		ieee80211-freq-limit = <5000000 6000000>;
+		nvmem-cells = <&eeprom_radio_8000>, <&macaddr_config_10008 2>;
+		nvmem-cell-names = "eeprom", "mac-address";
+	};
+};
+
+&spi0 {
+	status = "okay";
+
+	flash at 0 {
+		compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+		reg = <0>;
+		spi-max-frequency = <10000000>;
+
+		partitions {
+			compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+			#address-cells = <1>;
+			#size-cells = <1>;
+
+			partition at 0 {
+				label = "u-boot";
+				reg = <0x0 0x20000>;
+				read-only;
+			};
+
+			fwconcat0: partition at 20000 {
+				label = "fwconcat0";
+				reg = <0x20000 0x5e0000>;
+			};
+
+			partition at 600000 {
+				label = "config";
+				reg = <0x600000 0x50000>;
+				read-only;
+
+				nvmem-layout {
+					compatible = "fixed-layout";
+					#address-cells = <1>;
+					#size-cells = <1>;
+
+					macaddr_config_10008: macaddr at 10008 {
+						compatible = "mac-base";
+						reg = <0x10008 0x6>;
+						#nvmem-cell-cells = <1>;
+					};
+				};
+			};
+
+			fwconcat1: partition at 650000 {
+				label = "fwconcat1";
+				reg = <0x650000 0x1a0000>;
+			};
+
+			partition at 7f0000 {
+				label = "radio";
+				reg = <0x7f0000 0x10000>;
+				read-only;
+
+				nvmem-layout {
+					compatible = "fixed-layout";
+					#address-cells = <1>;
+					#size-cells = <1>;
+
+					eeprom_radio_0: eeprom at 0 {
+						reg = <0x0 0x400>;
+					};
+
+					eeprom_radio_8000: eeprom at 8000 {
+						reg = <0x8000 0x200>;
+					};
+				};
+			};
+		};
+	};
+};
+
+&state_default {
+	gpio {
+		groups = "refclk", "wdt", "p0led_an", "p1led_an", "p2led_an", "p3led_an", "p4led_an";
+		function = "gpio";
+	};
+};
+
+&wmac {
+	status = "okay";
+
+	nvmem-cells = <&eeprom_radio_0>, <&macaddr_config_10008 1>;
+	nvmem-cell-names = "eeprom", "mac-address";
+};
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
index 8a6bccfba63b..db03e7720c64 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/image/mt76x8.mk
@@ -666,6 +666,17 @@ define Device/tplink_re305-v3
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_re305-v3
 
+define Device/tplink_re365-v1
+  $(Device/tplink-safeloader)
+  DEVICE_MODEL := RE365
+  DEVICE_VARIANT := v1
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-mt76x2
+  IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size | append-metadata
+  IMAGE_SIZE := 7680k
+  TPLINK_BOARD_ID := RE365
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += tplink_re365-v1
+
 define Device/tplink_tl-mr3020-v3
   $(Device/tplink-v2)
   IMAGE_SIZE := 7808k
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds b/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
index c4301737b28b..5a0e0ab2148e 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ tplink,tl-mr3020-v3|\
 tplink,tl-wa801nd-v5)
 	ucidef_set_led_netdev "lan" "lan" "green:lan" "eth0"
 	;;
+tplink,re365-v1)
+	ucidef_set_led_netdev "lan" "lan" "blue:lan" "eth0"
+	;;
 tplink,tl-mr3420-v5|\
 tplink,tl-wr840n-v4|\
 tplink,tl-wr842n-v5)
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
index fe3ac9193ff9..63abb14d1391 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/mt76x8/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ramips_setup_interfaces()
 	tplink,re220-v2|\
 	tplink,re305-v1|\
 	tplink,re305-v3|\
+	tplink,re365-v1|\
 	tplink,tl-wr802n-v4|\
 	tplink,tl-wa801nd-v5|\
 	tplink,tl-wr902ac-v4|\
-- 
2.43.0




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