[PATCH v4] ath79: add support for Ubiquiti PowerBeam M (XW)

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Fri Jul 2 21:43:54 PDT 2021


It has been about a month now since v4. Is it time to apply this? I am
using it in production. It doesn't touch anything else, so I am not
seeing a downside in merging.

-- 
Russell Senior
russell at personaltelco.net

On Sun, Jun 13, 2021 at 8:33 PM Russell Senior
<russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
>
> Is it time to apply this?
>
> --
> Russell Senior
> russell at personaltelco.net
>
> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 5:29 PM Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> wrote:
> >
> > This patch adds support for the Ubiquiti PowerBeam M (XW), e.g. PBE-M5-400,
> > a 802.11n wireless with a feed+dish form factor. This device was previously
> > supported by the ar71xx loco-m-xw firmware.
> >
> > Specifications:
> >  - Atheros AR9342 SoC
> >  - 64 MB RAM
> >  - 8 MB SPI flash
> >  - 1x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port, 24 Vdc PoE-in
> >  - Power and LAN green LEDs
> >  - 4x RSSI LEDs (red, orange, green, green)
> >  - UART (115200 8N1)
> >
> > Flashing via stock GUI:
> >  - Downgrade to AirOS v5.5.x (latest available is 5.5.10-u2) first (see
> >    https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/powerbeam installation instructions)
> >  - Upload the factory image via AirOS web GUI.
> >
> > Flashing via TFTP:
> >  - Use a pointy tool (e.g., unbent paperclip) to keep the
> >    reset button pressed.
> >  - Power on the device (keep reset button pressed).
> >  - Keep pressing until LEDs flash alternatively LED1+LED3 =>
> >    LED2+LED4 => LED1+LED3, etc.
> >  - Release reset button.
> >  - The device starts a TFTP server at 192.168.1.20.
> >  - Set a static IP on the computer (e.g., 192.168.1.21/24).
> >  - Upload via tftp the factory image:
> >     $ tftp 192.168.1.20
> >     tftp> bin
> >     tftp> trace
> >     tftp> put openwrt-ath79-generic-xxxxx-ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw-squashfs-factory.bin
> >
> > WARNING: so far, no non-destructive method has been discovered for
> > opening the enclosure to reach the serial console. Internal photos
> > are available here: https://fcc.io/SWX-NBM5HP
> >
> > since v1:
> >  * renamed from ubnt,powerbeam-m to ubnt,powerbeam-m-xw
> > since v2:
> >  * removed redundant mtd-mac-address from dts
> > since v3:
> >  * based on testimony of Joe Ayers <joe at ayerscasa.com>:
> >   * the bricking problem was resolved by 076d58d3440f (2016-02)
> >   * the tftp flashing problem was resolved by 6009b3fd586a (2018-11)
> >    so, removed the associated warnings.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net>
> > ---
> >  .../ath79/dts/ar9342_ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw.dts  | 34 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  .../generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds    |  1 +
> >  .../generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network |  1 +
> >  target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk      |  8 +++++
> >  4 files changed, 44 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644 target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9342_ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw.dts
> >
> > diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9342_ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9342_ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw.dts
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..6db058f887
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/ar9342_ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw.dts
> > @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
> > +
> > +#include "ar9342_ubnt_xw.dtsi"
> > +
> > +/ {
> > +       compatible = "ubnt,powerbeam-m-xw", "ubnt,xw", "qca,ar9342";
> > +       model = "Ubiquiti PowerBeam M (XW)";
> > +};
> > +
> > +&mdio0 {
> > +       status = "okay";
> > +
> > +       phy-mask = <4>;
> > +
> > +       phy4: ethernet-phy at 4 {
> > +               reg = <4>;
> > +       };
> > +};
> > +
> > +&eth0 {
> > +       status = "okay";
> > +
> > +       /* default for ar934x, except for 1000M and 10M */
> > +       pll-data = <0x02000000 0x00000101 0x00001313>;
> > +
> > +       phy-mode = "rgmii-id";
> > +       phy-handle = <&phy4>;
> > +
> > +       gmac-config {
> > +               device = <&gmac>;
> > +               rxd-delay = <3>;
> > +               rxdv-delay = <3>;
> > +       };
> > +};
> > diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
> > index 1990353394..35ce90aeb4 100644
> > --- a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
> > +++ b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
> > @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ ubnt,nanostation-loco-m-xw|\
> >  ubnt,nanostation-m|\
> >  ubnt,nanostation-m-xw|\
> >  ubnt,picostation-m|\
> > +ubnt,powerbeam-m-xw|\
> >  ubnt,powerbridge-m|\
> >  ubnt,rocket-m)
> >         ucidef_set_rssimon "wlan0" "200000" "1"
> > diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > index 4133b9d7d3..6e31cdac69 100644
> > --- a/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > +++ b/target/linux/ath79/generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
> > @@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ ath79_setup_interfaces()
> >         ubnt,picostation-m|\
> >         ubnt,powerbeam-5ac-500|\
> >         ubnt,powerbeam-5ac-gen2|\
> > +       ubnt,powerbeam-m-xw|\
> >         ubnt,powerbridge-m|\
> >         ubnt,rocket-m|\
> >         ubnt,unifiac-lite|\
> > diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk
> > index 733d803d7a..5948e059e8 100644
> > --- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk
> > +++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk
> > @@ -328,6 +328,14 @@ define Device/ubnt_powerbeam-5ac-gen2
> >  endef
> >  TARGET_DEVICES += ubnt_powerbeam-5ac-gen2
> >
> > +define Device/ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw
> > +  $(Device/ubnt-xw)
> > +  DEVICE_MODEL := PowerBeam M
> > +  DEVICE_PACKAGES += rssileds
> > +  SUPPORTED_DEVICES += loco-m-xw
> > +endef
> > +TARGET_DEVICES += ubnt_powerbeam-m-xw
> > +
> >  define Device/ubnt_powerbridge-m
> >    $(Device/ubnt-xm)
> >    SOC := ar7241
> > --
> > 2.31.1
> >



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