Resize of ath79 / ZyXEL NBG6716 kernel partition

Andre Valentin avalentin at marcant.net
Thu May 20 01:18:23 PDT 2021


Hi!

>The NBG6716 has recently been disabled because of size problems with the kernel partition.
>I'm thinking about extending it to 8MB, shouldn't be a problem.
>
>But I'm afraid users will brick their device when doing a sysupgrade to the new flash layout.
>First time / in upgrade case it must be installed via manufacturer webif or via bootloader.
>
>What do you propose in these cases?

Please help me solve this problem. Or should I just commit a change for the device with a hint in the commit message?
>
>Kind regards,
>
>André

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