[PATCH 1/2] ramips: mt7621: Add Arcadyan WE420223-99 support

Harm Berntsen git at harmberntsen.nl
Mon Jan 2 07:03:08 PST 2023


On Wed, 2022-12-28 at 23:11 +0300, Arınç ÜNAL wrote:
> > The Arcadyan WE420223-99 is a WiFi AC simultaneous dual-band access
> > point distributed as Experia WiFi by KPN in the Netherlands. It
> > features
> > two ethernet ports and 2 internal antennas.
> > 
> > Specifications
> > --------------
> > SOC   : Mediatek MT7621AT
> > ETH   : Two 1 gigabit ports, built into the SOC
> > WIFI  : MT7615DN
> > BUTTON: Reset
> > BUTTON: WPS
> > LED   : Power (green+red)
> > LED   : WiFi (green+blue)
> > LED   : WPS (green+red)
> > LED   : Followme (green+red)
> > Power : 12 VDC, 1A barrel plug
> > 
> > Winbond variant:
> > RAM   : Winbond W631GG6MB12J, 1GBIT DDR3 SDRAM
> > Flash : Winbond W25Q256JVFQ, 256Mb SPI
> > U-Boot: 1.1.3 (Nov 23 2017 - 16:40:17), Ralink 5.0.0.1
> > 
> > Macronix variant:
> > RAM   : Nanya NT5CC64M16GP-DI, 1GBIT DDR3 SDRAM
> > Flash : MX25l25635FMI-10G, 256Mb SPI
> > U-Boot: 1.1.3 (Dec  4 2017 - 11:37:57), Ralink 5.0.0.1
> > 
> > Serial
> > ------
> > The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 3V3 level converter! The Serial
> > setting is 57600-8-N-1. The board has an unpopulated 2.54mm
> > straight pin
> > header.
> > 
> > The pinout is: VCC (the square), RX, TX, GND.
> > 
> > Installation
> > ------------
> > 1. Open the device, take off the heat sink
> > 2. Connect the SPI flash chip to a flasher, e.g. a Raspberry Pi.
> > Also
> >    connect the RESET pin for stability (thanks @FPSUsername for
> > reporting)
> > 3. Make a backup in case you want to revert to stock later
> > 4. Flash the squashfs-factory.trx file to offset 0x50000 of the
> > flash
> > 5. Ensure the bootpartition variable is set to 0 in the U-Boot
> >    environment located at 0x30000
> > 
> > Note that the U-Boot is password protected, this can optionally be
> > removed. See the forum for more details [1]
> > 
> > MAC Addresses(stock)
> > --------------------
> > +----------+------------------+-------------------+
> > > use      | address          | example           |
> > +----------+------------------+-------------------+
> > > Device   | label            | 00:00:00:11:00:00 |
> > > Ethernet | + 3              | 00:00:00:11:00:03 |
> > > 2g       | + 0x020000f00001 | 02:00:00:01:00:01 |
> > > 5g       | + 1              | 00:00:00:11:00:01 |
> > +----------+------------------+-------------------+
> > 
> > The label address is stored in ASCII in the board_data partition
> > 
> > Known issues
> > ------------
> > - 2g MAC address does not match stock due to missing support for
> > that in
> >   macaddr_add
> > - Only the power LED is configured by default
> > 
> > References
> > ----------
> > [1]
> > https://forum.openwrt.org/t/adding-openwrt-support-for-arcadyan-we420223-99-kpn-experia-wifi/132653?u=harm
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Harm Berntsen <git at harmberntsen.nl>
> > ---
> >  package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ramips      |   3 +
> >  .../dts/mt7621_arcadyan_we420223-99.dts       | 210
> > ++++++++++++++++++
> >  target/linux/ramips/image/mt7621.mk           |  25 +++
> >  .../mt7621/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network  |   8 +
> >  .../etc/hotplug.d/ieee80211/10_fix_wifi_mac   |   9 +
> >  .../mt7621/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh |   1 +
> >  6 files changed, 256 insertions(+)
> >  create mode 100644
> > target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_arcadyan_we420223-99.dts
> > 
> > diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ramips
> > b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ramips
> > index f7f4821cef..8d4960e7a3 100644
> > --- a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ramips
> > +++ b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ramips
> > @@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ alfa-network,awusfree1|\
> >  alfa-network,quad-e4g|\
> >  alfa-network,r36m-e4g|\
> >  alfa-network,tube-e4g|\
> > +arcadyan,we420223-99)
> > +       ubootenv_add_uci_config "/dev/mtd2" "0x0" "0x1000" "0x1000"
> > +       ;;
> >  engenius,esr600h|\
> >  sitecom,wlr-4100-v1-002)
> >         ubootenv_add_uci_config "/dev/mtd1" "0x0" "0x1000" "0x1000"
> > diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_arcadyan_we420223-
> > 99.dts b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_arcadyan_we420223-99.dts
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 0000000000..f68d79af15
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621_arcadyan_we420223-99.dts
> > @@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
> > +
> > +#include "mt7621.dtsi"
> > +
> > +#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
> > +#include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
> > +#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
> > +
> > +/ {
> > +       model = "Arcadyan WE420223-99";
> > +       compatible = "arcadyan,we420223-99", "mediatek,mt7621-soc";
> > +
> > +       aliases {
> > +               led-boot = &led_power_green;
> > +               led-failsafe = &led_power_red;
> > +               led-running = &led_power_green;
> > +               led-upgrade = &led_wps_green;
> > +               led-wifi = &led_wifi_green;
> > +       };
> > +
> > +       chosen {
> > +               bootargs = "console=ttyS0,57600 ubi.mtd=5
> > root=/dev/ubiblock0_0";
> > +       };
> > +
> > +       keys {
> > +               compatible = "gpio-keys";
> > +
> > +               reset {
> > +                       label = "reset";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       linux,code = <KEY_RESTART>;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               wps {
> > +                       label = "wps";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 18 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       linux,code = <KEY_WPS_BUTTON>;
> > +               };
> > +       };
> > +
> > +       leds {
> > +               compatible = "gpio-leds";
> > +
> > +               led_power_green: power_green {
> > +                       label = "green:power";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 42 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_POWER;
> > +                       default-state = "on";
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_power_red: power_red {
> > +                       label = "red:power";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_FAULT;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_wifi_blue: wifi_blue {
> > +                       label = "blue:wifi";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 41 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_wifi_green: wifi_green {
> > +                       label = "green:wifi";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 43 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_wps_red: wps_red {
> > +                       label = "red:wps";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 45 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WPS;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_wps_green: wps_green {
> > +                       label = "green:wps";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 46 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
> > +                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WPS;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_followme_r: followme_red {
> > +                       label = "red:followme";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 47 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               led_followme_g: followme_green {
> > +                       label = "green:followme";
> > +                       gpios = <&gpio 48 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
> > +                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
> > +               };
> > +       };
> > +};
> > +
> > +&spi0 {
> > +       status = "okay";
> > +
> > +       flash at 0 {
> > +               compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
> > +
> > +               reg = <0>;
> > +               spi-max-frequency = <70000000>;
> > +
> > +               partitions {
> > +                       compatible = "fixed-partitions";
> > +                       #address-cells = <1>;
> > +                       #size-cells = <1>;
> > +
> > +                       partition at 0 {
> > +                               label = "ALL";
> > +                               reg = <0x0 0x2000000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1 {
> > +                               label = "Bootloader";
> > +                               reg = <0x0 0x30000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 30000 {
> > +                               label = "Config";
> > +                               reg = <0x30000 0x10000>;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       factory: partition at 40000 {
> > +                               label = "Factory";
> > +                               reg = <0x40000 0x10000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 50000 {
> > +                               label = "kernel";
> > +                               reg = <0x50000 0x1f60000>;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 490000 {
> > +                               label = "rootfs";
> > +                               reg = <0x490000 0x1b20000>;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1000000 {
> > +                               label = "Kernel2";
> > +                               reg = <0x1000000 0xfb0000>;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1440000 {
> > +                               label = "RootFS2";
> > +                               reg = <0x1440000 0xb70000>;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1fb0000 {
> > +                               label = "glbcfg";
> > +                               reg = <0x1fb0000 0x10000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1fc0000 {
> > +                               label = "board_data";
> > +                               reg = <0x1fc0000 0x10000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1fd0000 {
> > +                               label = "glbcfg2";
> > +                               reg = <0x1fd0000 0x10000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +
> > +                       partition at 1fe0000 {
> > +                               label = "board_data2";
> > +                               reg = <0x1fe0000 0x10000>;
> > +                               read-only;
> > +                       };
> > +               };
> > +       };
> > +};
> > +
> > +&xhci {
> > +       status = "disabled";
> > +};
> > +
> > +&switch0 {
> > +       ports {
> > +               port at 0 {
> > +                       status = "okay";
> > +               };
> > +
> > +               port at 1 {
> > +                       status = "okay";
> 
> Please define the label for the ports here.
> 
> Arınç

Thanks for reviewing Arınç.

The mt7621.dtsi already contains the label "lan0" and "lan1" for these
ports. On the outside[1] of the device the ports are simply named
Ethernet. Shall I put a "lan0" and "lan1" label there? It felt a bit
redundant to me so I did not put it in initially.

Harm

[1] https://openwrt.org/_detail/media/arcadyan/we420223-99_back.jpg


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