[PATCH v3] ath79: add support for Dell SonicPoint ACe APL26-0AE
Tomasz Maciej Nowak
tmn505 at terefe.re
Wed Apr 17 08:01:55 PDT 2024
From: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
Dell/SonicWall APL26-0AE (marketed as SonicPoint ACe) is a dual band
wireless access point. End of life as of 2022-07-31.
Specification
SoC: QualcommAtheros QCA9550
RAM: 256 MB DDR2
Flash: 32 MB SPI NOR
WIFI: 2.4 GHz 3T3R integrated
5 GHz 3T3R QCA9890 oversized Mini PCIe card
Ethernet: 2x 10/100/1000 Mbps QCA8334
port labeled lan1 is PoE capable (802.3at)
USB: 1x 2.0
LEDs: LEDs: 6x which 5 are GPIO controlled and two of them are dual color
Buttons: 2x GPIO controlled
Serial: RJ-45 port, SonicWall pinout
baud: 115200, parity: none, flow control: none
Before flashing, be sure to have a copy of factory firmware, in case You
wish to revert to original firmware.
All described procedures were done in following environment:
ROM Version: SonicROM (U-Boot) 8.0.0.0-11o
SafeMode Firmware Version: SonicOS 8.0.0.0-14o
Firmware Version: SonicOS 9.0.1.0
In case of other versions, following installation instructions might be
ineffective.
Installation
1. Prepare TFTP server with OpenWrt sysupgrade image and rename that
image to "sp_fw.bin".
2. Connect to one of LAN ports.
3. Connect to serial port.
4. Hold the reset button (small through hole on side of the unit),
power on the device and when prompted to stop autoboot, hit any key.
The held button can now be released.
5. Alter U-Boot environment with following commands:
setenv bootcmd bootm 0x9F110000
saveenv
6. Adjust "ipaddr" (access point, default is 192.168.1.1) and "serverip"
(TFTP server, default is 192.168.1.10) addresses in U-Boot
environment, then run following commands:
tftp 0x80060000 sp_fw.bin
erase 0x9F110000 +0x1EF0000
cp.b 0x80060000 0x9F110000 $filesize
7. After successful flashing, execute:
boot
8. The access point will boot to OpenWrt. Wait few minutes, until the
wrench LED will stop blinking, then it's ready for configuration.
Known issues
Initramfs image can't be bigger than specified kernel size, otherwise
bootloader will throw LZMA decompressing error. Switching to lzma-loader
should workaround that.
This device has Winbond 25Q256FVFG and doesn't have reliable reset, which
causes hang on reboot, thus broken-flash-reset needs to be added. This
property addition causes dispaly of "scary" warning on each boot, take
this warnig into consideration.
Signed-off-by: Tomasz Maciej Nowak <tmn505 at gmail.com>
---
v2 -> v3
The initial changes date is before the EoL date, so I considered going
back to stock firmware, in case someone was not satisfied. Now that
without valid license, the device is useless, there's no point going
back to stock firmware, thus there's no point for more than 10MiB lying
dormant. There's still possibility to go back to stock firmware but it's
slightly more involving.
- incorporate safemode, config and log partitions to firmware partition
- adjust installation instructions to new partition scheme
package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ath79 | 3 +
.../ath79/dts/qca9550_dell_apl26-0ae.dts | 228 ++++++++++++++++++
.../generic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds | 4 +
.../generic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network | 4 +
target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk | 16 ++
5 files changed, 255 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9550_dell_apl26-0ae.dts
diff --git a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ath79 b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ath79
index 567bf9824ddc..2c97e61498e9 100644
--- a/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ath79
+++ b/package/boot/uboot-envtools/files/ath79
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ buffalo,wzr-hp-g300nh-s|\
linksys,ea4500-v3)
ubootenv_add_uci_config "/dev/mtd1" "0x0" "0x20000" "0x20000"
;;
+dell,apl26-0ae)
+ ubootenv_add_uci_config "/dev/mtd1" "0x0" "0x40000" "0x10000"
+ ;;
domywifi,dw33d)
ubootenv_add_uci_config "/dev/mtd4" "0x0" "0x10000" "0x10000"
;;
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9550_dell_apl26-0ae.dts b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9550_dell_apl26-0ae.dts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ef2eb846d87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/dts/qca9550_dell_apl26-0ae.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
+
+#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
+
+#include "qca955x.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+ model = "Dell SonicPoint ACe (APL26-0AE)";
+ compatible = "dell,apl26-0ae", "qca,qca9550", "qca,qca9558";
+
+ aliases {
+ label-mac-device = ð0;
+ led-boot = &led_wrench;
+ led-failsafe = &led_wrench;
+ led-upgrade = &led_wrench;
+ };
+
+ keys {
+ compatible = "gpio-keys";
+
+ button-reset {
+ label = "reset";
+ gpios = <&gpio 21 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ linux,code = <KEY_RESTART>;
+ };
+
+ /* Accessible only after disassembling the casing */
+ button-service {
+ label = "service";
+ gpios = <&gpio 22 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ linux,code = <KEY_POWER>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ leds {
+ compatible = "gpio-leds";
+ pinctrl-names = "default";
+ pinctrl-0 = <&jtag_disable_pins>;
+
+ led-lan1-amber {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_AMBER>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+ function-enumerator = <1>;
+ gpios = <&gpio 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led-lan1-green {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+ function-enumerator = <1>;
+ gpios = <&gpio 3 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led-lan2-amber {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_AMBER>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+ function-enumerator = <2>;
+ gpios = <&gpio 17 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led-lan2-green {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+ function-enumerator = <2>;
+ gpios = <&gpio 14 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led-wlan2g {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN_2GHZ;
+ linux,default-trigger = "phy1tpt";
+ gpios = <&gpio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led-wlan5g {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_GREEN>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN_5GHZ;
+ linux,default-trigger = "phy0tpt";
+ gpios = <&gpio 2 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+
+ led_wrench: led-wrench {
+ color = <LED_COLOR_ID_AMBER>;
+ function = LED_FUNCTION_STATUS;
+ gpios = <&gpio 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+ };
+ };
+};
+
+ð0 {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_sysinfo_50 0>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+ phy-handle = <&phy0>;
+ pll-data = <0xa6000000 0x00000101 0x00001616>;
+};
+
+ð1 {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_sysinfo_50 1>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+ pll-data = <0x03000101 0x00000101 0x00001616>;
+
+ fixed-link {
+ speed = <1000>;
+ full-duplex;
+ };
+};
+
+&mdio0 {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ phy0: ethernet-phy at 0 {
+ reg = <0>;
+
+ qca,ar8327-initvals = <
+ 0x04 0x07680000 /* PORT0 PAD MODE CTRL */
+ 0x0c 0x00000080 /* PORT6 PAD MODE CTRL */
+ 0x10 0x40000000 /* POWER_ON_STRAP */
+ 0x50 0xffb7c405 /* LED0 CTRL */
+ 0x54 0xffb7c305 /* LED1 CTRL */
+ 0x58 0xffb7c033 /* LED2 CTRL */
+ 0x5c 0x03ffff00 /* LED3 CTRL */
+ 0x7c 0x0000007e /* PORT0_STATUS */
+ 0x94 0x0000007e /* PORT6_STATUS */
+ >;
+ };
+};
+
+&pcie0 {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ wifi at 0,0 {
+ compatible = "qcom,ath10k";
+ reg = <0x0000 0 0 0 0>;
+
+ /* OEM overwrites EEPROM stored adress and so do we */
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_sysinfo_50 2>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+ };
+};
+
+&spi {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ flash at 0 {
+ compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+ reg = <0>;
+ spi-max-frequency = <25000000>;
+ broken-flash-reset;
+
+ partitions {
+ compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ partition at 0 {
+ label = "u-boot";
+ reg = <0x0000000 0x0080000>;
+ read-only;
+ };
+
+ partition at 80000 {
+ label = "u-boot-env";
+ reg = <0x0080000 0x0040000>;
+ };
+
+ partition at c0000 {
+ label = "sysinfo";
+ reg = <0x00c0000 0x0040000>;
+ read-only;
+
+ nvmem-layout {
+ compatible = "fixed-layout";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ macaddr_sysinfo_50: macaddr at 50 {
+ compatible = "mac-base";
+ reg = <0x50 0x6>;
+ #nvmem-cell-cells = <1>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ partition at 100000 {
+ label = "art";
+ reg = <0x0100000 0x0010000>;
+ read-only;
+
+ nvmem-layout {
+ compatible = "fixed-layout";
+ #address-cells = <1>;
+ #size-cells = <1>;
+
+ cal_art_1000: calibration at 1000 {
+ reg = <0x1000 0x440>;
+ };
+ };
+ };
+
+ partition at 110000 {
+ label = "firmware";
+ reg = <0x0110000 0x1ef0000>;
+ compatible = "denx,uimage";
+ };
+ };
+ };
+};
+
+&usb_phy0 {
+ status = "okay";
+};
+
+&usb0 {
+ status = "okay";
+};
+
+&wmac {
+ status = "okay";
+
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_sysinfo_50 10>, <&cal_art_1000>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address", "calibration";
+};
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 18fe436dbc05..901dc878d2ae 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
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ compex,wpj531-16m)
ucidef_set_led_rssi "sig3" "SIG3" "green:sig3" "wlan0" "65" "100"
ucidef_set_led_rssi "sig4" "SIG4" "green:sig4" "wlan0" "50" "100"
;;
+dell,apl26-0ae)
+ ucidef_set_led_switch "lan1" "LAN1" "amber:lan-1" "switch0" "0x04"
+ ucidef_set_led_switch "lan2" "LAN2" "amber:lan-2" "switch0" "0x08"
+ ;;
devolo,dlan-pro-1200plus-ac|\
devolo,magic-2-wifi)
ucidef_set_led_netdev "plcw" "dLAN" "white:dlan" "eth0.1" "rx"
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 6823c333b6e3..2d2385a099ad 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
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ ath79_setup_interfaces()
ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
"1:wan" "5:lan" "6 at eth0"
;;
+ dell,apl26-0ae)
+ ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
+ "0 at eth0" "2:lan:1" "3:lan:2" "6 at eth1"
+ ;;
devolo,dlan-pro-1200plus-ac|\
devolo,magic-2-wifi)
ucidef_add_switch "switch0" \
diff --git a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
index bf300dd18d70..95fa1767e084 100644
--- a/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ath79/image/generic.mk
@@ -934,6 +934,22 @@ define Device/compex_wpj563
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += compex_wpj563
+define Device/dell_apl26-0ae
+ SOC := qca9550
+ DEVICE_VENDOR := Dell
+ DEVICE_MODEL := SonicPoint
+ DEVICE_VARIANT := ACe (APL26-0AE)
+ DEVICE_ALT0_VENDOR := SonicWall
+ DEVICE_ALT0_MODEL := SonicPoint
+ DEVICE_ALT0_VARIANT := ACe (APL26-0AE)
+ DEVICE_PACKAGES := ath10k-firmware-qca988x-ct kmod-ath10k-ct kmod-usb2
+ KERNEL_SIZE := 5952k
+ IMAGE_SIZE := 31680k
+ IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin = append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | \
+ append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size | append-metadata
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += dell_apl26-0ae
+
define Device/devolo_dlan-pro-1200plus-ac
SOC := ar9344
DEVICE_VENDOR := devolo
--
2.44.0
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