[OpenWrt-Devel] [BUG] NAND sysupgrade broke ubifs on Netgear WNDR3700v4/4300.

[John Crispin]

On 24/06/2014 22:43, Paul Blazejowski wrote:
> i get "The uploaded image file does not contain a supported format.
> Make sure that you choose the generic image format for your
> platform." from web interface.
> 
> this is what i have:
> 
> -rw-r--r-- 1 diffie diffie 8919040 2014-06-24 15:58 
> bin/ar71xx/openwrt-ar71xx-nand-wndr3700v4-squashfs-sysupgrade.tar
> 
> should i push it from shell using sysupgrade script?
> 

it will work from shell, i will look into why it fails via webui.





> thanks!
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2014-06-24 at 22:32 +0200, John Crispin wrote:
>> 
>> On 24/06/2014 22:25, Paul Blazejowski wrote:
>>> Hi again,
>>> 
>>> thanks for the tftp fix, flushing just became so much faster
>>> and easier.
>>> 
>>> Tested trunk r41336 after your jffs2 fix and the image boots
>>> fine, restored my configuration changes, rebooted the router
>>> and all changes are saved now. I will post the working dmesg to
>>> the ticket at https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/16840 but it is
>>> safe to say that you can close it ;-) now.
>>> 
>>> Sysupgrade image(s) for 3700v4 and 4300 do not work now, guess
>>> this is next on the list...
>>> 
>> 
>> i tested 4300 and it works. you need to use the
>> *-ubi-sysupgrade.tar file.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Thank you, -paul
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 2014-06-24 at 20:18 +0200, John Crispin wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 24/06/2014 19:05, Paul Blazejowski wrote:
>>>>> John,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Yes i use the reset with pin and from there i tftp the 
>>>>> original firmware from netgear after that i go to the gui
>>>>> and upload the open-wrt image because the router will not
>>>>> accept the wndr3700v4 image (there's a cosmetic fix for
>>>>> that, i created a patch that someone from the forums has
>>>>> sent months ago to this list but it was never accepted...) 
>>>>> https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/16840
>>>>> 
>>>>> With that patch tftp'ing the 
>>>>> openwrt-ar71xx-nand-wndr3700v4-ubi-factory.img works
>>>>> without need to flash the original firmware.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If there's another method that can be used to flash the 
>>>>> image(s) please let me know i would want to try any
>>>>> alternative ways of flashing and could learn a thing or two
>>>>> in the process as well ;-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you, -paul
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> i just pushed the V vs v fix and another fix that removes
>>>> the jffs2 magic. i think this might have been the cause of
>>>> the problems. please retry with current trunk and let me know
>>>> if the problem is gone or still there
>>>> 
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