[OpenWrt-Devel] Archer C7 v2 with Target System "Atheros ATH79 (DTS)" or "Atheros AR7xxx/AR9xxx"

[Lucian Cristian]

On 28.06.2018 00:56, e9hack wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using an Archer C7 v2 from TP-Link. Usually I build the image for Target System "Atheros AR7xxx/AR9xxx". If I switch
> over to "Atheros ATH79 (DTS)" and try to update my router, I got the following error message:
>
> root@:~# sysupgrade /tmp/openwrt-ath79-generic-tl-archer-c7-v2-squashfs-sysupgrade-d180627.bin &
> root@:~# Device archer-c7 not supported by this image
> Supported devices: tplink,tl-archer-c7-v2
> Image check 'fwtool_check_image' failed.
>
> Is Target System "Atheros ATH79 (DTS)" for Target Profile "TP-LINK Archer C7 v2" not compatible with Target System
> "Atheros AR7xxx/AR9xxx" for the same Target Profile?
>
> Regards,
> Hartmut
>
>
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It may be that board name has changed, what's your cat 
/tmp/sysinfo/board_name ?

Now on ath79 should be tplink,tl-archer-c7-v2 so if doesn't match this 
is the problem

You can safely try with -F, but you'll be needed to recreate the 
/etc/config/wifreless file

Regards


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