[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH v3] ramips: add Asus RT-AC85P

[Gábor Varga]

Hi!

Birger Koblitz <mail at birger-koblitz.de> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. aug. 23.,
P, 11:56):

> Hi,
>
> On 23.08.19 11:04, Gábor Varga wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > Although it looks like the Asus RT-AC85P and the Asus RT-AC65P models
> > are identical, but I have separated them into two dts and have
> > introduced the HW version into the names (for the new versions in the
> > future).
>
> Are you sure that is necessary? AFAIK there are no different versions of
> the routers around and Asus seems to have a policy of constantly
> churning out new router models without upgrading existing routers to new
> revisions.


I introduced the HW revision because according to the Asus specification
the two routers should be different at least at the radio hardware. Maybe
Asus can't buy only temporarily MT7615S and MT7615B radios, and fix this in
the next hardware release. Otherwise the Asus has more routers with same
name and different HW version with fully different hardware. For example:
RT-N10 rev A1 has a BroadCom SoC, the rev. C1 has a RaLink SoC.
Or you mean, why have I separated the two models? I have made this, because
with only one dts the model of the router under OpenWrt would be in both
case Asus RT-AC85P.


> >
> > I have an alternative installation method via SSH:
> >
> > Note: The user/password for SSH is identical with the one used in the
> > Web-interface.
> >
> > 1. Complete the initial setup wizard.
> > 2. Activate SSH under "Administration" -> "System".
> > 3. Transfer the OpenWrt factory image via scp:
> >  > scp openwrt-ramips-mt7621-asus_rt-ac65p-r01-squashfs-factory.bin
> > admin at 192.168.50.1:/tmp
> > 4. Connect via SSH to the router.
> >  > ssh admin at 192.168.50.1 <mailto:admin at 192.168.50.1>
> > 5. Write the OpenWrt image to flash.
> >  > mtd-write -i
> > /tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt7621-asus_rt-ac65p-r01-squashfs-factory.bin -d
> linux
> > 6. Reboot the router
> >  > reboot
> >
> > Another thing: I don't know, if it's good method to replace the second
> > firmware partition with OpenWrt image during sysupgrade. When we don't
> > do that, than we have always a factory firmware on the secondary
> > firmware partition, so the back to the factory firmware would be much
> > easier.
>
> I don't have a strong opinion on this. Both ways have their advantages.
> If during sysupgrade both copies of the FW are written, then this is
> consistent with the original software's behavior and additionally, the
> outcome is independent of the OpenWRT initial installation method. When
> using tftp (or the Web-GUI should someone figure out the exact format)
> both copies are written, only ssh and serial port allow to install only
> one copy. Not copying over the previous OpenWRT image to the second
> partition during sysupgrade allows having a copy of the factory firmware
> around (but which needs to be written to the first partition again to be
> booted).
>

I don't know what is the best option. But, when we leave the second
partition untouched, than the user go back to the factory firmware, when he
write only one block to the firmware partition (and the checksum will be
wrong, so the bootloader overwrites the first partition with the second
one.

Cheers,

Gabor Varga

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