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Andreas Böhler 28df7f7ff2 ramips: mt7621: add support for ZyXEL WSM20
The ZyXEL WSM20 aka Multy M1 is a cheap mesh router system by ZyXEL
based on the MT7621 CPU.

Specifications
==============

SoC: MediaTek MT7621AT (880MHz)
RAM: 256MiB
Flash: 128MiB NAND
Wireless: 802.11ax (2x2 MT7915E DBDC)
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 (MT7530)
Button: 1x WPS, 1x Reset, 1x LED On/Off
LED: 7 LEDs (3x white, 2x red, 2x green)

MAC address assignment
======================

The MAC address assignment follows stock: The label MAC address is the LAN
MAC address, the WAN address is read from flash.

The WiFi MAC addresses are set in userspace to label MAC + 1 and label MAC
+ 2.

Installation (web interface)
============================

The device is cloud-managed, but there is a hidden local firmware upgrade
page in the OEM web interface. The device has to be registered in the
cloud in order to be able to access this page.

The system has a dual firmware design, there is no way to tell which
firmware is currently booted. Therefore, an -initramfs version is flashed
first.

1. Log into the OEM web GUI
2. Access the hidden upgrade page by navigating to
   https://192.168.212.1/gui/#/main/debug/firmwareupgrade
3. Upload the -initramfs-kernel.bin file and flash it
4. Wait for OpenWrt to boot and log in via SSH
5. Transfer the sysupgrade file via SCP
6. Run sysupgrade to install the image
7. Reboot and enjoy

NB: If the initramfs version was installed in RAS2, the sysupgrade script
sets the boot number to the first partition. A backup has to be performed
manually in case the OEM firwmare should be kept.

Installation (UART method)
==========================

The UART method is more difficult, as the boot loader does not have a
timeout set. A semi-working stock firmware is required to configure it:

1. Attach UART
2. Boot the stock firmware until the message about failsafe mode appears
3. Enter failsafe mode by pressing "f" and "Enter"
4. Type "mount_root"
5. Run "fw_setenv bootmenu_delay 3"
6. Reboot, U-Boot now presents a menu
7. The -initramfs-kernel.bin image can be flashed using the menu
8. Run the regular sysupgrade for a permanent installation

Changing the partition to boot is a bit cumbersome in U-Boot, as there is
no menu to select it. It can only be checked using mstc_bootnum. To change
it, issue the following commands in U-Boot:

   nand read 1800000 53c0000 800
   mw.b 1800004 1 1
   nand erase 53c0000 800
   nand write 1800000 53c0000 800

This selects FW1. Replace "mw.b 1800004 1 1" by "mw.b 1800004 2 1" to
change to the second slot.

Back to stock
=============

It is possible to flash back to stock, but a OEM firmware upgrade is
required. ZyXEL does not provide the link on its website, but the link
can be acquired from the OEM web GUI by analyzing the transferred JSON
objects.

It is then a matter of writing the firmware to Kernel2 and setting the
boot partition to FW2:

   mtd write zyxel.bin Kernel2
   echo -ne "\x02" | dd of=/dev/mtdblock7 count=1 bs=1 seek=4 conv=notrunc

Signed-off-by: Andreas Böhler <dev@aboehler.at>
Credits to forum users Annick and SirLouen for their initial work on this
device
2023-04-29 21:53:34 +02:00
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arm-trusted-firmware-bcm63xx trusted-firmware-a.mk: pass DTC path similar to u-boot.mk 2022-08-28 19:01:55 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-mediatek arm-trusted-firmware-mediatek: update to sources of 2022-08-31 2022-08-31 21:10:39 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu arm-trusted-firmware-mvebu: Use host flags for cryptest compilation 2022-12-31 19:55:42 +01:00
arm-trusted-firmware-rockchip atf-rockchip: update to 2.3 2020-07-28 15:52:44 +02:00
arm-trusted-firmware-sunxi arm-trusted-firmware-sunxi: bump to 2.8 2023-04-01 01:22:19 +03:00
arm-trusted-firmware-tools arm-trusted-firmware-tools: update to v2.7 2022-09-07 04:22:40 +01:00
at91bootstrap at91bootstrap: use sdmmc0 as booting media for sama5d27_som1_ek 2022-09-02 20:43:51 +02:00
fconfig treewide: unify OpenWrt hosted source via @OPENWRT 2021-02-05 12:00:24 -10:00
grub2 treewide: opt-out of tree-wide LTO usage 2023-03-21 18:28:23 +01:00
imx-bootlets imx-bootlets: refresh patches 2021-02-24 16:15:02 +01:00
kexec-tools treewide: add support for "gc-sections" in PKG_BUILD_FLAGS 2023-03-21 18:28:22 +01:00
kobs-ng kobs-ng: update dependencies after 'imx6' -> 'imx' rename 2021-11-03 12:45:40 +01:00
mt7623n-preloader mt7623n-preloader: remove mt7622-preloader 2021-02-28 04:12:23 +00:00
tfa-layerscape tfa-layerscape: Use trusted-firmware-a.mk 2022-12-31 20:02:09 +01:00
uboot-at91 uboot-at91: use sdmmc0 as booting media for sama5d27_som1_ek 2022-09-02 20:43:51 +02:00
uboot-bcm4908 uboot-bcm4908: update to the latest generic 2022-12-08 12:10:21 +01:00
uboot-envtools ramips: mt7621: add support for ZyXEL WSM20 2023-04-29 21:53:34 +02:00
uboot-fritz4040 uboot-fritz4040: build FritzBox 7520 variant 2022-10-20 17:42:06 +02:00
uboot-imx uboot-imx: pico-pi-imx7d: fix wrong make flags overriding 2022-07-12 09:25:43 +02:00
uboot-kirkwood uboot-kirkwood: build with kirkwood generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:52 +01:00
uboot-lantiq uboot-lantiq: danube: fix hanging lzma kernel uncompression #2 2021-11-27 21:49:10 +01:00
uboot-layerscape layerscape: Switch LS1012A-FRDM initramfs to gzip 2022-11-27 13:18:29 +01:00
uboot-mediatek uboot-mediatek: add TP-Link TL-XDR4288 and TL-XDR608x 2023-04-22 04:10:19 +01:00
uboot-mvebu uboot-mvebu: update to version 2023.01 2023-01-17 23:17:33 +01:00
uboot-mxs uboot-mxs: build with mxs generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:52 +01:00
uboot-omap uboot-omap: build with omap generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:54 +01:00
uboot-oxnas treewide: use AUTORELEASE on all uboot-* packages 2021-10-02 21:26:12 +02:00
uboot-rockchip uboot-rockchip: drop CONFIG_IDENT_STRING 2022-06-19 12:31:02 +02:00
uboot-sunxi uboot-sunxi: update support for FriendlyARM ZeroPI 2023-04-10 13:50:58 +02:00
uboot-tegra uboot-tegra: build with tegra generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:53 +01:00
uboot-zynq uboot-zynq: build with zynq generic subtarget 2022-12-25 11:55:53 +01:00