AR750s Slate dropped from Openwrt tree

brother · 2020-07-08T20:33:40.420Z

I am disappointed that the Slate got dropped (link at bottom). Some work should be done to get it back and to change the current 2mb flashing limitations. Some one did a lot of work here (https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/2184) to try to fix everything, but openwrt is so problematic with review and merges.

Is GL.iNet going to continue supporting this router to have an Openwrt 19.0x firmware? I am amazed that you all have not re-based by now. It would be better to have newer packages and perhaps even support in the ath79 tree, even if only in the glinet repository…

@alzhao
https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=ae2d249056bdd7b87169e7c14f54c0c464b1acc5

Incidentally, I am also disappointed that the headers were not populated…

Johnex · 2020-07-08T23:40:53.959Z

Yeah Jeff is here on the forums too @jeffsf . OpenWRT has been lagging with official merges as well, such as the S1300 that has been pending for almost a year. Just recently they started to look at it.

brother · 2020-07-09T03:12:03.953Z

it is still possible to build by just stepping back with git, but the real problem is there is no 19.07 release build or gl-inet clean build, which means that if you want to install a package down the road you have to rebuild

brother · 2020-07-09T03:13:19.717Z

i emailed Jeff and it did not seem that he wanted to get engaged. What would be best is a clean 19.07 release from @alzhao

alzhao · 2020-07-09T04:21:58.593Z

Checking how to do that.

Our patches are here by now https://github.com/gl-inet/openwrt/tree/openwrt-19.07.2

alzhao · 2020-07-09T04:23:03.375Z

BTW, we have 1907 firmware for Slate here GL.iNet download center

Johnex · 2020-07-09T11:36:40.033Z

@brother As Alfie wrote you, check out the GL-iNet github, all the files are there. Even if the OpenWRT team decides to drop a router, that does not affect the GL-iNet updates and firmwares.

brother · 2020-07-09T12:13:10.850Z

Yes, but there is no clean version

alzhao:

BTW, we have 1907 firmware for Slate here https://dl.gl-inet.com/firmware/ar750s/snapshots/ar750s_19.07/

brother · 2020-07-09T12:13:44.785Z

alzhao:

Checking how to do that.

Our patches are here by now https://github.com/gl-inet/openwrt/tree/openwrt-19.07.2

I would appreciate it!

fonix232 · 2020-07-09T17:14:40.698Z

Those are the clean versions.

alzhao:

Checking how to do that.

Our patches are here by now https://github.com/gl-inet/openwrt/tree/openwrt-19.07.2

Any chance you’re going to push the E750 support bits as well?

alzhao · 2020-07-10T02:45:28.214Z

AR750S is dropped because its uboot cannot boot big kernel firmware. We are thinking a way to fix this.

But E750 should not have this problem. We submitted the patch in May but still not yet accepted. We will push.

sfx2000 · 2020-07-10T02:59:32.006Z

While this thread is focused on the AR750S, there is also work on the AR300M-NAND target, not sure if that was pushed thru…

@jeffsf - any comments on AR300M?

fonix232 · 2020-07-10T10:17:56.787Z

alzhao:

But E750 should not have this problem. We submitted the patch in May but still not yet accepted. We will push.

I can’t see the PR in the OpenWrt repos anywhere - nor can I see your changes in the gl-inet/openwrt repo. Could you please link to it?

Johnex · 2020-07-10T11:41:16.021Z

https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/openwrt/patch/1588852019-6929-1-git-send-email-luochongjun@gl-inet.com/

brother · 2020-07-10T20:30:56.590Z

alzhao:

AR750S is dropped because its uboot cannot boot big kernel firmware. We are thinking a way to fix this.

Great! If you update the uboot, would you also consider adding the netconsole??

sfx2000 · 2020-07-11T03:08:14.870Z

brother:

Great! If you update the uboot, would you also consider adding the netconsole??

Netconsole is a bit of a security risk - handy yes for development, but not for production…

brother · 2020-07-11T13:46:58.493Z

sfx2000:

Netconsole is a bit of a security risk - handy yes for development, but not for production…

I agree, but so is the uboot web interface…

sfx2000 · 2020-07-11T23:08:20.225Z

Yeah - less risky with the Pepe-2K WebUI though…

NetConsole is a whole different animal

brother · 2020-07-27T00:05:46.577Z

alzhao:

AR750S is dropped because its uboot cannot boot big kernel firmware. We are thinking a way to fix this.

is there any progress on this?

sfx2000 · 2020-07-27T00:12:28.891Z

Working off master… latest log there…

Seem like perhaps yes…

$ git log | grep AR750
ath79: re-enable image generation for GL-AR750S
ath79: improve status LED definitions for GL-AR750
Improve the status LED functionality in GL-AR750
ar71xx: use status led for GL.iNet GL-AR750S
ath79: add support for GL.iNet GL-AR750S when porting the
ath79: GL-AR750S (NOR/NAND): limit factory.img kernel size to 2 MB
The present U-Boot for GL-AR750S has a limit of 2 MB for kernel size.
Fixes: b496a2294c ("ath79: GL-AR750S: provide NAND support; increase kernel to 4 MB")
ath79: GL-AR750S: provide NAND support; increase kernel to 4 MB
The GL.iNet GL-AR750S has been supported by the ar71xx and ath79
The family of GL-AR750S devices on the ath79 platform now includes:
NB: See "ath79: restrict GL-AR750S kernel build-size to 2 MB" which
The GL-AR750S OEM U-Boot allows upload and flashing of either NOR
ath79: GL-AR750S: Add I2C Support
The GL-AR750S has an internal header for I2C.
The GL.iNet AR750S USB and microSD port is currently not working out of
Run-tested-on: GL.iNet AR750S
The GL.iNet AR750S is based around the QCA9563
ath79: align GL-AR750S boardname to other GL.iNet devices
As the official device name is GL-AR750S, rename the board accordingly.
ath79: add support for GL.iNet GL-AR750S
ar71xx: add support for GL.iNet GL-AR750S
This patch adds supports for GL-AR750S.
uboot-envtools: add support for GL.iNet GL-AR750
ar71xx: add support for GL.iNet GL-AR750
GL.iNet GL-AR750 is a small size, dual-band (AC750) router, based on
Qualcomm/Atheros QCA9531 v2 + QCA9887. FCC ID: 2AFIW-AR750.