Semi-bricked Slate AX

shawnl · 2022-08-28T20:37:22.508Z

I built this 64-bit firmware GitHub - coolsnowwolf/openwrt-gl-ax1800

Which works on theAXT1800, but is much harder to use than the stock firmware.

Problem is that the u-boot failsafe (did it change it?) times out when uploading large images (such as stock firmware).

Even after uploading your uboot.html from here Commits · gl-inet/uboot-ipq60xx · GitHub I still have problem—I can upload the firmware I built as it is only 8 MB, but the stock firmware always fails to upload.

I really want a 64-bit kernel (32-bit user-space is fine) to work with, but I also want stock firmware (with all the gl-inet interface stuff which is polished especially with wireguard), and would prefer 32-bit stock firmware to nothing.

shawnl · 2022-08-28T20:43:24.799Z

While glinet image use seperate mtd partitions for squashfs, kernel, and ubi—this 64-bit build uses one mtd partition for the three and 3 ubi partitions.

shawnl · 2022-08-28T21:53:47.846Z

Is there a way to unbrick via tftp?

alzhao · 2022-08-29T12:27:09.332Z

You have to debrick uing uboot.

If your pc cannot upload big files, try change mtu of your pc’s network card.

Or just try another pc.

shawnl · 2022-08-29T15:12:25.418Z

I figured out what the problem was with uploading.

The vanilla openwrt used the same ip address, and I had firefox on auto-refresh in another tab, and the u-boot uhttpd couldn’t handle the multi-tasking of the spurious requests (I DoSed myself).