The boot loader is different, XM v.5.5.11 was the last version to use the old 
bootloader that worked when using tftp to flash openwrt, the new bootloader 
starting with XM v5.6.x only accepts official ubnt firmware over tftp.  I can 
confirm though you can still flash openwrt using the factory image in the web 
interface.  The other option which I haven’t tested but it may possibly work is 
to scp the sysupgrade image to /tmp/ on the ubnt device and then use mtd to 
write directly.

If ubnt would release the source for the newer u-boot then this tftp issue 
could be solved, but they don’t which is in clear violation of the GPL, my 
emails to them have fallen on deaf ears.

Gareth

-----Original Message-----
From: openwrt-devel [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Aaron Z
Sent: Thursday, 6 October 2016 4:16 a.m.
To: Russell Senior
Cc: Bill Moffitt; OpenWrt Development List
Subject: Re: [OpenWrt-Devel] Tried to update ticket 20982 on dev.openwrt.org

Try downgrading the firmware to XM.v5.5.10 (I use 
http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/XN-fw-internal/v5.5.10/XM.v5.5.10.24241.141001.1649.bin
on my Nanostation LocoM2s at work)
It will complain about long passwords not being supported, but it will let you 
downgrade to it and then you can flash OpenWRT onto it.

Aaron Z
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hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a 
wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act 
alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a 
computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization 
is for insects.
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On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 3:56 AM, Russell Senior <[email protected]> 
wrote:
>>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Moffitt <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Bill> I have been busy with other things, but I finally got a shipment 
> Bill> of brand-new PicoStations (XM, identical to Bullet) here and 
> Bill> tried to flash both the trunk builds of OpenWRT and LEDE on them.
>
> Bill> I'm getting the same error I did some months back:
>
> Bill> sent DATA <block=6657, 412 bytes> received ERROR <code=2, 
> Bill> msg=Firmware check failed> Error code 2: Firmware check failed 
> Bill> Sent 3407872 bytes in 6.6 seconds
>
> FWIW, I encountered the same behavior attempting to TFTP a recent LEDE 
> image to a Bullet M2HP.  The box says it was tested in March 2016.
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