Well, Engenious or Senao have been ignoring GPL source request for a while. And completely violating the GPL licence.
On 20 August 2018 at 16:26, Chuanhong Guo <[email protected]> wrote: > GPL doesn't prevent the manufacturer from blocking third-party > firmware being installed on their router. > They just need to provide GPL code for their firmware (and they don't > need to explicitly submit their device support to OpenWrt project.) > BTW: It seemed that the bootrom of Qualcomm IPQ40xx comes from other > Qualcomm Android chips and contains some security features that > preventing unauthorized firmware to be installed on their router. An > RSA pubkey can be burnt in to SoC and SoC bootrom will verify contents > on flash before booting it. If this feature is used by the > manufacturer you'll be impossible to flash any third-party firmware on > this router. > Michael Holstein <[email protected]> 于2018年8月20日周一 下午9:41写道： > > > > I was finally frustrated at these Engenus/Saneo units and found the > > serial port and got into uBoot and looked at the image .. it's yours > > .. but oddly, you don't support it all. > > > > Well gee, that's curious, it seems somebody's breaking the rules, and > > it isn't you. > > > > I'd nastygram Engenius and make them post the GPL contrib so you have > > the BLOB for the Broacdom IPQ4019 that's in there. This is the > > EAP1250/1300 (identical except for where RJ45 port is) .. there are > > 100 others that use this board (I ran the board ID through the FCC API > > if you want all the makes/models). > > > > Here's your goods let me know if you want anything else .. I'm going > > to build the image for it and flash but since they broke the rules to > > begin with I'm dumping the flash and using the FDT to help modernize. > > > > These are cool because they are dual radio soft APs that are PoE and > > AC wave 2. A 3 pack is $160 on Amazon. With OpenWISP you can do most > > anything shy of a college campus > > > > ahywho ..here's all the proof you need. They didn't even bother to > > change the name. > > > > I'm not a contributor I just do lots of embedded work and this made me > > mad. Note that the you've already noticed this on the Engenius 300 > > (the wiki poings out the factory firmware is openwrt) > > > > Company contact/owner is easiest found via their FCC filings : most > > recent one from > > company president > > > > https://fccid.io/A8J-EAP1300/Letter/Confidentiality-Request-3409208 > > > > Cheers, > > > > -Michael. > > > > PS: It looks like they locked the UART from which I obtained this in > > u-boot from allowing interrupt so I'm going to poke about and find out > > how to get in there. I know this can be done but it's first I've seen > > it done .. The uBoot is reworked from Saneo, per the version string. > > > > Anyone have a clever tip on that work-around? .. If I can get console > > at u-Boot I can skip a couple steps. > > > > ---snip---. > > > > bootm 0x84000000#configÉ4 > > > > ## Booting kernel from FIT Image at 84000000 ... > > Using 'configÉ4' configuration > > Trying 'kernelÉ1' kernel subimage > > Description: ARM OpenWrt Linux-3.14.43 <<<<<<<< LOL OKAY COUGH IT > UP > > Type: Kernel Image > > Compression: gzip compressed > > Data Start: 0x840000e4 > > Data Size: 3180186 Bytes = 3 MiB > > Architecture: ARM > > OS: t Linux > > Load Address: 0x80208000 > > Entry Point: 0x80208000 > > Hash algo: crc32 > > Hash value: 34c16a99 > > Hash algo: sha1 > > Hash value: 620a666c88729f60ee5b3f90fa261ed2bb3de6cb > > Verifying Hash Integrity ... crc32+ sha1+ OK > > > > ## Flattened Device Tree from FIT Image at 84000000 > > Using 'configÉ4' configuration > > Trying 'fdtÉ4' FDT blob subimage > > Description: ARM OpenWrt qcom-ipq40xx-ap.dkxx device tree blob > > Type: Flat Device Tree > > Compression: uncompressed > > Data Start: 0x84325520 > > Data Size: 33495 Bytes = 32.7 KiB > > Architecture: ARM > > Hash algo: crc32 > > Hash value: 19be728a > > Hash algo: sha1 > > Hash value: 633f6dbf948179ecf1f72f737981d2b38fabe6ee > > Verifying Hash Integrity ... crc32+ sha1+ OK > > Booting using the fdt blob at 0x84325520 > > Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK > > > > Loading Device Tree to 86ff4000, end 86fff2d6 ... > > > > And guilty party : > > > > Linux version 3.14.43 (root@liwei) (gcc version 4.8.3 20140106 > > (prerelease) (Linaro GCC 4.8-2014.01) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 30 > > 18:20:10 CST 2018 > > > > [ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fc075] revision 5 (ARMv7), > cr=10c5387d > > > > [ 0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing > > instruction cache > > > > [ 0.000000] Machine model: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. IPQ40xx/EAP1250 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > openwrt-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openwrt.org/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >
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