Hi Alberto, Thanks for explaining the situation to me. I'll get hold of an Arduino and give this a shot.
All the best, Chris On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 4:52 PM Alberto Bursi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Last attempt I saw was here https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/1770 > > but it was rejected. > > > I have some experience with the bootloader used in this device, I can > > provide more complete instructions to do the uboot fix though. > > TTL/serial access seems to be easy (there is a header as you see in the > photo), > > and you need an inexpensive "arduino USB-TTL dongle" to connect to this > device. > > Connect the pins as defined in the wiki, open up your serial > > communication program (Putty usually) > > and set it for 115200 serial speed, others default. > > Then boot the device, press a key to stop boot when you see > > "Hit any key to stop autoboot: 2 1 0" > > It should stop and accept console commands. > > then copy-paste this line > > setenv sleep 1;nmrp;sf probe 0:3;sf read $loadaddr 0x30000 0x400000;bootm > $loadaddr > > This will alter the bootloader configuration that is causing the issue. > Now it will boot kernels up to 4MB big > > Will still be able to boot stock firmware, we are just increasing a size > limit. > > and then save the change by writing > > saveenv > > and then you can reboot the device by pulling the plug or writing > > reset > > Now you can install OpenWrt as normal. > > -Alberto > > > On 28/05/19 14:00, Chris wrote: > > Hi folks, > > I was wondering if a patch enabling this device was ever released? > > http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2019-January/015556.html > > The wiki suggests one can only install/boot into OpenWRT by wiring up a > JTAG/serial interface and manually intervene... Which is far beyond my > comfort zone. > > Am very eagar to make use of this equipment, so any news would be really > appreciated. > > All the best, > Chris > > _______________________________________________ > openwrt-devel mailing > [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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