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ramips: add support for TP-Link Archer A6 v3

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The patch adds support for the TP-Link Archer A6 v3
The router is sold in US and India with FCC ID TE7A6V3

Specification
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MediaTek MT7621 SOC
RAM:         128MB DDR3
SPI Flash:   W25Q128 (16MB)
Ethernet:    MT7530 5x 1000Base-T
WiFi 5GHz:   Mediatek MT7613BE
WiFi 2.4GHz: Mediatek MT7603E
UART/Serial: 115200 8n1

Device Configuration & Serial Port Pins
---------------------------------------
ETH Ports:    LAN4 LAN3 LAN2 LAN1 WAN
             _______________________
             |                     |
Serial Pins: |   VCC GND TXD RXD   |
             |_____________________|

LEDs:         Power Wifi2G Wifi5G LAN WAN

Build Output
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The build will generate following set of files
[1] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-initramfs-kernel.bin
[2] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-squashfs-factory.bin
[3] openwrt-ramips-mt7621-tplink_archer-a6-v3-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

How to Use - Flashing from TP-Link Web Interface
------------------------------------------------
* Go to "Advanced/System Tools/Firmware Update".
* Click "Browse" and upload the OpenWrt factory image: factory.bin[2]
* Click the "Upgrade" button, and select "Yes" when prompted.

TFTP Booting
------------
Setup a TFTP boot server with address 192.168.0.5.
While starting U-boot press '4' key to stop autoboot.
Copy the initramfs-kernel.bin[1] to TFTP server folder, rename as test.bin
From u-boot command prompt run tftpboot followed by bootm.

Recovery
--------
Archer A6 V3 has recovery page activated if SPI booting from flash fails.
Recovery page can be activated from serial console only.
Press 'x' while u-boot is starting
Note: TFTP boot can be activated only from u-boot serial console.
Device recovery address: 192.168.0.1

Thanks to: Frankis for Randmon MAC address fix.

Signed-off-by: Vinay Patil <post2vinay@gmail.com>
[remove superfluous factory image definition, whitespacing]
Signed-off-by: David Bauer <mail@david-bauer.net>
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Vinay Patil
2021-04-19 06:52:51 +05:30
committed by David Bauer
parent 91abeebd3b
commit f8f8935adb
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@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ netgear,r6800)
ucidef_set_led_netdev "lan3" "LAN3" "white:lan3" "lan3"
ucidef_set_led_netdev "lan4" "LAN4" "white:lan4" "lan4"
;;
tplink,archer-a6-v3)
ucidef_set_led_netdev "lan" "LAN" "green:lan" "br-lan"
ucidef_set_led_netdev "wan" "WAN" "green:wan" "wan"
;;
tplink,re350-v1)
ucidef_set_led_netdev "wifi2g" "Wifi 2.4G" "blue:wifi2G" "wlan0"
ucidef_set_led_netdev "wifi5g" "Wifi 5G" "blue:wifi5G" "wlan1"