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Plasma Cloud devices use a dual-firmware regions/slots boot mechanism. On
APs, the u-boot is "intelligent" and checks the NOR/NAND partitions (kernel
+ rootfs) for corruption via "datachk". If validation fails, the bootloader
automatically switches to the fallback partition.
On Realtek-based switches, this "datachk" helper is not available.
However, the bootloader still supports two firmware regions/slots.
When flashing a new image, the "inactive" partition is written instead of
overwriting the active one. If no "inactive" partition exists but
"firmware1" is present, the bootloader always treats "firmware1" as
fallback. Only after a successful flash is the `u-boot-env` updated to
select the newly written partition.
On reboot, the bootloader loads the kernel from the new partition and
passes `mtdparts` information as the kernel cmdline. The Plasma Cloud
switch device tree does not override this with a `bootargs` property, so
the active partition layout is honored from cmdline.
Since offsets, sizes, and names of partitions match between the device tree
and cmdline (except the inactive slot), properties and nodes such as
`nvmem-cells` or `compatible` remain fully usable.
This mechanism also allows switching back to the old firmware slot. For
example, if `firmware1` is currently active (`/proc/mtd` shows it), it can
be switched to slot 2 using:
. /lib/upgrade/upgrade_dualboot.sh
set_boot_part 2
reboot
Firmware upgrades use standard `sysupgrade` tarballs, chosen for
compatibility with vendor images. In theory, one can switch between vendor
and OpenWrt with:
sysupgrade -n /tmp/*-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Note: configuration files must not be preserved, as they are not compatible
with vanilla OpenWrt.
Signed-off-by: Harshal Gohel <hg@simonwunderlich.de>
Signed-off-by: Sharadanand Karanjkar <sk@simonwunderlich.de>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/19362
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
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OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.
Sunshine!
Download
Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.
If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.
An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:
Development
To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.
Requirements
You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.
binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which
Quickstart
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Run
./scripts/feeds update -ato obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default -
Run
./scripts/feeds install -ato install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/ -
Run
make menuconfigto select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages. -
Run
maketo build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.
Related Repositories
The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of
different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package
manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port
packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.
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LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.
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OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.
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OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.
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OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).
Support Information
For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database
Documentation
Support Community
- Forum: For usage, projects, discussions and hardware advise.
- Support Chat: Channel
#openwrton oftc.net.
Developer Community
- Bug Reports: Report bugs in OpenWrt
- Dev Mailing List: Send patches
- Dev Chat: Channel
#openwrt-develon oftc.net.
License
OpenWrt is licensed under GPL-2.0