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ath79: ubnt-m-xw: Fix factory image flashing using TFTP recovery method

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Ubiquity allows flashing of unsigned factory images via TFTP recovery
method[1]. They claim in airOS v6.0.7 release changelog[2] following:

 All future airOS versions will be signed in this way and not allow
 unsigned firmware to be loaded except via TFTP.

U-boot bootloader on M-XW devices expects factory image revision
version in specific format. On airOS v6.1.7 with `U-Boot 1.1.4-s1039
(May 24 2017 - 15:58:18)` bootloader checks if the revision major(?)
number is actually a number, but in currently generated images there's
OpenWrt text and so the check fails:

 Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
 Setting default IP 192.168.1.20
 Starting TFTP server...
 Receiving file from 192.168.1.25:38438
 Received 4981148 bytes
 Firmware check failed! (1)

By placing arbitrary correct number first in major version, we make the
bootloader happy and we can flash factory images over TFTP again:

 Received 3735964 bytes
 Firmware Version: XW.ar934x.v6.0.4-42.r8474-56aa1ac-OpenWrt
 Setting U-Boot environment variables
 Un-Protected 1 sectors
 Erasing Flash.... done

Patch provided by AREDN[3] project, tested on Bullet M2 XW (ynezz) and
Nanostation M5 XW (ae6xe).

1. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204910124-UniFi-TFTP-Recovery-for-Bricked-Access-Points
2. https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XW-fw/v6.0.7/changelog.txt
3. https://github.com/aredn

Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <ynezz@true.cz>
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Petr Štetiar 2018-11-19 21:44:50 +01:00 committed by John Crispin
parent db4b6535f8
commit d42a7c4699
1 changed files with 8 additions and 2 deletions
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target/linux/ath79/image/generic-ubnt.mk
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@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE UBNT_VERSION DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE UBNT_VERSION UBNT_REVISION
# On M (XW) devices the U-Boot as of version 1.1.4-s1039 doesn't like
# VERSION_DIST being on the place of major(?) version number, so we need to
# use some number.
UBNT_REVISION := $(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION)
# mkubntimage is using the kernel image direct # mkubntimage is using the kernel image direct
# routerboard creates partitions out of the ubnt header # routerboard creates partitions out of the ubnt header
@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ define Build/mkubntimage-split
dd if=$@ of=$@.old1 bs=1024k count=1; \ dd if=$@ of=$@.old1 bs=1024k count=1; \
dd if=$@ of=$@.old2 bs=1024k skip=1; \ dd if=$@ of=$@.old2 bs=1024k skip=1; \
$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfwimage \ $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfwimage \
-B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v$(UBNT_VERSION)-$(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION) \ -B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v$(UBNT_VERSION)-$(UBNT_REVISION) \
-k $@.old1 \ -k $@.old1 \
-r $@.old2 \ -r $@.old2 \
-o $@; \ -o $@; \
@ -69,6 +74,7 @@ define Device/ubnt-xw
UBNT_CHIP := ar934x UBNT_CHIP := ar934x
UBNT_BOARD := XM UBNT_BOARD := XM
UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.4 UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.4
UBNT_REVISION := 42.$(UBNT_REVISION)
ATH_SOC := ar9342 ATH_SOC := ar9342
endef endef