U-Boot_mod with support of QCA956x

This repository is a fork of https://github.com/pepe2k/u-boot_mod with extra work to support a QCA956x device.

Releases

Binary versions at https://github.com/j-d-r/u-boot-QCA956x/releases are mostly untested because I don't have the devices. They may not boot at all, USE THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.

Main differences with pepe2k version

• Support for TP-Link EAP245 v1:
  • a QCA9563 device
  • AR8033 ethernet PHY handled by bit-banging over GPIO
  • 16MiB NOR
• Add bootelf
• Display more information on boot
• Optimize binary size: builtin division, change decompression algorithm, tuning in lzma compression, etc.
• Add completion with tab in command, variable names, and help
• Add command line history
• Fix in network: vlan handling, use tftpdstp and tftpsrcp to change TFTP ports
• Enable many compiler warnings and fix them
• Many changes in build system: out of source, parallel compilation, LTO, etc.
• Merge of https://github.com/psyborg55/u-boot_mod

TL;DR

Full Readme from pepe2k is here, here are few examples:

Configure

u-boot> setenv ipaddr 192.168.0.1

or

u-boot> dhcp

u-boot> setenv serverip 192.168.0.2
u-boot> setenv tftpdstp 6969
u-boot> setenv ncport 8888
u-boot> setenv uboot_name u-boot.bin
u-boot> setenv bootfile openwrt-ath79-generic-tplink_eap245-v1-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
u-boot> setenv fw_addr 0x9F040000
u-boot> saveenv

TFTP

u-boot> tftpboot 0x80800000 $bootfile
u-boot> erase $fw_addr +$filesize
u-boot> cp.b $fileaddr $fw_addr $filesize

or

u-boot> run uboot_upg

or

u-boot> run fw_upg

HTTP server

u-boot> httpd

Netconsole

u-boot> startnc

connect from PC:

$ nc -u -p 6666 192.168.0.1 6666

go back to serial:

u-boot> startsc

Overclock

u-boot> setclk

recover from bad settings, press reset button before plug power, safe frequencies value will be used.

Without serial

Press reset 1 or 2 seconds after power up then leds flash once per second.

Keep button pressed for at least:

• 3s for web based recovery
• 5s for U-Boot console
• 7s for network console

When HTTP server is running leds are pulsing