Adding OpenWrt support for Extreme Network AP3805i

akornow · February 9, 2021, 12:09am

Hi there. I managed to found an alternative way to reach a web interface that allow me to upgrade firmware and access SSH. Roadmap was: Revert AP firmware to V2.0.1(First release) trough WLC controller. Remove AP from WLC, Reset to default. After that is possible to logon to default web console, enable SSHD....
There is some bin already built that I can try to use on one of these boxes? I´m more a Electronic´s and Infrastructure than a DEV guy, so any help that is not related to compile new builds are appreciated.

akornow · February 9, 2021, 12:11am

Just as curiosity!

akornow · February 9, 2021, 12:19am

Commands available

mpratt14 · February 9, 2021, 4:28am

I am interested in the output of fw_printenv

you should open a new thread and link it here....

akornow · February 9, 2021, 1:16pm

Ok will open soon... Seems to be 115200.

akornow · February 9, 2021, 9:39pm

Here.

Thanks

eutampieri · February 24, 2022, 10:59am

I’ve built the image but I can’t run it because there’s no valid init

mpratt14 · March 4, 2022, 7:41pm

in some cases you may need a OEM router to do the initial downgrading of the original firmware that is discussed in the other post in order to access SSH. It is also possible to pass the openwrt image through the router that manages it.

I do not have the device, so I cannot say for sure what you need to do
I can only compare this device to Watchguard devices so much, but they are not the same software obviously, so their exact directions are likely not the way to flash

you may want to try serial console with the UART pins

eutampieri · March 4, 2022, 8:17pm

Wait, I didn’t explain myself well. I can run it through TFTP but I cannot flash the image (it doesn’t get written)

mpratt14 · March 4, 2022, 8:41pm

and just to be clear we are talking about AP3805i right?

post log?

have you been following the procedure from the current pull request?

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

ath79: add support for Extreme Networks AP3805i

openwrt:master ← albinhe:master

opened 10:03PM - 07 Jan 21 UTC

albinhe

+212 -0

Based mostly on: [WS-AP3705i](https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=c…ommit;h=ebddc5f984a240980303aed68524eb615484eef8) and: [AP3610](https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=d2b8ccb1c04def81224da6f42f644c7d239b9986) ### Extreme Networks AP3805i, Indoor Access Point. Hardware: ------------ - SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557-AT4A - RAM: 2x 128MB Nanya NT5TU64M16HG - FLASH: 64MB - SPANSION FL512SAIFG1 - LAN: Atheros AR8035-A (RGMII GbE with PoE+ IN) - WLAN2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9557 2x2 2T2R - WLAN5: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9882-BR4A 2x2 2T2R - SERIAL: UART pins at J10 (115200 8n1) - LEDs: Power (Green/Amber) WiFi 5 (Green) WiFi 2 (Green) - BTN: Reset Installation: ------------------------ 1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs-image. Place it into a TFTP server root directory and rename it to 1D01A8C0.img Configure the TFTP server to listen at 192.168.1.66/24. 2. Connect the TFTP server to the access point. 3. Connect to the serial console of the access point. Attach power and interrupt the boot procedure when prompted. 4. Configure U-Boot for booting OpenWrt from ram and flash: $ setenv boot_openwrt 'setenv bootargs; bootm 0xa1280000' $ setenv ramboot_openwrt 'setenv serverip 192.168.1.66; tftpboot; bootm' $ setenv bootcmd 'run boot_openwrt' $ saveenv 5. Load OpenWrt into memory: $ run ramboot_openwrt 6. Transfer the OpenWrt sysupgrade image to the device. Write the image to flash using sysupgrade: $ sysupgrade -n /path/to/openwrt-sysupgrade.bin **Notes:** ------------------------ WIP New manufacturer, i took a wild guess to name it just "extreme,...", maybe it should be something else? ath79-wdt Error at boot, related to the external GPIO-Watchdog? ``` ath79-wdt 18060008.wdt: unable to register misc device, err=-16 ath79-wdt: probe of 18060008.wdt failed with error -16 ```

eutampieri · March 5, 2022, 7:47am

Yes

github.com/openwrt/openwrt

Comment by eutampieri to ath79: add support for Extreme Networks AP3805i

openwrt:master ← albinhe:master

Here's a bootlog after flashing with sysupgrade: ``` [ 0.000000] Linux vers…ion 5.10.100 (eugenio@eugenio-my-PC) (mips-openwrt-linux-musl-gcc (OpenWrt GCC 11.2.0 r18955-bd2921ce8b) 11.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.37) #0 Tue Feb 22 21:37:15 2022 [ 0.000000] printk: bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU0 revision is: 00019750 (MIPS 74Kc) [ 0.000000] MIPS: machine is Extreme Networks AP3805i [ 0.000000] SoC: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558 ver 1 rev 0 [ 0.000000] Initrd not found or empty - disabling initrd [ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes [ 0.000000] Zone ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000fffffff] [ 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node [ 0.000000] Early memory node ranges [ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000fffffff] [ 0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000fffffff] [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 64960 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200n8 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes, linear) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear) [ 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off [ 0.000000] Memory: 250920K/262144K available (5446K kernel code, 599K rwdata, 1196K rodata, 1196K init, 201K bss, 11224K reserved, 0K cma-reserved) [ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1 [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS: 51 [ 0.000000] random: get_random_bytes called from start_kernel+0x3c0/0x5b0 with crng_init=0 [ 0.000000] CPU clock: 720.000 MHz [ 0.000000] clocksource: MIPS: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 5309056796 ns [ 0.000007] sched_clock: 32 bits at 360MHz, resolution 2ns, wraps every 5965232126ns [ 0.008291] Calibrating delay loop... 358.80 BogoMIPS (lpj=1794048) [ 0.074977] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.080032] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear) [ 0.087809] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear) [ 0.097631] dyndbg: Ignore empty _ddebug table in a CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_CORE build [ 0.108282] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns [ 0.118783] futex hash table entries: 256 (order: -1, 3072 bytes, linear) [ 0.126106] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem [ 0.132506] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 0.184007] clocksource: Switched to clocksource MIPS [ 0.190346] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 0.195204] IP idents hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, linear) [ 0.203534] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear) [ 0.212513] TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 0.220696] TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear) [ 0.228223] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048) [ 0.235105] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear) [ 0.242071] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear) [ 0.249723] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 0.254418] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32 [ 0.264086] workingset: timestamp_bits=14 max_order=16 bucket_order=2 [ 0.274575] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher [ 0.280786] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc. [ 0.294653] pinctrl-single 1804002c.pinmux: 544 pins, size 68 [ 0.301661] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled [ 0.309105] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled [ 0.313716] 18020000.uart: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 9, base_baud = 2500000) is a 16550A [ 0.322937] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled [ 0.322937] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled [ 0.331838] printk: bootconsole [early0] disabled [ 0.331838] printk: bootconsole [early0] disabled [ 0.350937] spi-nor spi0.0: s25fl512s (65536 Kbytes) [ 0.356092] 13 fixed-partitions partitions found on MTD device spi0.0 [ 0.362625] Creating 13 MTD partitions on "spi0.0": [ 0.367611] 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "u-boot-bak" [ 0.376156] 0x000000080000-0x000000100000 : "u-boot" [ 0.381969] 0x000000100000-0x000000140000 : "cfg1" [ 0.388968] 0x000000140000-0x000000180000 : "cfg2" [ 0.394656] 0x000000180000-0x0000001c0000 : "nvram4" [ 0.401704] 0x0000001c0000-0x000000200000 : "nvram3" [ 0.407610] 0x000000200000-0x000000240000 : "nvram2" [ 0.414747] 0x000000240000-0x000000280000 : "nvram1" [ 0.420539] 0x000000280000-0x000001280000 : "PriImg" [ 0.427686] 0x000001280000-0x000002280000 : "SecImg" [ 0.433479] 0x000002280000-0x000003f40000 : "firmware" [ 0.441118] 2 uimage-fw partitions found on MTD device firmware [ 0.447184] Creating 2 MTD partitions on "firmware": [ 0.452225] 0x000000000000-0x0000005c0000 : "kernel" [ 0.458680] 0x0000005c0000-0x000001cc0000 : "rootfs" [ 0.464449] mtd: device 12 (rootfs) set to be root filesystem [ 0.471023] mtdsplit: no squashfs found in "rootfs" [ 0.476064] 0x000003f40000-0x000003fc0000 : "cert" [ 0.482378] 0x000003fc0000-0x000004000000 : "art" [ 0.497898] ag71xx 19000000.eth: invalid MAC address, using random address [ 0.924521] ag71xx 19000000.eth: connected to PHY at mdio.0:05 [uid=004dd072, driver=Qualcomm Atheros AR8035] [ 0.935119] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4, mode: rgmii-id [ 0.941835] i2c /dev entries driver [ 0.946887] NET: Registered protocol family 10 [ 0.956143] Segment Routing with IPv6 [ 0.959956] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 0.964590] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 [ 0.969499] PCI host bridge /ahb/pcie-controller@180c0000 ranges: [ 0.975753] MEM 0x0000000010000000..0x0000000011ffffff [ 0.981061] IO 0x0000000000000000..0x0000000000000000 [ 0.986545] PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00 [ 0.990718] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x10000000-0x11ffffff] [ 0.997719] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [io 0x0000] [ 1.003374] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [??? 0x00000000 flags 0x0] [ 1.010267] pci_bus 0000:00: No busn resource found for root bus, will use [bus 00-ff] [ 1.018359] pci 0000:00:00.0: [168c:003c] type 00 class 0x028000 [ 1.024496] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x001fffff 64bit] [ 1.031422] pci 0000:00:00.0: reg 0x30: [mem 0x00000000-0x0000ffff pref] [ 1.038295] pci 0000:00:00.0: supports D1 [ 1.042366] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D3hot [ 1.049237] pci_bus 0000:00: busn_res: [bus 00-ff] end is updated to 00 [ 1.056005] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x10000000-0x101fffff 64bit] [ 1.063436] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 6: assigned [mem 0x10200000-0x1020ffff pref] [ 1.202536] jffs2: notice: (1) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 0 of xdatum (0 unchecked, 0 orphan) and 0 of xref (0 dead, 0 orphan) found. [ 1.218216] VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) readonly on device 31:12. [ 1.229451] Freeing unused kernel memory: 1196K [ 1.234073] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection. [ 1.240610] Run /sbin/init as init process [ 1.244967] Run /etc/init as init process [ 1.249149] Run /bin/init as init process [ 1.253322] Run /bin/sh as init process [ 1.257390] Kernel panic - not syncing: No working init found. Try passing init= option to kernel. See Linux Documentation/admin-guide/init.rst for guidance. [ 1.271769] Rebooting in 1 seconds.. ```

The forum breaks the link, but it’s one of the last comments there

Yes

Dragets · March 5, 2022, 1:12pm

Is the initramfs log from an untouched system or from the already flashed one?
Did you flash from web-gui or from cli?

mpratt14 · March 5, 2022, 3:42pm

you are compiling your own image?

to me it looks like you have compiled the kernel alone without the package feeds being downloaded first, simply missing a step in the process

mpratt14 · March 5, 2022, 3:47pm

reading helps you understand but I should mention that all you need to do to update package feeds is

make package/symlinks clean

eutampieri · March 5, 2022, 6:38pm

I think it’s an already flashed one but I’ll post later a pristine OEM bootlog

eutampieri · March 5, 2022, 6:39pm

Oh well… maybe this is what causes the issue. Why the initramfs image works though? Also, I’ve dumped all mtds and extracted them with Jefferson and none contains a valid OpenWrt root

thelancer · March 18, 2022, 10:04am

Hi. Despite compiling the image and following all the steps, I was not successful. I don't know where I went wrong. Can the friends who run it please share the files. thanks..

saxy · March 18, 2022, 11:58am

hy and welcome!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e7kLaK1dWnCCJCh8TuVOgFB2yGyrBG3g/view?usp=sharing
here are my files (image is with LUCI)
they work fine with my 3 devices.

maybe can you share your console output here, maybe I or someone else can have a look.

thelancer · March 19, 2022, 4:54pm

Thanks. I tried it on 3 devices and it worked on all of them.

saxy · March 28, 2022, 6:27pm

Hy,
I compiled the stable branch 21.02 for ap3805
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ePAX6CvSPFkW0wfaq4HRhEPVtaJ-kWxM/view?usp=sharing
Everyone who wants to add packages with opkg can try it!
Worked on one of my devices without problems