Adding support for TP-Link BE450(U-boot layout)

For Developers
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Working as of now since 3 months or so. On at least 3 BE450 devices.

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My router is already flashed with OpenWrt can I redo your manipulation via UART to increase the storage space and the UBI version? Thank you

I has heard 10 gb work can you confirm ? In version 25.12.3 or not

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Did you read the install instruction in the PR ?

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Btw, what happens when you flash initramfs.itb image in an OpenWrt stock firmware not U-boot layout? Will it just boot initramfs.itb? Or not do anything?

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Dude btw, do I have to add restore to stock thing? I don't even know if that's even possible, never tried.

I've tried some, but it seems rather difficult. I will pass on this, someone else should do that.

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Ok revert to stock is also possible. This is a method I completely thought about and it worked. Didn't know if it was gonna work.
TP-Link BE450 return to stock firmware:

Now you need a special stock OpenWrt initramfs-kernel.bin file with kmod-mtd-rw compiled onto it. Here is one I compiled, drive link here:(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eS_rcjmPdCEhToFRZwiwW0PvJhyS-a8p/view?usp=sharing)
So, just flash that initramfs-kernel.bin file, from the flash firmware button. You will then boot into that initramfs image.
Then scp the required tp_data.bin and boot.bin file to the router:


scp -O tp_data.bin boot.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp

insmod mtd-rw i_want_a_brick=1
mtd unlock boot
mtd erase boot
mtd write /tmp/boot.bin boot
mtd erase ubi0
mtd erase ubi1
mtd erase userconfig
mtd erase tp_data
mtd write /tmp/tp_data.bin tp_data

md5sum /tmp/tp_data.bin
md5sum /dev/mtd5

If both md5sum is equal, then you can just reboot. This step is very important without tp_data.bin written right, you won't have ethernet.
So, now you will be greeted with U-boot web recovery at 192.168.1.1, no static IP setting is needed for that.
Just download TP-Link Archer BE450 stock firmware from the TP-Link Website and flash it. After it finishes, it will then ask you to reboot. Do that and you're back at stock firmware.

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hi, link dead ?

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