Dynalink DL-WRX36 Askey RT5010W IPQ8072A technical discussion

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3031

Has anyone had experience with settings like these ...

CONFIG_EXTRA_BINUTILS_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--enable-lto --enable-plugins --enable-threads "
CONFIG_EXTRA_GCC_CONFIG_OPTIONS="--with-cpu-64=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma --with-isl --enable-lto "
CONFIG_EXTRA_OPTIMIZATION="-fno-caller-saves -fno-plt -mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma -Wa,-mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma"
CONFIG_KERNEL_CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma -Wa,-mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma"
CONFIG_TARGET_OPTIMIZATION="-O3 -pipe -mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma -Wa,-mcpu=cortex-a53+crc+crypto+rdma -fipa-pta -fgraphite-identity -floop-nest-optimize -ftree-loop-ivcanon -fivopts -ftree-vectorize -fgcse-sm -fgcse-las -Wno-error"
3032

Did you ever find a solution?

3033

Nope, just put it down to snapshot being experimental.

I'm only using snapshots for the apk capabilities, have scripts I need to migrate over.

I wonder if this is occurring on 24.10-rc4?

3034

I have the snapshot with APK installed right before the decision to keep opkg as default package manager so can't comment, unfortunately.

3035

Try editing /etc/init.d/network and replace reload_legacy with reload.

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3036

Running SNAPSHOT:

ubus call network.interface.wg0 down
ubus call network.interface.wg0 up

The "down" option works, but the "up" option does not.

3037

Does anybody know what is the LED behaviour on the WAN(2.5G) port in stock FW?

Meaning, what do green and yellow LED-s indicate?
I am debugging them in OpenWrt but I dont remember how stock FW configured them

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3039

Thanks, I think this will fix it:

Please give it a go, it works for me and I would love to get it into 24.10 as well

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3040

What's the status on availability of Airtime Queue Limits (AQL) (https://www.bufferbloat.net/projects/make-wifi-fast/wiki/) on Dynalink DL-WRX36 (and ath11k driver / firmware in general) on OpenWrt 24.10.0-rc6?

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3041

I am running OpenWrt SNAPSHOT, r28739 and I believe the patch is included.

As I removed the multicast to unicast now fully on my interfaces, and having zero issues.

3042

are you sure? I couldn't find any commits indicating so.

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3043

Oh yeah, I was hit by the problems later that day.

Still don't see the patch @ https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/tree/main/package/kernel/mac80211/patches/ath11k

Will toggle multicast to unicast on again

3044

@rmandrad Do you have the latest OEM firmware v1.10.01.323 file or any other version after v1.10.01.201? I am trying to return back to OEM firmware on a friend's DL-WRX36. Thanks in advance.

3045

no i am afraid i don't have

3046

yes I figured out after trying it and getting the errors. Reverted to qosmio's NSS build which includes the patch.

3047

How did you obtain the v1.10.01.201 firmware file? I don't see any firmware download link in either Dynalink or Askey website.

3048

It was intercepted mid air, read this thread or the WRX36 wiki page for more info.

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3049

Caution:
It is possible that ipq807x with DL-WRX36 is currently broken.

I have now compiled and flashed r28775-98d7f4202f twice, and the image fails to boot.
It fails to read rootfs from UBI during the boot process:

[    1.167937] cpr4_ipq807x_apss_calculate_target_quotients: apc_corner: fused   STURBO: quot[ 7]=1191, quot_offset[ 7]= 175
[    1.179117] cpr3_regulator_init_ctrl: apc: Default CPR mode = closed-loop
[    1.182172] cpufreq: cpufreq_online: CPU0: Running at unlisted initial frequency: 800000 KHz, changing to: 1017600 KHz
[    1.198414] remoteproc remoteproc0: cd00000.q6v5_wcss is available
[    1.207552] UBI error: cannot open mtd rootfs, er▒+▒r▒▒ʂ▒▒▒Waiting for root device /dev/ubiblock0_1...

This might be related to the introduction of ipq5018 subtarget to qualcommax, but there is no certainly about that yet.

My previous build r28737-084618f8db from 31.1.2025 boots ok, so there is a 6 day regression window, where the change has happened.

EDIT: r28746-63e178f067 compiled by buildbot on 5.2.2025 also boots ok, so the regression window get more narrow as r28775-98d7f4202f fails for me.

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3051

Just as potential additional data point, r28753-f480fa60d3 (2025-02-05) works on my Xiaomi Mi AIoT Router AX3600 (ipq8071a with NAND and UBI).