I have what is supposed to be a US version of EA7500 v1. I was able to flash a snapshot and had been unsinging without any problems. Of course using a snapshot, I had to occasionally upload a new snapshot to keep pkgs updated. The last time I flash it through lcui something went wrong an I can no longer boot router.
I have been able to flash non-us images from Linksys but US versions will not boot. The only way I can boot is to serial into router and issue bootipq. Otherwise every time I power on router it fails to load spiflash and boots to IPQ prompt.
Here is a serial print
U-Boot .07 [Standard IPQ806X.LN,r40331] (Nov 05 2015 - 14:44:22)
CBT U-Boot ver: 1.1.4
smem ram ptable found: ver: 0 len: 5
DRAM: 235 MiB
NAND: SF: Unsupported manufacturer 00
ipq_spi: SPI Flash not found (bus/cs/speed/mode) = (0/0/48000000/0)
128 MiB
MMC:
PCI0 Link Intialized
PCI1 Link Intialized
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
cdp: get part failed for 0:HLOS
Net: MAC1 addr:0:3:7f:ba:db:1
athrs17_reg_init: complete
athrs17_vlan_config ...done
S17c init done
MAC2 addr:0:3:7f:ba:db:2
eth0
Warning: eth0 MAC addresses don't match:
Address in SROM is 00:03:7f:ba:db:01
Address in environment is 00:06:3b:01:41:00
, eth1
Updating boot_count ... done
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
Write Reg: 0x00000660: Oldval = 0x00140002 Newval = 0x0014007e
Write Reg: 0x0000066c: Oldval = 0x00140001 Newval = 0x0014007d
Write Reg: 0x00000678: Oldval = 0x00140078 Newval = 0x0014007b
Write Reg: 0x00000684: Oldval = 0x00140074 Newval = 0x00140077
Write Reg: 0x00000690: Oldval = 0x0014006c Newval = 0x0014006f
Write Reg: 0x0000069c: Oldval = 0x0014005c Newval = 0x0014005f
Write Reg: 0x000006a8: Oldval = 0x0014003c Newval = 0x0014003f
Write Reg: 0x00000420: Oldval = 0x00020001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000428: Oldval = 0x00020001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000430: Oldval = 0x00010001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000438: Oldval = 0x00010001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000440: Oldval = 0x00010001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000448: Oldval = 0x00010001 Newval = 0x00010001
Write Reg: 0x00000450: Oldval = 0x00010001 Newval = 0x00010001
(IPQ) #
printenv:
altkern=3780000
auto_recovery=yes
autostart=yes
baudrate=115200
boot_part=2
boot_part_ready=2
boot_ver=1.1.4
bootargs=console=ttyHSL1,115200n8 init=/sbin/init rootfstype=squashfs ubi.mtd=14,2048 ubi.block=0,0 root=/dev/ubiblock0_0 rootwait ro
bootcmd=bootipq
bootdelay=2
ethact=eth0
ethaddr=00:06:3b:01:41:00
fileaddr=42000000
filesize=1660000
flashimg=tftp $loadaddr $image && nand erase $prikern $imgsize && nand write $loadaddr $prikern $filesize
flashimg2=tftp $loadaddr $image && nand erase $altkern $imgsize && nand write $loadaddr $altkern $filesize
fsbootargs=ubi.mtd=rootfs root=mtd:ubi_rootfs rootfstype=squashfs
image=macan.bin
imgsize=2800000
ipaddr=192.168.1.1
loadaddr=42000000
machid=1260
netmask=255.255.255.0
partbootargs=console=ttyHSL1,115200n8 init=/sbin/init rootfstype=squashfs ubi.mtd=14,2048 ubi.block=0,0 root=/dev/ubiblock0_0 rootwait ro
partbootargs2=console=ttyHSL1,115200n8 init=/sbin/init rootfstype=squashfs ubi.mtd=16,2048 ubi.block=0,0 root=/dev/ubiblock0_0 rootwait ro
prikern=f80000
serverip=192.168.1.254
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
Now when I flash a world version with bootipq I can get things running. I can then updatge firmware via webgui. I can update firmware to a US version and then it will boot img with bootipq command. But every time I power cycle the router It still boots into IPQ propmt. Seems like I am stuck in a recovery mode and have sf settings mismatch.
any ideas