GL-iNet AX1800 new router - OpenWrt support?

solidus1983 · May 14, 2023, 12:12am

@radiomean Spitz AX sounds nice, however i think it uses MediaTek so might have a better chance of getting OpenWRT firmware quickly. So good luck with that.

As for the AXT1800 being fast that's because of me slimming out what i can whilst retaining a basic router, I am glad your enjoying it.

Flashing via Uboot should erase the NAND thus the setting in feeds should of been on the new directory anyway.

But Alas i am trying to get the fan issue sorted now for the AXT1800 then its just the switches left to go, hopefully after that a more better developer can take over from the work here to make patches to place into master or at least guide me on how to do this.

mansour · May 14, 2023, 4:24am

Thank you very much, you have done an excellent job.

radiomean · May 14, 2023, 7:39am

Hi, I am very impressed with your 'slimming out' what you can - as I said, it is now running very fast!
I don't know about needing a 'better developer' comment - you have done a great job getting this going. Many thanks!

Schugy · May 14, 2023, 12:57pm

Exactly, SSID + Mac => BSSID. I noticed that samba4-server is either broken or a dummy package and only has 6.7 kb in size rather than 236 kb. Now USB works on flint I put it to the test.
File list is also shortert than on my NBG6617:

opkg files samba4-server
Package samba4-server (4.18.0-1) is installed on root and has the following files:
/etc/init.d/samba4
/etc/samba/smb.conf.template
/etc/config/samba4
/lib/upgrade/keep.d/samba4-server

opkg files samba4-server
Package samba4-server (4.14.12-3) is installed on root and has the following files:
/etc/init.d/samba4
/usr/sbin/nmbd
/usr/bin/testparm
/etc/samba/smb.conf.template
/etc/config/samba4
/lib/upgrade/keep.d/samba4-server
/usr/sbin/smbd
/usr/bin/nmblookup
/usr/bin/smbpasswd
/usr/bin/pdbedit

solidus1983 · May 14, 2023, 1:09pm

Thanks for reporting that will have a look at it when i have time to do so trying to solve a patch for hopeful working PWM.

solidus1983 · May 14, 2023, 10:18pm

If anyone is using my ipq60xx_solidus1983 branch its currently being redone. I managed to kill it, currently only the ipq60xx_devel branch is now working as i have had to destroy the entire repo and rebuild it. Sorry.

4rtz1z · May 15, 2023, 6:03am

i tried configure samba4 without success too, but using ksmbd it kinda work (on windows can be accessed but not on appleOS)

mansour · May 15, 2023, 6:56pm

You have done a great work so far.

Do you think it would be possible to set manually the fan speed?

I recall there was a post about it and overriding manually the fan speed, but I cannot find this post anymore.

solidus1983 · May 18, 2023, 8:39pm

Right i am going to be rebasing the entire repo of mine.
Shouldn't take too long should be done by end of weekend.

mansour · May 21, 2023, 8:34pm

For those interested in controlling a fan in a basic way using a bash script, follow these steps:

Create the file /etc/fan_control.sh and add the following contents:

#!/bin/bash

c_FAN=461                        # gpio pin the fan is connected to
c_MIN_TEMPERATURE=49            # temperature in degrees c when fan should turn on
c_TEMPERATURE_OFFSET=2          # temperarute offset in degrees c when fan should turn off

temperature_offset=$(( $c_MIN_TEMPERATURE - $c_TEMPERATURE_OFFSET ))
fan_state=0

echo "$c_FAN" > /sys/class/gpio/export
echo "out" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$c_FAN/direction

while [ 1 ]; do
        cpu_temperature=$(cat /sys/class/thermal/thermal_zone0/temp)
        cpu_temperature=$(( $cpu_temperature / 1000 ))
        if [ !fan_state ] && ([ $cpu_temperature -gt $c_MIN_TEMPERATURE ])
        then
                fan_state=1
                echo "1" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$c_FAN/value
        elif [ fan_state ] && [ $cpu_temperature -lt $temperature_offset ]
        then
                fan_state=0
                echo "0" > /sys/class/gpio/gpio$c_FAN/value
        fi
        /bin/sleep 5
done

Create the file /etc/init.d/fan with the following contents:

!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
# Example script
# Copyright (C) 2007 OpenWrt.org

START=10
STOP=15

start() {
        echo start
        # commands to launch application
        /etc/fan_control.sh &
}

stop() {
        echo stop
        # commands to kill application
        # /etc/fan_control.sh
}

Run the following commands to enable the fan control based on CPU temperature:

chmod +x /etc/fan_control.sh
chmod +x /etc/init.d/fan
/etc/init.d/fan enable
/etc/init.d/fan start
reboot

jxph1123 · May 23, 2023, 12:25am

Has the refactoring been completed, can I use your source code to compile, thank you.

solidus1983 · May 23, 2023, 9:44am

Refactoring has been done, however still testing to ensure it fully works.

There is two branches that look similar the one I made is ipq60xx_devel.

The AXT fan no longer spins at so heads up and the WDS button doesn't work.

Last test I did the Wireless driver wasn't compiling either which I will work on when I have time this weekend.

solidus1983 · May 23, 2023, 9:45am

You legend will test this out ASAP.

jxph1123 · May 23, 2023, 10:41am

Thank you for your hard work!
At present, there seems to be a problem with GCC12 compilation. I switched to GCC11 compilation, which has not been completed yet.

solidus1983 · May 23, 2023, 1:04pm

When you say a problem with GCC 12 what's the error?

Also sorry for removing your question on GitHub. Simply post here or DM me.

jxph1123 · May 25, 2023, 12:22am

Sorry, I didn't record the error log and deleted it.
Can you compile this source code successfully?
May I ask how to package the firmware in nand-factory.bin or nand-factory.img format. Thanks!

solidus1983 · May 25, 2023, 3:30pm

Currently it would seem I have broken my repo again. So will try and fix it over the weekend if I can. But before I broke it I was compiling ok on both GCC11 and GCC12.

As for the factory and sysupgrade it makes then in the bin folder after you have done the compile.

jxph1123 · May 26, 2023, 5:41am

bin generates only nand-factory.ubi but not nand-factory.bin.
Recompiled again, and the GCC12 error log is as follows:

aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0/gcc/../libcody -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/host/include -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/host/include -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/host/include  -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0/gcc/../libdecnumber -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0/gcc/../libdecnumber/dpd -I../libdecnumber -I/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0/gcc/../libbacktrace   -o gimple-match.o -MT gimple-match.o -MMD -MP -MF ./.deps/gimple-match.TPo gimple-match.cc
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:18784: Warning: end of file not at end of a line; newline inserted
{standard input}:19134: Error: bad register name `%'
{standard input}: Error: open CFI at the end of file; missing .cfi_endproc directive
g++: fatal error: Killed signal terminated program cc1plus
compilation terminated.
Makefile:1143: recipe for target 'gimple-match.o' failed
make[5]: *** [gimple-match.o] Error 1
make[5]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0-initial/gcc'
Makefile:4597: recipe for target 'all-gcc' failed
make[4]: *** [all-gcc] Error 2
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0-initial'
Makefile:28: recipe for target '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0-initial/.built' failed
make[3]: *** [/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/gcc-12.2.0-initial/.built] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/toolchain/gcc/initial'
time: toolchain/gcc/initial/compile#445.26#93.19#544.74
    ERROR: toolchain/gcc/initial failed to build.
toolchain/Makefile:91: recipe for target 'toolchain/gcc/initial/compile' failed
make[2]: *** [toolchain/gcc/initial/compile] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel'
toolchain/Makefile:89: recipe for target '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/stamp/.toolchain_compile' failed
make[1]: *** [/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-12.2.0_musl/stamp/.toolchain_compile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel'
/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/include/toplevel.mk:229: recipe for target 'world' failed
make: *** [world] Error 2

solidus1983 · May 26, 2023, 11:02am

Yeah for now try GCC 11 that seems more stable right now.

jxph1123 · May 27, 2023, 4:12am

Use your source code and compile it with GCC11, but fullconenat cannot compile it. I see that you are rebuilding again. I will try to compile again when your build is stable. Thank you for your hard work!

/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-11.3.0_musl/lib/gcc/aarch64-openwrt-linux-musl/11.3.0/../../../../aarch64-openwrt-linux-musl/bin/ld: libipt_FULLCONENAT.o: in function `_init':
libipt_FULLCONENAT.c:(.text+0x558): multiple definition of `_init'; /home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-11.3.0_musl/lib/gcc/aarch64-openwrt-linux-musl/11.3.0/../../../../aarch64-openwrt-linux-musl/lib/crti.o:/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/toolchain-aarch64_cortex-a53_gcc-11.3.0_musl/musl-1.2.3/crt/aarch64/crti.s:5: first defined here
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:2: recipe for target 'libipt_FULLCONENAT.so' failed
make[4]: *** [libipt_FULLCONENAT.so] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq60xx_generic/fullconenat-2019-10-21-0cf3b48f'
Makefile:68: recipe for target '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq60xx_generic/fullconenat-2019-10-21-0cf3b48f/.built' failed
make[3]: *** [/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/linux-ipq60xx_generic/fullconenat-2019-10-21-0cf3b48f/.built] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/package/lean/fullconenat'
time: package/lean/fullconenat/compile#688.17#85.97#792.64
    ERROR: package/lean/fullconenat failed to build.
package/Makefile:114: recipe for target 'package/lean/fullconenat/compile' failed
make[2]: *** [package/lean/fullconenat/compile] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel'
package/Makefile:110: recipe for target '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/stamp/.package_compile' failed
make[1]: *** [/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/staging_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a53_musl/stamp/.package_compile] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel'
/home/etek/openwrt-ipq60xx_devel/include/toplevel.mk:229: recipe for target 'world' failed
make: *** [world] Error 2