IPQ4019: Adding Support For Tp Link Deco M9 Plus

naf · December 7, 2024, 5:53pm

guess we should read the instructions also:

package/firmware/ipq-wifi/Makefile:

# To add local files for testing:
# 1. create a new directory in the ipq-wifi package directory called "files".
# 2. place there the needed board files.
#
# To send a board file upstream:
# 1. create a pull request in https://github.com/openwrt/firmware_qca-wireless or
#    send a patch to the mailing list adding the tag firmware/qca-wireless before
#     the PATCH tag.
# 2. create a pull request in the main openwrt repository bumping the ipq-wifi
#    package to the new version and adding the required lines to add the board file.
#
# Changes needed to the ipq-wifi Makefile:
# 1. Add board name to ALLWIFIBOARDS
# 2. Add $(eval $(call generate-ipq-wifi-package,<devicename>,<display name>))
#
# Board files should follow this name structure:
#   board-<devicename>.<qca4019|qca9888|qca9889|qca9984|qca99x0|ipq8074>

i assume the "needed board files" are extracted from the stock fw?

$ grep --binary-files=text "Selecting board data file" ~/tplink-m9plus/dump/m9plus-openwrt/uart_log.txt
[   31.033924]  wifi0: Selecting board data file name boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_2G_US.bin
[   33.916989]  wifi1: Selecting board data file name boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_5G_US.bin
[   36.874529]  wifi2: Selecting board data file name boardData_2_0_QCA9888_5G_Y9690_SBS_HB_US.bin

$ pwd
/home/naf/tplink-m9plus/stock/_M9Plus_2.0_1.6.4.bin.extracted/ubifs-root/1814.ubi/squashfs-root

$ md5sum lib/firmware/IPQ4019/hw.1/boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_2G_US.bin lib/firmware/IPQ4019/hw.1/boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_5G_US.bin lib/firmware/QCA9888/hw.2/boardData_2_0_QCA9888_5G_Y9690_SBS_HB_US.bin
2002da87269fd7063d6320e88160192a  lib/firmware/IPQ4019/hw.1/boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_2G_US.bin
a4b067ed4e8adaaa3340e8b500c93591  lib/firmware/IPQ4019/hw.1/boardData_1_0_IPQ4019_DK04_5G_US.bin
66ace6ea333b38ec65cd0deadac9c418  lib/firmware/QCA9888/hw.2/boardData_2_0_QCA9888_5G_Y9690_SBS_HB_US.bin

one of these?

or do you mean literally just rename the m5 version from here: https://github.com/dutchmillbytes/openwrt/raw/82156967e00b38aa4cc80909bc008e529519e666/package/firmware/ipq-wifi/board-tplink_deco-m5.qca4019 and put it somewhere?

EDIT TO ADD: it appears we should follow the instructions here: https://forum.openwrt.org/t/howto-create-ipq40xx-bdf-files