So i got a netgear r8000 off ebay - as a forewarning - and downloaded the openwrt-23.05.0-rc2-bcm53xx-generic-netgear_r8000-squashfs.chk for this. After doing a factory reset, i lost completely the wireless. So i flashed stock, and then flashed back to openWRT - wireless is there, factory reset - wireless disappears.
root@OpenWrt:~# dmesg
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[ 0.000000] Linux version 5.15.118 (builder@buildhost) (arm-openwrt-linux-muslgnueabi-gcc (OpenWrt GCC 12.3.0 r23228-cd17d8df2a) 12.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.40.0) #0 SMP Mon Jun 26 11:20:39 2023
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc090] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d
[ 0.000000] CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache
[ 0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: Netgear R8000 (BCM4709)
[ 0.000000] Memory policy: Data cache writealloc
[ 0.000000] Hit pending asynchronous external abort (FSR=0x00001c06) during first unmask, this is most likely caused by a firmware/bootloader bug.
[ 0.000000] Zone ranges:
[ 0.000000] Normal [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
[ 0.000000] HighMem [mem 0x0000000008000000-0x000000008fffffff]
[ 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node
[ 0.000000] Early memory node ranges
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x0000000007ffffff]
[ 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x0000000088000000-0x000000008fffffff]
[ 0.000000] Initmem setup node 0 [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000008fffffff]
[ 0.000000] percpu: Embedded 11 pages/cpu s13068 r8192 d23796 u45056
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s13068 r8192 d23796 u45056 alloc=11*4096
[ 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 [0] 1
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 65248
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000000] mem auto-init: stack:off, heap alloc:off, heap free:off
[ 0.000000] Memory: 249464K/262144K available (6446K kernel code, 570K rwdata, 860K rodata, 1024K init, 299K bss, 12680K reserved, 0K cma-reserved, 131072K highmem)
[ 0.000000] SLUB: HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=2, Nodes=1
[ 0.000000] rcu: Hierarchical RCU implementation.
[ 0.000000] Tracing variant of Tasks RCU enabled.
[ 0.000000] rcu: RCU calculated value of scheduler-enlistment delay is 10 jiffies.
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS: 16, nr_irqs: 16, preallocated irqs: 16
[ 0.000000] L2C: DT/platform modifies aux control register: 0x0a130000 -> 0x3a530000
[ 0.000000] L2C-310 enabling early BRESP for Cortex-A9
[ 0.000000] L2C-310 full line of zeros enabled for Cortex-A9
[ 0.000000] L2C-310 ID prefetch enabled, offset 1 lines
[ 0.000000] L2C-310 dynamic clock gating enabled, standby mode enabled
[ 0.000000] L2C-310 cache controller enabled, 16 ways, 256 kB
[ 0.000000] L2C-310: CACHE_ID 0x410000c8, AUX_CTRL 0x7e530001
[ 0.000002] sched_clock: 64 bits at 500MHz, resolution 2ns, wraps every 4398046511103ns
[ 0.000028] clocksource: arm_global_timer: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0xe6a171a037, max_idle_ns: 881590485102 ns
[ 0.000054] Switching to timer-based delay loop, resolution 2ns
[ 0.000310] Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 1000.00 BogoMIPS (lpj=5000000)
[ 0.000326] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[ 0.000888] Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ 0.000905] Mountpoint-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ 0.001992] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[ 0.002042] CPU0: Spectre v2: using BPIALL workaround
[ 0.002322] CPU0: thread -1, cpu 0, socket 0, mpidr 80000000
[ 0.003056] Setting up static identity map for 0x100000 - 0x10003c
[ 0.003210] rcu: Hierarchical SRCU implementation.
[ 0.003538] smp: Bringing up secondary CPUs ...
[ 0.004165] CPU1: thread -1, cpu 1, socket 0, mpidr 80000001
[ 0.004180] CPU1: Spectre v2: using BPIALL workaround
[ 0.004285] smp: Brought up 1 node, 2 CPUs
[ 0.004300] SMP: Total of 2 processors activated (2000.00 BogoMIPS).
[ 0.004311] CPU: WARNING: CPU(s) started in wrong/inconsistent modes (primary CPU mode 0x13)
[ 0.004317] CPU: This may indicate a broken bootloader or firmware.
[ 0.007082] clocksource: jiffies: mask: 0xffffffff max_cycles: 0xffffffff, max_idle_ns: 19112604462750000 ns
[ 0.007114] futex hash table entries: 512 (order: 3, 32768 bytes, linear)
[ 0.007342] pinctrl core: initialized pinctrl subsystem
[ 0.008145] NET: Registered PF_NETLINK/PF_ROUTE protocol family
[ 0.008744] DMA: preallocated 256 KiB pool for atomic coherent allocations
[ 0.009447] thermal_sys: Registered thermal governor 'step_wise'
[ 0.020047] clocksource: Switched to clocksource arm_global_timer
[ 0.021055] NET: Registered PF_INET protocol family
[ 0.021199] IP idents hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021747] tcp_listen_portaddr_hash hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 6144 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021786] Table-perturb hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021803] TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021822] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021845] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024)
[ 0.021930] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
[ 0.021966] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 1, 8192 bytes, linear)
[ 0.022172] NET: Registered PF_UNIX/PF_LOCAL protocol family
[ 0.022208] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 64
[ 0.023564] workingset: timestamp_bits=14 max_order=16 bucket_order=2
[ 0.027044] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[ 0.027068] jffs2: version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[ 0.027930] bounce: pool size: 64 pages
[ 0.028027] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 252)
[ 0.029887] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 16 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 0.031695] printk: console [ttyS0] disabled
[ 0.031773] 18000300.serial: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x18000300 (irq = 26, base_baud = 7812500) is a 16550
[ 0.554381] printk: console [ttyS0] enabled
[ 0.559565] bcm2835-rng 18004000.rng: hwrng registered
[ 0.565614] nand: device found, Manufacturer ID: 0xef, Chip ID: 0xf1
[ 0.572036] nand: Winbond W29N01HV
[ 0.575445] nand: 128 MiB, SLC, erase size: 128 KiB, page size: 2048, OOB size: 64
[ 0.583070] iproc_nand 18028000.nand-controller: detected 128MiB total, 128KiB blocks, 2KiB pages, 16B OOB, 8-bit, BCH-8
[ 0.593990] Scanning device for bad blocks
[ 0.961955] random: crng init done
[ 1.893327] 15 bcm47xxpart partitions found on MTD device brcmnand.0
[ 1.899718] Creating 15 MTD partitions on "brcmnand.0":
[ 1.904973] 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "boot"
[ 1.910459] 0x000000080000-0x000000200000 : "nvram"
[ 1.916276] 0x000000200000-0x000002600000 : "firmware"
[ 1.922746] 2 trx partitions found on MTD device firmware
[ 1.928169] Creating 2 MTD partitions on "firmware":
[ 1.933176] 0x00000000001c-0x000000400000 : "linux"
[ 1.938065] mtd: partition "linux" doesn't start on an erase/write block boundary -- force read-only
[ 1.947823] 0x000000400000-0x000002400000 : "ubi"
[ 1.953214] 0x000002600000-0x000002680000 : "board_data"
[ 1.959036] 0x000002680000-0x0000026a0000 : "POT"
[ 1.964334] 0x0000026a0000-0x000002780000 : "POT"
[ 1.969624] 0x000002780000-0x0000027a0000 : "POT"
[ 1.974955] 0x0000027a0000-0x000002e00000 : "POT"
[ 1.980300] 0x000002e00000-0x000002e80000 : "ML"
[ 1.985423] 0x000002e80000-0x000002f00000 : "ML"
[ 1.990682] 0x000002f00000-0x000002f80000 : "ML"
[ 1.995831] 0x000002f80000-0x000003000000 : "ML"
[ 2.001069] 0x000003000000-0x000003080000 : "ML"
[ 2.006243] 0x000003080000-0x000003100000 : "ML"
[ 2.011418] 0x000003100000-0x000008000000 : "ML"
[ 2.022854] bcm_iproc 18029200.spi: using bspi-mspi mode
[ 2.030629] iproc-mdio 18003000.mdio: Broadcom iProc MDIO bus registered
[ 2.038660] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch: found switch: BCM53012, rev 5
[ 2.046565] bgmac_bcma: Broadcom 47xx GBit MAC driver loaded
[ 2.052803] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Found chip with id 53010, rev 0x00 and package 0x00
[ 2.061809] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 0 found: ChipCommon (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x800, rev 0x2A, class 0x0)
[ 2.072434] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.072446] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 1 found: Chipcommon B (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x50B, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.083225] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.083235] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 2 found: DMA (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x502, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.093276] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 3 found: GBit MAC (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x82D, rev 0x05, class 0x0)
[ 2.103730] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 4 found: GBit MAC (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x82D, rev 0x05, class 0x0)
[ 2.114185] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 5 found: GBit MAC (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x82D, rev 0x05, class 0x0)
[ 2.124643] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 6 found: GBit MAC (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x82D, rev 0x05, class 0x0)
[ 2.135027] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 7 found: PCIe Gen 2 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x501, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.145598] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 8 found: PCIe Gen 2 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x501, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.156179] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 9 found: PCIe Gen 2 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x501, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.166782] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.166793] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 10 found: ARM Cortex A9 core (ihost) (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x510, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.178861] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 11 found: USB 2.0 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x504, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.189286] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 12 found: USB 3.0 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x505, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.199714] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.199723] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 13 found: SDIO3 (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x503, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.209976] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.209986] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 14 found: I2S (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x834, rev 0x03, class 0x0)
[ 2.220066] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.220076] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 15 found: ARM Cortex A9 JTAG (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x506, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.231471] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.231480] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 16 found: Denali DDR2/DDR3 memory controller (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x507, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.244251] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.244259] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 17 found: ROM (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x508, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.254365] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 18 found: NAND flash controller (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x509, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.266006] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: bcma_of_get_irq() failed with rc=-22
[ 2.266016] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Core 19 found: SPI flash controller (manuf 0x4BF, id 0x50A, rev 0x01, class 0x0)
[ 2.277490] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Flash type not supported
[ 2.305666] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Using SPROM revision 11 provided by platform.
[ 2.305971] bgmac_bcma bcma0:3: Found PHY addr: 30 (NOREGS)
[ 2.311610] bgmac_bcma bcma0:3: Support for Roboswitch not implemented
[ 2.318163] bgmac_bcma bcma0:3: Invalid MAC addr: 00:00:00:00:00:00
[ 2.324458] bgmac_bcma bcma0:3: Using random MAC: 76:a9:cf:8e:2f:6f
[ 2.331902] b53-srab-switch b53-srab-switch: invalid resource
[ 2.337686] b53-srab-switch: probe of b53-srab-switch failed with error -22
[ 2.345396] bgmac_bcma bcma0:4: Found PHY addr: 30 (NOREGS)
[ 2.351078] bgmac_bcma bcma0:4: Support for Roboswitch not implemented
[ 2.357637] bgmac_bcma bcma0:4: Invalid MAC addr: 00:00:00:00:00:00
[ 2.363937] bgmac_bcma bcma0:4: Using random MAC: e2:5e:1a:e0:e4:7c
[ 2.372007] bgmac_bcma bcma0:5: Found PHY addr: 30 (NOREGS)
[ 2.377621] bgmac_bcma bcma0:5: Support for Roboswitch not implemented
[ 2.385928] bgmac_bcma bcma0:6: Unsupported core_unit 3
[ 2.391252] bgmac_bcma: probe of bcma0:6 failed with error -524
[ 2.397337] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:7: host bridge /axi@18000000/pcie@12000 ranges:
[ 2.404885] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:7: No bus range found for /axi@18000000/pcie@12000, using [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.414519] OF: /axi@18000000/pcie@12000: Missing device_type
[ 2.420299] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:7: non-prefetchable memory resource required
[ 2.540048] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:7: link: UP
[ 2.544546] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:7: PCI host bridge to bus 0000:00
[ 2.550865] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.556372] pci_bus 0000:00: root bus resource [mem 0x08000000-0x0fffffff]
[ 2.563309] pci 0000:00:00.0: [14e4:8012] type 01 class 0x060400
[ 2.569334] pci_bus 0000:00: 2-byte config write to 0000:00:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 2.579070] pci 0000:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 2.586113] PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 2.591735] pci 0000:00:00.0: bridge configuration invalid ([bus 00-00]), reconfiguring
[ 2.599926] pci 0000:01:00.0: [14e4:aa52] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 2.605991] pci_bus 0000:01: 2-byte config write to 0000:01:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 2.615708] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00007fff 64bit]
[ 2.622539] pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0x00000000-0x003fffff 64bit]
[ 2.629448] pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 2.634628] PCI: bus1: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 2.640249] pci_bus 0000:01: busn_res: [bus 01-ff] end is updated to 01
[ 2.646904] pci 0000:00:00.0: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0x08000000-0x085fffff]
[ 2.653734] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 2: assigned [mem 0x08000000-0x083fffff 64bit]
[ 2.661088] pci 0000:01:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x08400000-0x08407fff 64bit]
[ 2.668426] pci 0000:00:00.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01]
[ 2.673421] pci 0000:00:00.0: bridge window [mem 0x08000000-0x085fffff]
[ 2.680281] pci 0000:00:00.0: 4.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (5.0 GT/s PCIe x1 link)
[ 2.688655] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:8: host bridge /axi@18000000/pcie@13000 ranges:
[ 2.696200] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:8: No bus range found for /axi@18000000/pcie@13000, using [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.705829] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:8: non-prefetchable memory resource required
[ 2.830046] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:8: link: UP
[ 2.834539] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:8: PCI host bridge to bus 0001:00
[ 2.840854] pci_bus 0001:00: root bus resource [bus 00-ff]
[ 2.846364] pci_bus 0001:00: root bus resource [mem 0x40000000-0x47ffffff]
[ 2.853296] pci 0001:00:00.0: [14e4:8012] type 01 class 0x060400
[ 2.859325] pci_bus 0001:00: 2-byte config write to 0001:00:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 2.869058] pci 0001:00:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
[ 2.876096] PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 2.881715] pci 0001:00:00.0: bridge configuration invalid ([bus 00-00]), reconfiguring
[ 2.889911] pci 0001:01:00.0: [10b5:8603] type 01 class 0x060400
[ 2.895982] pci_bus 0001:01: 2-byte config write to 0001:01:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 2.905699] pci 0001:01:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00003fff]
[ 2.912130] pci 0001:01:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 2.916412] pci 0001:01:00.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 2.923959] PCI: bus1: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 2.929560] pci 0001:01:00.0: bridge configuration invalid ([bus 00-00]), reconfiguring
[ 2.937797] pci 0001:02:00.0: [0000:0012] type 12 class 0x001200
[ 2.943854] pci_bus 0001:02: 2-byte config write to 0001:02:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 2.953566] pci 0001:02:00.0: unknown header type 12, ignoring device
[ 2.960141] pci 0001:02:01.0: [10b5:8603] type 01 class 0x060400
[ 2.966310] pci 0001:02:01.0: supports D1 D2
[ 2.970610] pci 0001:02:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 2.977491] pci 0001:02:02.0: [10b5:8603] type 01 class 0x060400
[ 2.983694] pci 0001:02:02.0: supports D1 D2
[ 2.987977] pci 0001:02:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
[ 3.172595] pci 0001:02:1f.0: [0008:0000] type 00 class 0x000000
[ 3.179141] PCI: bus2: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 3.184772] pci 0001:02:01.0: bridge configuration invalid ([bus 00-00]), reconfiguring
[ 3.192826] pci 0001:02:02.0: bridge configuration invalid ([bus 00-00]), reconfiguring
[ 3.201055] pci 0001:03:00.0: [14e4:aa52] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 3.207097] pci_bus 0001:03: 2-byte config write to 0001:03:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 3.216824] pci 0001:03:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00007fff 64bit]
[ 3.223668] pci 0001:03:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0x00000000-0x003fffff 64bit]
[ 3.230660] pci 0001:03:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 3.235873] PCI: bus3: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 3.241496] pci_bus 0001:03: busn_res: [bus 03-ff] end is updated to 03
[ 3.248343] pci 0001:04:00.0: [14e4:aa52] type 00 class 0x028000
[ 3.254412] pci_bus 0001:04: 2-byte config write to 0001:04:00.0 offset 0x4 may corrupt adjacent RW1C bits
[ 3.264141] pci 0001:04:00.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00007fff 64bit]
[ 3.270976] pci 0001:04:00.0: reg 0x18: [mem 0x00000000-0x003fffff 64bit]
[ 3.277954] pci 0001:04:00.0: supports D1 D2
[ 3.283194] PCI: bus4: Fast back to back transfers disabled
[ 3.288790] pci_bus 0001:04: busn_res: [bus 04-ff] end is updated to 04
[ 3.295461] pci_bus 0001:02: busn_res: [bus 02-ff] end is updated to 04
[ 3.302112] pci_bus 0001:01: busn_res: [bus 01-ff] end is updated to 04
[ 3.308818] pci 0001:00:00.0: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0x40000000-0x40cfffff]
[ 3.315653] pci 0001:00:00.0: BAR 9: assigned [mem 0x40d00000-0x40efffff 64bit pref]
[ 3.323437] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 8: assigned [mem 0x40000000-0x40bfffff]
[ 3.330258] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 9: assigned [mem 0x40d00000-0x40efffff 64bit pref]
[ 3.338026] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x40c00000-0x40c03fff]
[ 3.344844] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 7: no space for [io size 0x1000]
[ 3.351133] pci 0001:01:00.0: BAR 7: failed to assign [io size 0x1000]
[ 3.484792] pci 0001:00:00.0: bridge window [mem 0x40d00000-0x40efffff 64bit pref]
[ 3.492814] pci 0001:00:00.0: 4.000 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (5.0 GT/s PCIe x1 link)
[ 3.501209] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:9: host bridge /axi@18000000/pcie@14000 ranges:
[ 3.508731] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:9: No bus range found for /axi@18000000/pcie@14000, using [bus 00-ff]
[ 3.518369] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:9: non-prefetchable memory resource required
[ 3.640048] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:9: PHY or data link is INACTIVE!
[ 3.646251] pcie_iproc_bcma bcma0:9: no PCIe EP device detected
[ 3.653216] bcm47xx-wdt bcm47xx-wdt.0: BCM47xx Watchdog Timer enabled (30 seconds, Software Timer)
[ 3.662303] bcma-host-soc 18000000.axi: bus0: Bus registered
[ 3.669104] NET: Registered PF_INET6 protocol family
[ 3.675494] Segment Routing with IPv6
[ 3.679197] In-situ OAM (IOAM) with IPv6
[ 3.683235] NET: Registered PF_PACKET protocol family
[ 3.688348] bridge: filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables is no longer available by default. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
[ 3.701741] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8
[ 3.705993] Registering SWP/SWPB emulation handler
[ 3.714013] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch: found switch: BCM53012, rev 5
[ 3.853312] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch: Using legacy PHYLIB callbacks. Please migrate to PHYLINK!
[ 3.864523] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan1 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:00] driver [Generic PHY] (irq=POLL)
[ 3.877040] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan2 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:01] driver [Generic PHY] (irq=POLL)
[ 3.889561] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan3 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:02] driver [Generic PHY] (irq=POLL)
[ 3.902146] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan4 (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:03] driver [Generic PHY] (irq=POLL)
[ 3.914722] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch wan (uninitialized): PHY [dsa-0.0:04] driver [Generic PHY] (irq=POLL)
[ 3.926664] DSA: tree 0 setup
[ 3.930499] UBI: auto-attach mtd4
[ 3.933844] ubi0: attaching mtd4
[ 4.031788] ubi0: scanning is finished
[ 4.061848] ubi0: volume 1 ("rootfs_data") re-sized from 9 to 201 LEBs
[ 4.068847] ubi0: attached mtd4 (name "ubi", size 32 MiB)
[ 4.074323] ubi0: PEB size: 131072 bytes (128 KiB), LEB size: 126976 bytes
[ 4.081236] ubi0: min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048/2048, sub-page size 2048
[ 4.088039] ubi0: VID header offset: 2048 (aligned 2048), data offset: 4096
[ 4.095029] ubi0: good PEBs: 256, bad PEBs: 0, corrupted PEBs: 0
[ 4.101063] ubi0: user volume: 2, internal volumes: 1, max. volumes count: 128
[ 4.108302] ubi0: max/mean erase counter: 1/0, WL threshold: 4096, image sequence number: 1687778439
[ 4.117466] ubi0: available PEBs: 0, total reserved PEBs: 256, PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 20
[ 4.126758] ubi0: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 390
[ 4.133629] block ubiblock0_0: created from ubi0:0(rootfs)
[ 4.139142] ubiblock: device ubiblock0_0 (rootfs) set to be root filesystem
[ 4.164900] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 254:0.
[ 4.173094] Freeing unused kernel image (initmem) memory: 1024K
[ 4.200234] Run /sbin/init as init process
[ 4.204355] with arguments:
[ 4.204358] /sbin/init
[ 4.204364] with environment:
[ 4.204367] HOME=/
[ 4.204370] TERM=linux
[ 4.565407] init: Console is alive
[ 4.569076] init: - watchdog -
[ 5.010361] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 5.090006] bcma_hcd bcma0:12: error -EBUSY: error obtaining VCC GPIO
[ 5.096534] bcma_hcd: probe of bcma0:12 failed with error -16
[ 5.110305] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 5.115880] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 5.121322] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 5.131597] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 5.139425] fsl-ehci: Freescale EHCI Host controller driver
[ 5.146193] ehci-platform: EHCI generic platform driver
[ 5.154560] ehci-platform 18021000.usb: EHCI Host Controller
[ 5.160387] ehci-platform 18021000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
[ 5.164139] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
[ 5.168465] ehci-platform 18021000.usb: irq 45, io mem 0x18021000
[ 5.175961] ohci-platform: OHCI generic platform driver
[ 5.186141] ohci-platform 18022000.usb: Generic Platform OHCI controller
[ 5.192956] ohci-platform 18022000.usb: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
[ 5.200928] ohci-platform 18022000.usb: irq 45, io mem 0x18022000
[ 5.210108] ehci-platform 18021000.usb: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 5.216967] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.220918] hub 1-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 5.274524] hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 5.278356] hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
[ 5.292488] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules-boot.d/*
[ 5.307378] init: - preinit -
[ 5.740150] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 2 using ehci-platform
[ 5.850400] mtdblock: MTD device 'nvram' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead.
[ 6.151869] mtdblock: MTD device 'nvram' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead.
[ 6.524070] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan1: configuring for phy/gmii link mode
[ 6.532707] bgmac_bcma bcma0:5 eth2: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control off
[ 6.540232] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready
[ 6.547858] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan1: Link is Up - 1Gbps/Full - flow control rx/tx
[ 6.557435] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): lan1: link becomes ready
[ 8.741542] UBIFS (ubi0:1): default file-system created
[ 8.747512] UBIFS (ubi0:1): Mounting in unauthenticated mode
[ 8.753334] UBIFS (ubi0:1): background thread "ubifs_bgt0_1" started, PID 556
[ 8.824431] UBIFS (ubi0:1): UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 1, name "rootfs_data"
[ 8.832354] UBIFS (ubi0:1): LEB size: 126976 bytes (124 KiB), min./max. I/O unit sizes: 2048 bytes/2048 bytes
[ 8.842317] UBIFS (ubi0:1): FS size: 24252416 bytes (23 MiB, 191 LEBs), max 201 LEBs, journal size 1269760 bytes (1 MiB, 10 LEBs)
[ 8.854009] UBIFS (ubi0:1): reserved for root: 1145500 bytes (1118 KiB)
[ 8.860649] UBIFS (ubi0:1): media format: w5/r0 (latest is w5/r0), UUID 4DCAE7F0-E096-4D76-A609-19C1F2E90009, small LPT model
[ 8.873922] mount_root: overlay filesystem has not been fully initialized yet
[ 8.881514] mount_root: switching to ubifs overlay
[ 8.891130] urandom-seed: Seed file not found (/etc/urandom.seed)
[ 8.990473] b53-srab-switch 18007000.ethernet-switch lan1: Link is Down
[ 9.002018] procd: - early -
[ 9.005038] procd: - watchdog -
[ 9.588170] procd: - watchdog -
[ 9.659096] procd: - ubus -
[ 9.751983] procd: - init -
[ 10.225903] urngd: v1.0.2 started.
[ 10.318873] kmodloader: loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[ 10.398381] Loading modules backported from Linux version v6.1.24-0-g0102425ac76b
[ 10.405956] Backport generated by backports.git v5.15.92-1-44-gd6ea70fafd36
[ 10.466161] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
[ 10.471522] NET: Registered PF_PPPOX protocol family
[ 10.485339] usbcore: registered new interface driver brcmfmac
[ 10.491457] pci 0000:00:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.497161] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.620296] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie for chip BCM43602/1
[ 10.629416] pci 0001:00:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.635159] pci 0001:01:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.640864] pci 0001:02:01.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.646550] brcmfmac 0001:03:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.655197] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.netgear,r8000.bin failed with error -2
[ 10.770437] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie for chip BCM43602/1
[ 10.779430] pci 0001:02:02.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.785178] brcmfmac 0001:04:00.0: enabling device (0140 -> 0142)
[ 10.791851] brcmfmac 0001:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.netgear,r8000.bin failed with error -2
[ 10.825018] brcmfmac 0000:01:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
[ 10.837719] brcmfmac 0001:03:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob failed with error -2
[ 10.920368] brcmfmac: brcmf_fw_alloc_request: using brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie for chip BCM43602/1
[ 10.929376] brcmfmac 0001:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.netgear,r8000.bin failed with error -2
[ 10.935845] kmodloader: done loading kernel modules from /etc/modules.d/*
[ 10.944004] brcmfmac 0001:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.txt failed with error -2
[ 10.962960] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[ 10.965264] brcmfmac 0001:04:00.0: Direct firmware load for brcm/brcmfmac43602-pcie.clm_blob failed with error -2
[ 10.976130] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43602/1 wl0: Sep 18 2015 03:30:01 version 7.35.177.56 (r587209) FWID 01-6cb8e269
[ 11.028443] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[ 11.042979] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43602/1 wl0: Sep 18 2015 03:30:01 version 7.35.177.56 (r587209) FWID 01-6cb8e269
[ 11.143968] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_process_clm_blob: no clm_blob available (err=-2), device may have limited channels available
[ 11.155847] brcmfmac: brcmf_c_preinit_dcmds: Firmware: BCM43602/1 wl0: Sep 18 2015 03:30:01 version 7.35.177.56 (r587209) FWID 01-6cb8e269
[ 12.113269] mtdblock: MTD device 'nvram' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead.
[ 12.427170] mtdblock: MTD device 'nvram' is NAND, please consider using UBI block devices instead.
This is dmesg from first boot prior to any changes at all. I flashed this using netgear web interface. I havent seen this before, where the linux partition is forced as read-only.
[ 1.938065] mtd: partition "linux" doesn't start on an erase/write block boundary -- force read-only
Is there anything that doesnt appear normal? seeing broadcom 47xx being referred to as well, thought this was 53xx.
Also it appears there is no mac addresses in here, this could be the problem? Could CFE been screwed up? Again, got this off ebay so pretty much anything is possible. It was ultra cheap and am willing to give anything a shot.