OpenWrt support for Asus RT-AX59U

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Dear developers,

Could you please consider adding OpenWRT support for Asus RT-AX59U ? Its hardware looks very similar to that of Xiaomi Redmi AX6000 https://openwrt.org/toh/xiaomi/redmi_ax6000

The CPU of both is MediaTek MT7986A (Filogic 830 platform)

Unlike Xiaomi Redmi AX6000, Asus RT-AX59U has 2 USB ports. Xiaomi Redmi AX6000 has 4x4 5 GHz MIMO, while Asus RT-AX59u has 3x3 5 GHz MIMO.

Thank you.

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there's no such wish list.
you own the device, you'll be adding it.

start by getting serial console access.

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I donā€™t have it yet. Thank you for the nice message :slight_smile:

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if openwrt is a must for you, don't buy it.

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That is the harsh reality.

If you can't add the device support yourself, you should not open a topic for it.

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Btw, It would be nice to add a page in the Wiki for it. Also with a tear down manual, as the installation requires serial access. :confused:

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At least serial there seem to be pins though. That's a lot nowadays.

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Pre-populated pins are +1 but I wouldn't buy a ā‚¬ 130 router to void the warranty on the fist boot because I had to open the case to install OpenWrt. :confused:

So another +1 for Dynalink DL-WRX36: not just populated serial, but easy teardown and no warranty seals! :pray:
I hope Asus do the same too!

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I'm interested in the result of running the command:

ubinfo /dev/ubi0 -a

This can be run on either an OpenWRT or AsusWRT system.

I am also interested in the full UART log.

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root@OpenWrt:/# ubinfo /dev/ubi0 -a
ubi0
Volumes count:                           5
Logical eraseblock size:                 126976 bytes, 124.0 KiB
Total amount of logical eraseblocks:     992 (125960192 bytes, 120.1 MiB)
Amount of available logical eraseblocks: 544 (69074944 bytes, 65.8 MiB)
Maximum count of volumes                 128
Count of bad physical eraseblocks:       0
Count of reserved physical eraseblocks:  20
Current maximum erase counter value:     13
Minimum input/output unit size:          2048 bytes
Character device major/minor:            249:0
Present volumes:                         0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Volume ID:   0 (on ubi0)
Type:        dynamic
Alignment:   1
Size:        1 LEBs (126976 bytes, 124.0 KiB)
State:       OK
Name:        nvram
Character device major/minor: 249:1
-----------------------------------
Volume ID:   1 (on ubi0)
Type:        dynamic
Alignment:   1
Size:        8 LEBs (1015808 bytes, 992.0 KiB)
State:       OK
Name:        Factory
Character device major/minor: 249:2
-----------------------------------
Volume ID:   2 (on ubi0)
Type:        dynamic
Alignment:   1
Size:        8 LEBs (1015808 bytes, 992.0 KiB)
State:       OK
Name:        Factory2
Character device major/minor: 249:3
-----------------------------------
Volume ID:   3 (on ubi0)
Type:        dynamic
Alignment:   1
Size:        32 LEBs (4063232 bytes, 3.8 MiB)
State:       OK
Name:        linux
Character device major/minor: 249:4
-----------------------------------
Volume ID:   4 (on ubi0)
Type:        dynamic
Alignment:   1
Size:        373 LEBs (47362048 bytes, 45.1 MiB)
State:       OK
Name:        jffs2
Character device major/minor: 249:5
root@OpenWrt:/#
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Why donā€™t I see volume rootfs and rootfs_data in this list?

After installing the OpenWRT, 65 MiB are available for files?

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This is from TFTP-loaded initramfs, I had probably a broken flash attempt before.

And yes after installing OpenWRT, 65 MiB are available for files!

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I also made it possible for this device to have a simple installation:

Available disk memory has been expanded!

PS.: I haven't tested anything on this device! Use this at your own risk!

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Tested with AX59U version (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1A20QdjK7Udagu31FSszpWAk8-cGlCwsq) and it worked fine.

Booted into initramfs and then flashed a custom AX59U image built from this branch https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/13125

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great news

What can a custom bootloader be useful for?
The stock bootloader has all the necessary features.

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I've used stock layout

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The RT-AX59U doesn't seem to have a wiki-page yet, or does it? I don't (yet) own an RT-AX59U, but I could buy one if that helps the project?

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I can create a techdata entry, but for some reason the DokuWiki isn't working atm.

until then, install details are in https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt/openwrt.git;a=commit;h=782eb050082acac93c2f9b3eb22348234bc93e99
images at https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=SNAPSHOT&target=mediatek%2Ffilogic&id=asus_rt-ax59u

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I am getting the following errors:

root@OpenWrt:~# logread -e err
Wed Mar 20 11:06:45 2024 kern.info kernel: [    3.434419] mt7530-mdio mdio-bus:1f: no interrupt support
Wed Mar 20 11:06:45 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   10.400988] mt798x-wmac 18000000.wifi: Direct firmware load for mediatek/mt7986_eeprom_mt7976_dbdc.bin failed with error -2
Wed Mar 20 11:06:45 2024 kern.warn kernel: [   10.503682] mt798x-wmac: probe of 18000000.wifi failed with error -12
Wed Mar 20 11:06:53 2024 daemon.warn odhcpd[1628]: No default route present, overriding ra_lifetime!

The version from frollic worked last week but today it doesn't work anymore which leads me to believe it is a HW issue with my unit, however the stock firmware works fine. Any clue?

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I've been reading that's most probably an issue with data that is written into the EEPROM. This explains the behaviour, however I still don't know how to fix.