OpenWrt support for D-Link COVR 1100

For Developers
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Is anybody working on OpenWRT support for D-Link COVR 1100?

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You'll probably need to open it up, FCC doesn't show the SoC.

https://fccid.io/KA2COVR1100A1/

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Qualcomm Atheros QCA9563
wlan0 QCA9563 2.4 GHZ
wlan1 QCA9886 5.8 GHZ

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There are two revisions of this device:

  • A1 uses unknown Wifi with a RTL8363 Switch (maybe Qualcomm as @ercolino mentioned before, but I didn't find any hint for Qualcomm in the GPL sources, only for realtek)
  • B1 uses RTL8197/RTL8812 Wifi with a RTL8363 Switch

Both devices probably have 16MB flash and 128MB RAM

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If somebody is interested in the A1 device:

  • Case can be opened at the bottom, there are two screws which must be removed (marked yellow):
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The bottom is clipped to the remaining case.

UART can be reached after removing the metal plates of the board, pins are labeled but unfortunately no 2.54mm connector:

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Serial settings: 38400,8N1, 3.3V

OEM Bootlog:

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Hi, did someone got any further with this device ?
I've got 6 of those (4 x A1; 2 x B1) , with the horrible stock firmwar :frowning:

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Did anyone manage to successfully run openwrt on this device?

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Do you have a bootlog for the B1?

Which hardware revision do you use?

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Covr-1100, H/W Ver.: A1, F/W Ver.: 1.02.

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The A1 Revision uses a Realtek chip where the chances for getting OpenWrt running are quite low