Hi,
To the point about maximizing flash space - I could be wrong, but I believe the solution captured here works around the vendor (U-Boot) 1.5 MB limit by "skipping" (and throwing away?) the vendor kernel partition, and just using the "higher" portion of flash ... do I have that right?
FYI, with some great help from @xabolcs and @mpratt14 I was able to avoid the vendor 1.5 MB kernel limit, using the lzma loader (and okli) to get Openwrt working on the HooToo TM-05 (an 8 MB device, where it's even more critical to not throw away that 1.5 MB kernel partition). More on this in the thread, HooToo TM-05, Add LZMA Loader. I believe that same approach could be used here, right?
Thanks!