I'm missing the sysupgrade images for ARV4518PW R01/R01A. Not that I would need them for my own devices, but we have listed [1] sysupgrade images that were available in the past, and are not any more nowadays. The initramfs-kernel.bin is still available though.
Does anybody have a clue what happened?
[1] https://lede-project.org/toh/views/toh_fwdownload?dataflt[Model*~]=arv4518&dataflt[Versions*~]=r01
They still exists: https://downloads.lede-project.org/snapshots/targets/lantiq/xway_legacy/.
But I'm quite sure that you are surprised that there are no release images for the ARV4518PW R01/R01A. As soon as LuCI is added, the images arebigger than the maximum available flash. An extra check in the image build code prevents the creation of the sysupgrade.bin in that case.
A few month ago I had a look at the release build logfiles and the following images exceed the maximum available flash size as well:
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104k-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104k-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104kp-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104kp-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104wg-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6104wg-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6114wg-squashfs.trx
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-adm5120-router_le-br-6114wg-squashfs.trx
linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/vmlinux-ap96.uImage
linux-ar71xx_generic/tmp/vmlinux-wndap360.uImage
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-gemini-wiligear-wbd111-zImage
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-gemini-wiligear-wbd222-zImage
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway-ARV7525PW-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4520PW-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4525PW-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV452CQW-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4518PWR01-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4518PWR01A-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
lede-17.01-snapshot-r3106-c53bb97-ramips-mt7621-mt7621-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
Most likely there are more which I either have missed or which are not having a image size check.
I'm not so much surprised that no release images exists, but rather that a previously existing snapshot sysupgrade image has vanished. Where can I find the snapshot build logfiles?
Wow, that is strange. I'm quite sure I saw the snapshot images yesterday. But you are right, no snapshot images for the ARV4518PW*. Seems to me something has bloated.
http://phase1.builds.lede-project.org/grid => click the last build xway_legacy "ok" => stdio of "Building images"
WARNING: Image file /home/buildbot/slave-lede-local/lantiq_xway_legacy/build/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-lantiq_xway_legacy/tmp/lede-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV452CQW-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
WARNING: Image file /home/buildbot/slave-lede-local/lantiq_xway_legacy/build/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-lantiq_xway_legacy/tmp/lede-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4518PWR01-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
WARNING: Image file /home/buildbot/slave-lede-local/lantiq_xway_legacy/build/build_dir/target-mips_24kc_musl/linux-lantiq_xway_legacy/tmp/lede-lantiq-xway_legacy-ARV4518PWR01A-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
Ah yes, thank you!
Knowing about the firmware size problem, I would now guess that there will be no more sysupgrade images for the ARV4518, since LEDE will not shrink by itself. Can we say that this device is now practically EoL?