This is backport of the same functionality in ath79, from commit
d42a7c469 ("ath79: ubnt-m-xw: Fix factory image flashing using TFTP
recovery method")
Ubiquity allows flashing of unsigned factory images via TFTP recovery
method[1]. They claim in airOS v6.0.7 release changelog[2] following:
All future airOS versions will be signed in this way and not allow
unsigned firmware to be loaded except via TFTP.
U-boot bootloader on M-XW devices expects factory image revision
version in specific format. On airOS v6.1.7 with `U-Boot 1.1.4-s1039
(May 24 2017 - 15:58:18)` bootloader checks if the revision major(?)
number is actually a number, but in currently generated images there's
OpenWrt text and so the check fails:
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
Setting default IP 192.168.1.20
Starting TFTP server...
Receiving file from 192.168.1.25:38438
Received
4981148 bytes
Firmware check failed! (1)
By placing arbitrary correct number first in major version, we make the
bootloader happy and we can flash factory images over TFTP again:
Received
3801500 bytes
Firmware Version: XW.ar934x.v6.0.4-42.OpenWrt-r9766+2-
be42e44
Setting U-Boot environment variables
Un-Protected 1 sectors
Erasing Flash.... done
Patch provided by AREDN[3] project, tested on Bullet M2 XW.
1. https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/
204910124-UniFi-TFTP-Recovery-for-Bricked-Access-Points
2. https://dl.ubnt.com/firmwares/XW-fw/v6.0.7/changelog.txt
3. https://github.com/aredn
Signed-off-by: Petr Štetiar <[email protected]>
-DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE
+DEVICE_VARS += UBNT_BOARD UBNT_CHIP UBNT_TYPE UBNT_VERSION UBNT_REVISION
+
+# On M (XW) devices the U-Boot as of version 1.1.4-s1039 doesn't like
+# VERSION_DIST being on the place of major(?) version number, so we need to
+# use some number.
+UBNT_REVISION := $(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION)
# mkubntimage is using the kernel image direct
# routerboard creates partitions out of the ubnt header
$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/mkfwimage \
- -B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v6.0.0-$(VERSION_DIST)-$(REVISION) \
+ -B $(UBNT_BOARD) -v $(UBNT_TYPE).$(UBNT_CHIP).v$(UBNT_VERSION)-$(UBNT_REVISION) \
-o $@; \
# UBNT_BOARD e.g. one of (XS2, XS5, RS, XM)
# UBNT_TYPE e.g. one of (BZ, XM, XW)
# UBNT_CHIP e.g. one of (ar7240, ar933x, ar934x)
+# UBNT_VERSION e.g. one of (6.0.0, 8.5.0)
define Device/ubnt
DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-usb-core kmod-usb2
DEVICE_PROFILE := UBNT
IMAGE_SIZE := 7552k
MTDPARTS := spi0.0:256k(u-boot)ro,64k(u-boot-env)ro,7552k(firmware),256k(cfg)ro,64k(EEPROM)ro
UBNT_BOARD := XM
+ UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.0
IMAGES := sysupgrade.bin factory.bin
IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(BLOCKSIZE) | append-rootfs | pad-rootfs | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
IMAGE/factory.bin := $$(IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin) | mkubntimage-split
DEVICE_PACKAGES += rssileds
UBNT_TYPE := XW
UBNT_CHIP := ar934x
+ UBNT_VERSION := 6.0.4
+ UBNT_REVISION := 42.$(UBNT_REVISION)
endef
define Device/ubnt-bz