Motivation:
Firmware with platform ID "XR450" required for easy installation.
Manufacturer pages:
Product page: https://www.netgear.com/support/product/xr450
Product Data Sheet: https://www.netgear.com/images/datasheet/networking/wifirouter/XR450.pdf
Current firmware: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/XR450/XR450-V2.3.2.134.zip
Specifications:
Almost identical to Netgear XR500(https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/netgear/netgear_xr500)
Differences:
Platform ID: XR450, utilized for firmware validation
WLAN 2.4GHz: b/g/n Supports QAM64 (XR500 QAM256)
SoC: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8065
RAM: 512 MB
Storage: 256 MiB
Wireless: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9984
Switch: Qualcomm Atheros AR8337 rev. 2
Ethernet: 5x 1000/100/10
USB: 2x 3.0
Install via WEB GUI (recommended):
1. Navigate within GUI to firmware update section
2. Select openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr450-squashfs-factory.img
3. Dismiss downgrade warning
Install via TFTP recovery (same as XR500/R7800):
1. Configure host PC to use static address 192.168.1.10 https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7800#prerequisites_for_tftp_flashing
2. Flash openwrt-ipq806x-netgear_xr450-squashfs-factory.img using procedure https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/r7800#tftp_flashing_process
Revert to stock firmware
1. Download current manufacturer firmware, decompress zip file to obtain img file
2. Use TFTP recovery method flash img file (currently XR450-V2.3.2.134.img)
ipq806x: add support to netgear_xr450
Signed-off-by: Andrzej Mialkowski <[email protected]>
netgear,r7500 |\
netgear,r7500v2 |\
netgear,r7800 |\
+netgear,xr450 |\
netgear,xr500)
ucidef_set_led_usbport "usb1" "USB 1" "white:usb1" "usb1-port1" "usb2-port1"
ucidef_set_led_usbport "usb2" "USB 2" "white:usb2" "usb3-port1" "usb4-port1"
"2:lan" "3:lan" "4:lan" "5:lan" "0@eth1" "1:wan" "6@eth0"
;;
netgear,r7800 |\
+netgear,xr450 |\
netgear,xr500 |\
tplink,c2600 |\
tplink,vr2600v)
netgear,r7500 |\
netgear,r7500v2 |\
netgear,r7800 |\
+ netgear,xr450 |\
netgear,xr500 |\
nokia,ac400i |\
qcom,ipq8064-ap148 |\
--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
+
+#include "qcom-ipq8065-nighthawk.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+ model = "Netgear Nighthawk XR450";
+ compatible = "netgear,xr450", "qcom,ipq8065", "qcom,ipq8064";
+
+};
+
+&leds {
+ usb1 {
+ label = "white:usb1";
+ gpios = <&qcom_pinmux 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ };
+
+ usb2 {
+ label = "white:usb2";
+ gpios = <&qcom_pinmux 26 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+ };
+};
+
+&partitions {
+ partition@1880000 {
+ label = "ubi";
+ reg = <0x1880000 0xce00000>;
+ };
+
+ partition@e680000 {
+ label = "reserve";
+ reg = <0xe680000 0x0780000>;
+ read-only;
+ };
+};
+
+&wifi0 {
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_art_c>, <&precal_art_1000>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address", "pre-calibration";
+};
+
+&wifi1 {
+ nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_art_0>, <&precal_art_5000>;
+ nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address", "pre-calibration";
+};
+
+&art {
+ macaddr_art_c: macaddr@c {
+ reg = <0xc 0x6>;
+ };
+};
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_r7800
+define Device/netgear_xr450
+ $(call Device/DniImage)
+ DEVICE_VENDOR := NETGEAR
+ DEVICE_MODEL := Nighthawk XR450
+ SOC := qcom-ipq8065
+ KERNEL_SIZE := 4096k
+ NETGEAR_BOARD_ID := XR450
+ NETGEAR_HW_ID := 29764958+0+256+512+4x4+4x4+cascade
+ BLOCKSIZE := 128k
+ PAGESIZE := 2048
+ DEVICE_PACKAGES := ath10k-firmware-qca9984-ct kmod-ramoops
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_xr450
+
define Device/netgear_xr500
$(call Device/DniImage)
DEVICE_VENDOR := NETGEAR