WPJ428 + SIMCOM 8202G ===================== We try to build a FOSS 5GNR Router with OpenWRT. Some challenges we have encountered so far: - OpenWRT stable misses a patch to enable our board ethernet port -> we compile from source - The Modem Manager simtech plugin does not declare 5GNR ## Flash the router (Configure your computer with a static IP address 192.168.1.2/24 and make sure you have a running tftp server containing your image) First connect your UART cable on the router: ![UART](img/uart.jpg) Launch minicom ``` sudo minicom -D /dev/ttyUSB0 ``` Then boot the router. Press repeatidly `[ENTER]` to get the following prompt: ``` (IPQ40xx) # ``` Then enter the following commands: ``` set ipaddr 192.168.1.1 set serverip 192.168.1.2 ping ${serverip} sf probe tftpboot 0x84000000 openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-compex_wpj428-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin sf erase 0x00180000 +$filesize sf write 0x84000000 0x00180000 $filesize bootipq ``` ## Compile ``` make menuconfig scripts/diffconfig.sh > ../wpj428/config make download make -j $(nproc) ``` To inject a config file: ```bash # Append changes to bottom of .config cat config >> .config # Apply changes make defconfig make download make -j $(nproc) ``` ## Logs uboot logs: ``` Format: Log Type - Time(microsec) - Message - Optional Info Log Type: B - Since Boot(Power On Reset), D - Delta, S - Statistic S - QC_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=BOOT.BF.3.1.1-00118 S - IMAGE_VARIANT_STRING=DAABANAZA S - OEM_IMAGE_VERSION_STRING=CRM S - Boot Config, 0x00000021 S - Reset status Config, 0x00000000 S - Core 0 Frequency, 0 MHz B - 261 - PBL, Start B - 1339 - bootable_media_detect_entry, Start B - 1679 - bootable_media_detect_success, Start B - 1693 - elf_loader_entry, Start B - 5073 - auth_hash_seg_entry, Start B - 7219 - auth_hash_seg_exit, Start B - 577690 - elf_segs_hash_verify_entry, Start B - 695375 - PBL, End B - 695399 - SBL1, Start B - 786439 - pm_device_init, Start D - 7 - pm_device_init, Delta B - 787885 - boot_flash_init, Start D - 52818 - boot_flash_init, Delta B - 844845 - boot_config_data_table_init, Start D - 3835 - boot_config_data_table_init, Delta - (419 Bytes) B - 852054 - clock_init, Start D - 7575 - clock_init, Delta B - 864102 - CDT version:2,Platform ID:8,Major ID:1,Minor ID:0,Subtype:0 B - 867516 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Start B - 872614 - cpr_init, Start D - 2 - cpr_init, Delta B - 876996 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Start D - 4 - Pre_DDR_clock_init, Delta D - 13176 - sbl1_ddr_set_params, Delta B - 890735 - pm_driver_init, Start D - 2 - pm_driver_init, Delta B - 960961 - sbl1_wait_for_ddr_training, Start D - 28 - sbl1_wait_for_ddr_training, Delta B - 976579 - Image Load, Start D - 151978 - QSEE Image Loaded, Delta - (297240 Bytes) B - 1128985 - Image Load, Start D - 1447 - SEC Image Loaded, Delta - (2048 Bytes) B - 1139420 - Image Load, Start D - 211388 - APPSBL Image Loaded, Delta - (432219 Bytes) B - 1351204 - QSEE Execution, Start D - 60 - QSEE Execution, Delta B - 1357421 - SBL1, End D - 664130 - SBL1, Delta S - Flash Throughput, 2007 KB/s (731926 Bytes, 364613 us) S - DDR Frequency, 537 MHz U-Boot 2012.07 [Chaos Calmer 15.05.1,r35193] (Jul 25 2017 - 11:36:26) smem ram ptable found: ver: 1 len: 3 DRAM: 256 MiB machid : 0x8010000 NAND: SF: Detected MX25L25635E with page size 4 KiB, total 32 MiB ipq_spi: page_size: 0x100, sector_size: 0x1000, size: 0x2000000 32 MiB MMC: *** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial machid: 8010000 flash_type: 0 Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 Net: MAC0 addr:4:f0:21:65:18:12 PHY ID1: 0x4d PHY ID2: 0xd0b1 ipq40xx_ess_sw_init done eth0 ``` ## Sources - [All the commits in OpenWRT about the WPJ428](https://git.openwrt.org/?p=openwrt%2Fopenwrt.git&a=search&h=HEAD&st=commit&s=WPJ428) - https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/build-system/use-buildsystem