ipq806x: Add support for Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR450
authorAndrzej Mialkowski <andrzej.mialkowski@gmail.com>
Fri, 19 May 2023 11:09:54 +0000 (04:09 -0700)
committerChristian Marangi <ansuelsmth@gmail.com>
Thu, 25 May 2023 21:53:00 +0000 (23:53 +0200)
commitf2e1d373817c05aa9feac7fd67262010b4064d23
tree56a92cee8f24498f14baa528ccd002d52ce70a34
parentae8db3941ce90f4b00dfeb36a428425cdc53144d
ipq806x: Add support for Netgear Nighthawk Pro Gaming XR450

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 <andrzej.mialkowski@gmail.com>
target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
target/linux/ipq806x/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
target/linux/ipq806x/files-5.15/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8065-xr450.dts [new file with mode: 0644]
target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk