From a0ad07ea039c125c28b5b3893c6f935cf68dfdd5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 10:15:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ipq806x: Enlarge D7800 flash - use netgear partition
Increase the available flash memory size in Netgear R7800
by repurposing the unused "netgear" partition that is
located after the firmware partition.
Available flash space for kernel+rootfs+overlay increases
by 68 MB from 32 MB to 100 MB.
In a typical build, overlay space increases from 15 to 85,
increasing the package installation possibilities greatly.
Reverting to the OEM firmware is still possible, as the OEM
firmware contains logic to initialise the "netgear" partition
if its contents do not match expectations. In OEM firmware,
"netgear" contains 6 UBI sub-partitions that are defined in
/etc/netgear.cfg and initialisation is done by /etc/preinit
This is based on https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/commit/fb8a578aa70572b3e56b64d296e22c2931e77b69
Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
---
.../files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts | 8 +-------
target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk | 3 +++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts b/target/linux/ipq806x/files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts
index b8314a6bd0c..2f259150fa4 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts
@@ -312,13 +312,7 @@
ubi@1880000 {
label = "ubi";
- reg = <0x1880000 0x1C00000>;
- };
-
- netgear@3480000 {
- label = "netgear";
- reg = <0x3480000 0x4480000>;
- read-only;
+ reg = <0x1880000 0x6080000>;
};
reserve@7900000 {
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk
index 4fdf656b4be..21b309376f3 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk
@@ -242,6 +242,9 @@ define Device/netgear_d7800
BOARD_NAME := d7800
SUPPORTED_DEVICES += d7800
DEVICE_PACKAGES := ath10k-firmware-qca99x0-ct
+ DEVICE_COMPAT_VERSION := 2.0
+ DEVICE_COMPAT_MESSAGE := Sysupgrade does not work due to rootfs ubi partition size change. \
+ Use factory image with the TFTP recovery flash routine.
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += netgear_d7800
--
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