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bcm53xx: add support for Asus RT-AC88U
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Asus RT-AC88U is an AC3100 router featuring 9 Ethernet ports over the
integrated Broadcom and the external Realtek switch.

Hardware info:
* Processor: Broadcom BCM4709C0KFEBG dual-core @ 1.4 GHz
* Switch: BCM53012 in BCM4709C0KFEBG & external RTL8365MB
* DDR3 RAM: 512 MB
* Flash: 128 MB (ESMT F59L1G81LA-25T)
* 2.4GHz: BCM4366 4×4 2.4/5G single chip 802.11ac SoC
* 5GHz: BCM4366 4×4 2.4/5G single chip 802.11ac SoC
* Ports: 8 Ports, 1 WAN Ports

Flashing instructions:
* Boot to CFE Recovery Mode by holding the reset button while power-on.
* Connect to the router with an ethernet cable.
* Set IPv4 address of the computer to 192.168.1.2 subnet 255.255.255.0.
* Head to http://192.168.1.1.
* Reset NVRAM.
* Upload the OpenWrt image.

CFE bootloader may reject flashing the image due to image integrity check.
In that case, follow the instructions below.

* Rename the OpenWrt image as firmware.trx.
* Run a TFTP server and make it serve the firmware.trx file.
* Run the URL below on a browser or curl.
  http://192.168.1.1/do.htm?cmd=flash+-noheader+192.168.1.2:firmware.trx+flash0.trx

Signed-off-by: Arınç ÜNAL <arinc.unal@arinc9.com>
[rmilecki: mark BROKEN until we sort out nvram & CFE recovery]
Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <rafal@milecki.pl>
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arinc9 authored and Rafał Miłecki committed Mar 29, 2022
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3 changes: 3 additions & 0 deletions target/linux/bcm53xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
Expand Up @@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ bcm53xx_setup_interfaces()
asus,rt-ac87u)
ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "lan1 lan2 lan3" "wan"
;;
asus,rt-ac88u)
ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4 extsw" "wan"
;;
linksys,panamera)
ucidef_set_interfaces_lan_wan "lan1 lan2 lan3 lan4 lan5 lan6 lan7 lan8 extsw" "wan"
;;
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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions target/linux/bcm53xx/image/Makefile
Expand Up @@ -167,6 +167,15 @@ define Device/asus_rt-ac87u
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += asus_rt-ac87u

define Device/asus_rt-ac88u
$(call Device/asus)
DEVICE_MODEL := RT-AC88U
DEVICE_PACKAGES := $(BRCMFMAC_4366C0) $(USB3_PACKAGES)
ASUS_PRODUCTID := RT-AC88U
BROKEN := y
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += asus_rt-ac88u

define Device/asus_rt-n18u
$(call Device/asus)
DEVICE_MODEL := RT-N18U
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