arlit:

Details
changes to mtdsplit kernel driver made in r10616-a1c6a316d2 break compatibility with WZR-HP-G300NH (ar71xx depends on mtdsplit)

**Workaround ** undo changes made to mtdsplit_uimage.c
git checkout 8ef6240fa61e65eb7b4386e3ea683b04e1dbf00f target/linux/generic/files/drivers/mtd/mtdsplit/mtdsplit_uimage.c

ynezz:

Workaround undo changes made to mtdsplit_uimage.c

Sorry for the breakage, in order to fix it, could you please try to get the output from serial console? Thanks!

arlit:

Sorry, I'm not able to provide such info. I never attempted to solder the pins needed for such operations (fearing my poor skills).

So far I managed to flash a different firmware using tftp.

drvlabo:

I submitted the mtdsplit modification commit.
Sorry for regression.

This problem occurs on the targets using mtdsplit without OF/device-tree and whose firmware images are based on uImage formats.

Please wait for a while to fix it.

ynezz:

Could you please try this proposed fix #2294 ?

arlit:

The proposed fix worked nicely on WZR-HP-G300NH and solved the issue

Thanks.

arlit:

commit 4b755ce (revert "kernel: generic: fix fonfxc uimage parser") undid the proposed fix

ynezz:

undid the proposed fix

It wasn't optimal solution for the problem, here is improved version https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/1142652/

arlit:

That pending patch restores normal operation on WZR-HP-G300NH as well.

rmilecki:

Thanks, pushed as c4492dd ("kernel: drop Fon(Foxconn) parser matching for the "firmware" partition").

arlit:

Thanks for your help.