TP-Link WDR-4300

[Bernd Walter]

On Tue, Jun 16, 2015 at 06:26:54PM +0200, Bernd Walter wrote:
> I've just bought an WDR-4300, after gavin@ mentioned it might work
> with FreeBSD.
> Headers for console and what looks like an JTAG are already soldered on.
> 
> My 4300 (board rev 1.3 / device rev 1.7) has the following 3 Atheros
> chips:
> AR9344-BC2A
>  obviously main SoC, but also has direct connected RF circuit (2.4GHz?)
> 
> AR9580-AR1A
>  5GHz WiFi?, but RF from AR9344 circuit seems to be passed through it
> 
> AR8327N-BL1A
>  obviously ethernet switch maybe with additional PHY for second MAC.
> 
> It also has a 8MB SPI flash and should have 128MB DDR3.
> The pictures I've seen of the 4300 and 3600 models make me believe
> they are very similar in design and it's at least said they share the
> AR9344 SoC.
> The chip list on this page about the 3600 also match up:
> https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-wifi-build/wiki/TPLink-TL-WDR3600
> Is it save to just use this guide?

Memory layout seems to match the 3600 description:
U-Boot 1.1.4 (Jun 17 2013 - 12:31:57)

U-boot DB120


DRAM:  128 MB
id read 0x100000ff
flash size 8MB, sector count = 128
Flash:  8 MB
Using default environment

PCIe Reset OK!!!!!!
In:    serial
Out:   serial
Err:   serial
Net:   ag934x_enet_initialize...
No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address
 wasp  reset mask:c03300 
WASP  ----> S17 PHY *
: cfg1 0x7 cfg2 0x7114
eth0: ba:be:fa:ce:08:41
athrs17_reg_init: complete
eth0 up
eth0
Autobooting in 1 seconds
db12x> print env
## Error: "env" not defined
db12x> printenv
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ath-nor0:256k(u-boot),64k(u-boot-env),6336k(rootfs),1408k(uImage),64k(mib0),64k(ART)
bootcmd=bootm 0x9f020000
bootdelay=1
baudrate=115200
ethaddr=0xba:0xbe:0xfa:0xce:0x08:0x41
ipaddr=192.168.1.111
serverip=192.168.1.100
dir=
lu=tftp 0x80060000 ${dir}u-boot.bin&&erase 0x9f000000 +$filesize;cp.b $fileaddr 0x9f000000 $filesize
lf=tftp 0x80060000 ${dir}db12x${bc}-jffs2&&erase 0x9f050000 +0x630000;cp.b $fileaddr 0x9f050000 $filesize
lk=tftp 0x80060000 ${dir}vmlinux${bc}.lzma.uImage&&erase 0x9f680000 +$filesize;cp.b $fileaddr 0x9f680000 $filesize
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
stderr=serial
ethact=eth0

Environment size: 686/65532 bytes


-- 
B.Walter <bernd at bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de
Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.