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ipq806x: Enlarge D7800 flash - use netgear partition

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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 fb8a578aa7

Signed-off-by: Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
This commit is contained in:
Mike Lothian 2021-05-17 10:15:20 +01:00 committed by Petr Štetiar
parent 5406684087
commit a0ad07ea03
2 changed files with 4 additions and 7 deletions
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target/linux/ipq806x/files/arch/arm/boot/dts/qcom-ipq8064-d7800.dts
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@ -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 {

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target/linux/ipq806x/image/generic.mk
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@ -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