Warning! This is beta-howto of midge rtl865x brach. Patches, bug discussion are welcome.
RTL865xb has two serial/console port. PCB of Edimax BR-6214 there is a 4 pin connector marked JP1.
1-o o o o-4 1 - +3.3V 2 - Rx 3 - Gnd 4 - Tx
Port setup: 38400 8N1
Download latest svn:
svn co http://midge.vlad.org.ua/svn/trunk/openwrt-midge/
after downloading run ./make-rtl865xb in openwrt-midge directory
To upload the firmware under Edimax-BR6214K you need DHCP and TFTP servers.
To install servers under Debian just type:
apt-get install tftpd dhcp3-server
host br6214k { hardware ethernet 00:0e:2e:fe:73:76; # MAC-address of device fixed-address 192.168.0.2; next-server 192.168.0.100; # TFTP server filename "br6214k.bix"; # Firmware name }
(c)Copyright Realtek, Inc. 2003 Project ROME LOADER Version 00.00.20(uClinux) (Jun 4 2007 12:56:37) [865xB] CPU Clock Rate: 180MHz, Memory Clock Rate: 130MHz Detected flash size: total 2MB. SDRAM size: 8MB +TFTP +Auto UART +Bank1:ROM +GZIP +LZMA --== Loader Menu ==-- 'r' to update run image 'a' to change config 'l' to update loader 'g' to load run image without updating Flash 'h' to enter hub mode 'o' to update flash with ROM file 's' to test SDRAM memory 't' to test flash memory 'e' to erase flash memory 'p' to enter ping mode
Bootlog of midge-rtl865xb beta:
Loading runtime image ... Unzip image from address: 0xbe020000 Start GZIP Decompression: Failed Start LZMA Decompression: Start runtime image at 80080000. ************************************ Powered by Realtek RTL8650B SoC, rev 1 ************************************ SDRAM size: 8MB CPU revision is: 0000ff00 Init MMU (16 entries) Primary instruction cache 0kB, linesize 0 bytes. Primary data cache 0kB, linesize 0 bytes. Linux version 2.4.26-uc0 (root@work) (gcc version 3.3.5) #11 Пнд Янв 5 20:45:24 EET 2009 ... midge-rtl865xb login: