W.P. wrote:
Hello, currently i am "fighting" with Edimax BR-6024Wg, (Realtek-8186 based, lexra-mips). I need an advice from a system developer/programmer: 1). When using original firmware (EDIMAX-developed Linux-mips), task of upgrading firmware is done by web server binary: webs, which is GoAhead 2.1.1, BUT Edimax didn't published "applets" -> C functions, that implement real functionality. 2). In /dev directory there is a block node with mtd name. I have cat'ed it's contents to /web, and downloaded to PC. File seems to be raw contents of Flash memory: 2048*1024bytes long. If I drop first 64kB and truncate file to same length that Edimax-supplied firmware, files show to be the same (using cmp). The first 64kB looks to contain among others, variables used in BR system. There is originally an utility "flash" to get/set variables. Now the question: When I will have a new firmware (image) will it be safe(!?) to do such thing: (instead of using webs binary): cat /dev/mtd > some.file dd first 64k of some.file to other.file, then download image (from PC) to a third.file cat other.file third.file > /dev/mtd back.??????
Using cat or dd to write to /dev/mtd? probably will not work. If there is a /dev/mtdblock? perhaps. Otherwise use the mtd utilities (flashcp or nandwrite depending on the type of flash memory) to write to /dev/mtd?.
Take a look at this site for more information: http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ David Daney
