Posted: Sun Nov 25, 2007 23:07 Post subject: Actiontec MI424WR can it be supported?
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Hi Brainslayer do you think this modem can be supported by ANY firmware writer such as yourself? it runs Linux and Jungo will supply the code for 15.00us. THANK YOU for your valuable time. so far there are only 2 versions of this modem and they come with both either a Ralink or an Atheros mini-pci card.
here is some info from another source / forum
/ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
Processor : XScale-IXP4xx/IXC11xx rev 1 (v5b)
BogoMIPS : 532.48
Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
Hardware : MI424-WR
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
Yes it would be nice, so many people with fios are stuck with that piece of shit!
I am lucky, I got my FIOS service just before they went to the new policy of not enabling ethernet for new installs. If I would have ended up being stuck with that actiontech, I would have canceled my 30 meg service and went back to my shitty 5 meg service with Cox. Thank God for DDWRT and a WHR-G125!!!!!!!!
Yes it would be nice, so many people with fios are stuck with that piece of shit!
I am lucky, I got my FIOS service just before they went to the new policy of not enabling ethernet for new installs. If I would have ended up being stuck with that actiontech, I would have canceled my 30 meg service and went back to my shitty 5 meg service with Cox. Thank God for DDWRT and a WHR-G125!!!!!!!!
I hope you are wrong I've read inDSLreports.com fios forum that they will enable the ethernet, i called and asked to have that on or no deal
UPDATE:I had FIOS service installed 2 weeks ago and the TECH showed me how they turn on the ethernet port from their laptop. so mine is on ethernet, I will let you know when I get TV service in February if anything changes in relation to ethernet, but some people that have it say they still have the ethernet port active. so I will let you know.
Last edited by rtoledo on Sat Dec 15, 2007 18:16; edited 1 time in total
I have a MI424WR and just updated to Verizon's latest MI424WR firmware here: http://www2.verizon.net/micro/actiontec/actiontec.asp . The new firmware has more utilities built into the flash and a bit more information about how-it-works. I find the console=ttyS0,115200 particularly interesting. I remember hearing someone express that it has a serial plug on the board. I've not plugged in, but it might give pre-kernel debug output.
It would be nice to get support for NFS or CIFS or something to mount external filesystems with more goodies on it, perhaps a full-blown XScale distro (if such a thing exists).
The processor is an IXP4xx, which is supported by OpenWRT for devices such as Gateway 7001, and FreecomFSG3.
Since its a simple RT2500 chip and we already have XScale 42x support, I would think this trivial if Kendin switch/ethernet is supported. We just need to figure out how to package the firmware for update...
More details below. Ideas ... ?
-geek
No dmesg, but /proc/kmsg gives reasonable results:
/proc/kmsg
Code:
/ # cat /proc/kmsg
<4>Linux version 2.4.21openrg-rmk1 #2 Wed Nov 14 16:37:02 EST 2007
<4>CPU: XScale-IXP4xx/IXC11xx revision 1
<4>Machine: MI424-WR
<4>On node 0 totalpages: 8192
<4>zone(0): 8192 pages.
<4>zone(1): 0 pages.
<4>zone(2): 0 pages.
<4>Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/ram0 rw nohalt
<7>Relocating machine vectors to 0xffff0000
<4>Using IXP425 Timer 0 as timer source
<4>Calibrating delay loop... 532.48 BogoMIPS
<6>Memory: 32MB = 32MB total
<5>Memory: 26476KB available (901K code, 4777K data, 224K init)
<6>XScale Cache/TLB Locking Copyright(c) 2001 MontaVista Software, Inc.
<6>Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
<6>Inode cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
<6>Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
<4>Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
<4>Page-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
<4>POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
<6>PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers disabled
<4>PCI: 13.1: PCI device 17e6:0010 got irq 25
<4>PCI: 13.2: PCI device 17e6:0011 got irq 23
<4>PCI: 14.1: PCI device 1814:0201 got irq 24
<4>PCI: 15.1: PCI device 17e6:0010 got irq 23
<4>PCI: 15.2: PCI device 17e6:0011 got irq 24
<6>Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
<6>Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
<4>Initializing RT netlink socket
<4>Starting kswapd
<4>
<4>Random: 0x146acda8
<4>pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
<6>Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
<6>ttyS00 at 0xff000003 (irq = 15) is a XScale UART
<6>ttyS01 at 0xff001003 (irq = 13) is a XScale UART
<6>NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
<6>IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
<6>IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
<6>TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096)
<6>NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
<1>802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
<1>All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
<4>VFS: Mounted root (tmpfs filesystem).
<4>Mount of initial cramfs successful
<6>Freeing init cramfs memory: 64K
<6>Freeing init memory: 224K
<4>Mounting cramfs image at 'cramfs'
<4>loading license key: Actiontec License
<5>cfi_cmdset_0001: Erase suspend on write enabled
<7>0: offset=0x0,size=0x20000,blocks=64
<4>Using buffer write method
<4>Using predefined MTD partitions.
<5>Creating 1 MTD partitions on "IXP425 Flash Bank 0":
<5>0x00000000-0x00800000 : "openrg"
<4>Module init.
<4>Intel CSR QMGR & NPE(s) init done.
<4>Initializing ixp425_eth driver 0.0.8
<4>Found PHY 0 at 1
<4>Found PHY 1 at 2
<4>Found PHY 2 at 3
<4>Found PHY 3 at 4
<4>Found PHY 4 at 5
<4>Found PHY 5 at 17
<4>PHY 0 MAC address is: 04:04:04:04:04:04
<4>PHY 1 MAC address is: 06:06:06:06:06:06
<4>IPV4 device driver registered
<6>wlan: 0.8.4.2 (Atheros/multi-bss)
<6>ath_hal: 0.9.17.1 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413, RF5413, REGOPS_FUNC)
<6>ath_rate_atheros: Version 2.0.1
<4>Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved
<6>ath_pci: 0.9.4.5 (Atheros/multi-bss)
<6>wlan: mac acl policy registered
<4>Kendin HW Switch: VLAN Group 15 used for default VLAN 0
<4>Kendin HW Switch: PVID of all ports set to 0
<4>Kendin HW Switch: Configured as VLAN Switch
<4>Kendin ID: 95:07
<4>Kendin port 1 status: ff
<4>Kendin port 2 status: 00
<4>Kendin port 3 status: 80
<4>Kendin port 4 status: 80
<4>Kendin port 5 status: 00
<5>Linux Clink Ethernet driver version 2.33.0.0 (Mar.3, 2006)
<6>Freeing modfs memory: 2052K
<7>Clink Link Down (freq timer)
<7>Clink Link Down (freq timer)
<4>PHY 1 MAC address is: 00:18:01:20:fa:65
<4>PHY 1 MAC address is: 00:18:01:20:fa:65
<4>ixp1: Entering promiscuous mode
<6>device ixp1 entered promiscuous mode
<4>SWITCH LOGIC reset 0
<4>Bridge Managed Ports: 4
<4>STP: ixp1/0 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/1 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/2 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/3 enters blocking mode
<7>Clink Link Down (freq timer)
<7>Clink Link Down (freq timer)
<6>device ra0 entered promiscuous mode
<4>Bridge Managed Ports: 1
<4>STP: ra0 enters blocking mode
<4>Bridge Managed Ports: 4
<4>STP: ixp1/0 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/1 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/2 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/3 enters blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/3 exits blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/2 exits blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/1 exits blocking mode
<4>STP: ixp1/0 exits blocking mode
<4>STP: ra0 exits blocking mode
i spoke to BS and he needs the devices on his desk to add support for them akaif this is caused on the complicated reconstruction of some onboard (flash) vendor information.
we are not openwrt...u can can get your device back
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 22:09 Post subject:
this router sounds promising. i will take care of it as soon as i get one. _________________ "So you tried to use the computer and it started smoking? Sounds like a Mac to me.." - Louis Rossmann https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL_5YDRWqGE&t=60s
more edit:
the wlan is b/g an ralink based which is not supported rigth now. so it must be replaced be a atheros card. the cable port will not work i think.