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This repository contains OpenWRT packages for the Orange Livebox 2.1 router, also known as Astoria/Arcadyan ARV7519RW22. Newer OpenWRT releases have disabled support for this device because U-boot fails to load the larger kernel+initramfs images. In order to make it work, one needs to add support to build U-boot for this device.
See openwrt/openwrt#9742 and openwrt/openwrt#9746 for the relevant PRs.
First of all, scroll back up and re-read the giant ASCII-framed warning at the start of this document. The files that were tested can be useful as reference (they worked for us, and should work for you as well), but it would be best to not depend on these packages. It should be possible to use the official packages if one manages to build an OpenWRT release for the ARV7519RW22 that uses the same kernel version.
- Read through all these steps before doing anything to your router. You will need to set up the UART console as well as a TFTP server.
- Follow https://openwrt.org/toh/arcadyan/arv7519rw22 to install OpenWRT, if you haven't done so already. Make sure U-boot shows up. If you want, you can skip flashing the old OpenWRT / LEDE version.
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u-boot.bin(U-boot for ARV7519RW22, NOR version) and flash it usingtftpboot u-boot.binandrun write-uboot-nor, then reboot. If all goes well, your router is now using a working U-boot version. - If the old OpenWRT version does NOT work, boot the recovery image
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tftpboot openwrt-initramfs-kernel.binandbootm. If U-boot saysLZMA: uncompress or overwrite error 7 - must RESET band the board immediately resets, you're still using a buggy U-boot version. - Once you've managed to boot some OpenWRT version (from NOR or RAM),
you can simply flash
openwrt-squashfs-sysupgrade.binas you would do in any other case. LUCI (the web UI) is enabled in our images. - If the PRs fixing the ARV7519RW22 haven't been merged yet, consider ways to raise awareness of this issue and the availability of a fix, such as commenting on the PRs linked above, as well as and asking in OpenWRT's communication channels. It goes without saying that you should be civil and look for solutions.