Gateway 7001 Series 

Bootloader: RedBoot
CPU: Intel IXP422
CPU Speed: 266 Mhz
Flash size: 8 MB
RAM: 32 MB
Wireless: 1 or 2 Atheros mini-PCI cards (single/dualband)
Ethernet: 2 port connected to the CPU
USB: none
Serial: yes
JTAG: yes (standard 20 pin ARM JTAG)

Serial port (labeled JP1, @115200bps): 

RX  o
    o
VCC o
GND o
TX  o

LAN ports

Factory dmesg (won't be last too long ;) ): 

+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:00:83:38:50:02
IP: 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 0.0.0.0, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0

RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
Red Hat certified release, version 1.92 - built 17:26:35, Dec  4 2003

Platform: Gateway 7001 AP Platform (XScale) 
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc.

RAM: 0x00000000-0x02000000, 0x0001c238-0x01fd1000 available
FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x50800000, 64 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 1.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
RedBoot> fis load kernel
RedBoot> exec
Using base address 0x01600000 and length 0x00100000
Uncompressing Linux......................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.4.20 (carter@oink) (gcc version 3.2.1) #2 Fri Mar 5 15:59:24 PST 2004
CPU: Intel XScale-IXP425/IXC1100 revision 1
Machine: Gateway 7001 Access Point
alloc_bootmem_low
memtable_init
Security risk: creating user accessible mapping for 0x60000000 at 0xff00f000
Security risk: creating user accessible mapping for 0x51000000 at 0xf1000000
Security risk: creating user accessible mapping for 0x55000000 at 0xf5000000
On node 0 totalpages: 8192
zone(0): 8192 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock2 rootfstype=cramfs ro ip=off mem=32M@0x00000000
Calibrating delay loop... 263.78 BogoMIPS
Memory: 32MB = 32MB total
Memory: 30992KB available (1055K code, 260K data, 72K init)
XScale Cache/TLB Locking Copyright(c) 2001 MontaVista Software, Inc.
Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI Autoconfig: Found Bus 0, Device 1, Function 0
PCI Autoconfig: BAR 0, Mem, size=0x10000, address=0x4bff0000
PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers enabled
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
JFFS2 version 2.1. (C) 2001 Red Hat, Inc., designed by Axis Communications AB.
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0xff001003 (irq = 13) is a XScale UART
Software Watchdog Timer: 0.05, timer margin: 60 sec
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8096K size 1024 blocksize
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Creating 8 MTD partitions on "IXP425 Flash":
0x00000000-0x00040000 : "RedBoot"
0x00040000-0x00140000 : "kernel"
0x00140000-0x004c0000 : "rootfs"
0x004c0000-0x00500000 : "default"
0x00500000-0x00600000 : "config"
0x00600000-0x007c0000 : "unallocated space"
0x007c0000-0x007c1000 : "RedBoot config"
mtd: partition "RedBoot config" doesn't end on an erase block -- force read-only
0x007e0000-0x00800000 : "FIS directory"
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 4096)
ip_conntrack version 2.1 (256 buckets, 2048 max) - 320 bytes per conntrack
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
Bridge firewalling registered
802.1Q VLAN Support v1.7 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com>
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.95 (c) 1998-1999 Rebel.com
VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly.
Freeing init memory: 72K

init started:  BusyBox v0.60.1 (2004.03.05-23:52+0000) multi-call binary

Please press Enter to activate this console. 
Can't open /dev/tty0 - skipping
Module init.
ixp425_eth: 
Initializing IXP425 NPE Ethernet driver software v. 0.1.9 (patch 20040129) (1_4)
ixp425_eth: CPU clock speed (approx) = 0 MHz
ixp425_eth: Found PHY 0 at 1
ixp425_eth: Found PHY 1 at 2
ixp425_eth: eth0 is using the PHY at address 1
ixp425_eth: eth1 is using the PHY at address 2
1 <6>ar5211.c : Atheros AR5211 driver v0.0
Attach AR5212 0x13 0xc1a32920
wlan0 revisions: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 analog 4.6 eeprom 4.8
ar5211 hwaddr: 00:E0:B8:76:24:9A
ar5211 wlan0.11: Device at 0x4bff0000, IRQ 28
cramfs: wrong magic
apconfd: Debug level is now 0.
connect: Connection refused
device wlan0 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
connect: Connection refused
device wlan0 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
device eth0 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
device wlan0 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
bridge brguest doesn't exist!
bridge brguest doesn't exist!
SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
apconfd: Initialization complete.
SIOCDELRT: No such process
apconfd: dhcpc: Interface br0 obtained lease on 192.168.1.116.
SIOCDELRT: No such process

BusyBox v0.60.1 (2004.03.05-23:52+0000) Built-in shell (msh)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

# cat /proc/interrupts
  0:          0   csr
  1:         14   csr
  2:         11   csr
  3:          0   ixp425_eth
  5:      35467   IXP425 Timer 1
 13:         39   serial
 18:    1400047   ixp425_eth
 28:      92429   ar5211
Err:          0

The above dmesg was from a 7001 b/g. Here is a diff against the dmesg from a 7001 a/b/g 

42a43,44
> PCI Autoconfig: Found Bus 0, Device 2, Function 0
> PCI Autoconfig: BAR 0, Mem, size=0x10000, address=0x4bfe0000
96a99,102
> Attach AR5212 0x13 0xc1942920
> wlan0 revisions: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 analog 3.6 eeprom 4.8
> ar5211 hwaddr: **:**:**:**:**:**
> ar5211 wlan1.11: Device at 0x4bfe0000, IRQ 27
100a107,109
> device wlan1 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
> SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
109a119
> device wlan1 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
111a122,124
> device wlan1 is already a member of a bridge; can't enslave it to bridge br0.
> bridge brguest doesn't exist!
> bridge brguest doesn't exist!
114d126
< SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
116,118d127
< SIOCDELRT: No such process
< apconfd: dhcpc: Interface br0 obtained lease on 192.168.1.116.
< SIOCDELRT: No such process
128,131c139,143
<   5:      35467   IXP425 Timer 1
<  13:         39   serial
<  18:    1400047   ixp425_eth
<  28:      92429   ar5211
---
>   5:       3814   IXP425 Timer 1
>  13:         95   serial
>  18:     140382   ixp425_eth
>  27:       1326   ar5211
>  28:       9293   ar5211

Flashing OpenWrt via serial console: 

+Ethernet eth0: MAC address 00:00:83:38:50:02
IP: 0.0.0.0/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 0.0.0.0, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0

RedBoot(tm) bootstrap and debug environment [ROM]
Red Hat certified release, version 1.92 - built 17:26:35, Dec  4 2003

Platform: Gateway 7001 AP Platform (XScale)
Copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, Red Hat, Inc.

RAM: 0x00000000-0x02000000, 0x0001c238-0x01fd1000 available
FLASH: 0x50000000 - 0x50800000, 64 blocks of 0x00020000 bytes each.
== Executing boot script in 1.000 seconds - enter ^C to abort
^C
RedBoot> ip_address -l 192.168.1.1 -h 192.168.1.254
IP: 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0, Gateway: 0.0.0.0
Default server: 192.168.1.254, DNS server IP: 0.0.0.0
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-xscale-2.6-zImage
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x0001c400-0x000e40b7, assumed entry at 0x0001c400
RedBoot> fis create kernel
An image named 'kernel' exists - continue (y/n)? y
... Erase from 0x50040000-0x50140000: ........
... Program from 0x0001c400-0x000e40b8 at 0x50040000: .......
... Unlock from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
... Erase from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
... Program from 0x01fdf000-0x01fff000 at 0x507e0000: .
... Lock from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
RedBoot> load -r -b %{FREEMEMLO} openwrt-xscale-2.6-jffs2-128k.img
Using default protocol (TFTP)
Raw file loaded 0x0001c400-0x001bc3ff, assumed entry at 0x0001c400
RedBoot> fis create rootfs
An image named 'rootfs' exists - continue (y/n)? y
... Erase from 0x50140000-0x504c0000: ............................
... Program from 0x0001c400-0x001bc400 at 0x50140000: .............
... Unlock from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
... Erase from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
... Program from 0x01fdf000-0x01fff000 at 0x507e0000: .
... Lock from 0x507e0000-0x50800000: .
RedBoot> reset
... Resetting.

1. Building NPE Microcode

In order to use the ethernet ports on this router, you have to build the Intel NPE-B and NPE-C microcode binaries, concatenate them together, and write them into a flash partition with the name "microcode".

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