TP-Link TL-MR13U

This device is NOT RECOMMENDED for future use with OpenWrt due to low flash/ram.
DO NOT BUY DEVICES WITH 4MB FLASH / 32MB RAM if you intend to flash an up-to-date and secure OpenWrt version onto it! See 4/32 warning for details.

1) This device does not have sufficient resources (flash and/or RAM) to provide secure and reliable operation.
This means that even setting a password or changing simple network settings might not be possible any more, rendering the device effectively useless. See OpenWrt on 4/32 devices what you can do now.

2) OpenWrt support for this device has ended in 2022.
19.07.10 was the last official build for 4/32 devices.

A portable_router with an onboard 10400mAh battery. See also TL-MR10U, TL-MR11U and TL-MR12U or TL-MR3020, TL-MR3040 and TL-WR703N.

Note: Many of these routers are marketed as a “3G travel router” but none actually include a 3G modem - the marketing term rather means that the OEM firmware supports USB 3G modems because it contains drivers for USB modems! Ignore that, because with OpenWrt ANY router with USB supports 3G hardware...

Price: AliExpress - about 42.97 USD

Please consult → Install OpenWrt (generic explanation) and also TL-WR703N and TL-MR3020.

Please check out the article flash.layout. It contains an example and a couple of explanations.

0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "boot"
0x000000020000-0x000000120000 : "kernel"
0x000000120000-0x0000003e0000 : "rootfs"
0x0000003e0000-0x0000003f0000 : "config"
0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art"

This section deals with how you install OpenWrt from a device freshly opened. Plus the steps required such as reset to factory defaults if the device has already been configured

Note: Reset router to factory defaults if it has been previously configured.

Browse to http://192.168.1.1/Upgrade.asp
Upload .bin file to router
Wait for it to reboot
Telnet to 192.168.1.1 and set a root password, or browse to http://192.168.1.1 if LuCI is installed.

Note (dated 20140424)

A TP-Link TL-MR13U received from AliExpress is TL-MR13U v1 00000000 hardware and has firmware 3.17.1 Build 130705 Rel.37118n. The link for firmware upgrade is now http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/SoftwareUpgradeRpm.htm, however loading that link directly will result in “You have no authority to access this router!”.
To access the upgrade page, select the last menu entry on the left of the page (which reads as http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/DateTimeCfgRpm.htm when you hover over the link), and then select the third entry in the sub-menu http://192.168.1.1/userRpm/SoftwareUpgradeRpm.htm.
That menu position is shown by the mouse-cursor position in the following picture:

→ generic.flashing.tftp

Specific values you need

Bootloader tftp server IPv4 address	FILL-IN
Bootloader MAC address (special)	FILL-IN
Firmware tftp image	http://downloads.openwrt.org/FILL-IN/openwrt-FILL-IN-generic-FILL-IN-squashfs-tftp.bin (`NOTE:` Name must contain “tftp”)
TFTP Transfer Window	FILL-IN seconds
TFTP Window Start	approximately FILL-IN seconds after power on
TFTP Client Required IP Address	FILL-IN

→ generic.sysupgrade

If you have already installed OpenWrt and like to reflash for e.g. upgrading to a new OpenWrt version you can upgrade using the mtd command line tool. It is important that you put the firmware image into the ramdisk (/tmp) before you start flashing.

LuCI Web Upgrade Process

Browse to http://192.168.1.1/cgi-bin/luci/mini/system/upgrade/ LuCI Upgrade URL
Upload image file for sysupgrade to LuCI
Wait for reboot

Terminal Upgrade Process

Login as root via SSH on 192.168.1.1
Use the following commands to upgrade.

cd /tmp/
wget http://http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
sysupgrade /tmp/xxx.abc

If sysupgrade does not support this router, use the following commands.

cd /tmp/
wget http://http://downloads.openwrt.org/snapshots/trunk/XXX/xxx.abc
mtd write /tmp/xxx.abc linux && reboot

Download the latest firmware http://service.tp-link.com.cn/detail_download_1226.html unpack the archive. You should have mr13uv1.bin inside it. This file has little over 4MB so it contains a bootloader. You can't flash it directly from OpenWrt web interface or through ssh and mtd command. First you have to strip the .bin file of the bootloader. For this you use a tool called dd.

Cut first 0x20200 bytes from original firmware

dd if=mr13uv1.bin of=mr13uv1_noboot.bin skip=257 bs=512

Then upload it to the router

scp mr13uv1_noboot.bin root@192.168.1.1:/tmp

Type your root password when prompted and a slow upload will start.
SSH to your router and perform the following commands:

Flash via mtd

mtd -r write /tmp/mr13uv1_noboot.bin firmware

This should reboot the router after writing is finished. If it reports an error DO NOT restart the router because you will brick it. Instead check again if you used the right firmware which should have 3932160 bytes.

→ Basic configuration After flashing, proceed with this.
Set up your Internet connection, configure wireless, configure USB port, etc.

The default network configuration is:

Interface Name	Description	Default configuration
br-lan	LAN & WiFi	192.168.1.1/24
vlan0 (eth0.0)	LAN ports (1 to 4)	None
vlan1 (eth0.1)	WAN port	DHCP
wl0	WiFi	Disabled

Numbers 0-3 are Ports 1-4 as labeled on the unit, number 4 is the Internet (WAN) on the unit, 5 is the internal connection to the router itself. Don't be fooled: Port 1 on the unit is number 3 when configuring VLANs. vlan0 = eth0.0, vlan1 = eth0.1 and so on.

Port	Switch port
Internet (WAN)	4
LAN 1	3
LAN 2	2
LAN 3	1
LAN 4	0

→ failsafe_and_factory_reset

→ hardware.button on howto use and configure the hardware button(s).

The TP-link MR13U have one button and two sliders.

Button is used for battery status. One slide switch for on/off and the second is used in stock firmware to set different modes.

Mapping in openwrt for mode slider:

Button Name	Mode:3G	Mode:Router	Mode:AP
BTN_0	Released	Pressed	Pressed
BTN_1	Pressed	Released	Pressed

There are 30 GPIO pins on ath79 with the following values as default:

 gpio-0   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-1   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-2   (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-3   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-4   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-5   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-6   (sw1                 ) in  lo    
 gpio-7   (sw2                 ) in  hi    
 gpio-8   (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-9   (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-10  (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-11  (reset               ) in  lo    
 gpio-12  (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-13  (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-14  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-15  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-16  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-17  (sysfs               ) in  hi    
 gpio-18  (USB power           ) out hi    
 gpio-19  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-20  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-21  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-22  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-23  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-24  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-25  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-26  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-27  (tp-link:blue:system ) out lo    
 gpio-28  (sysfs               ) in  lo    
 gpio-29  (sysfs               ) in  lo

Architecture	MIPS
Vendor	Qualcomm Atheros
bootloader	U-Boot
System-On-Chip	AR9331-AL3A (MIPS 24Kc V7.4)
CPU/Speed	24Kc V7.4 400 MHz
Flash-Chip	Spansion FL032PIF 32Mbit
Flash size	4 MiB
RAM-Chip	Zintel A3S56D40FTP 252Mbit
RAM	32 MiB
Wireless	Atheros AR9331 2.4GHz 802.11bgn 1×1:1
Ethernet	Atheros AR7240 Gigabit(?) w/ vlan support swconfig
Internet	n/a (via external dongle: 3g/LTE)
USB	Yes 1 x 2.0, 1x Charge-only, 1x MicroUSB for battery charging/power supply
Serial	Yes
JTAG	Yes
Battery	4x Li-ion 18650 LGABB41865

MR-13U has a rather big battery therefore it takes a long time to charge it. It might seem for the first time that nothing happens after connecting a charger. The router has 6 leds of which 4 blue and 1 red are used to indicate the battery status. When you press the battery button status LEDs light up. When the battery charging is in progress LEDs stay on and after it's finished they go off. While charging the router consumes about 7W (measured with watt meter in power outlet) If the battery level is low one red LED light up and stays this way even if the battery check button is released.

Update: First charging via notebook USB port with router powered on all the time took almost 40 hours

Iperf tests average rate was ~60 Mbps with peaks at 70 Mbps (7.6 - 8 MB/s) using ralink USB client device with rt2800usb driver.

Check this site: Photos of The TP-Link's New TL-MR13U

Model Number

Front:

Photo of front of the casing

Back:

Photo of back of the casing

Note: This will void your warranty!

Follow this thread on forum to see how to crack-open the case: https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=45631

Main PCB

Photo of PCB

→ port.serial general information about the serial port, serial port cable, etc.

How to connect to the Serial Port of this specific device:

Photo of PCB with markings

→ port.jtag general information about the JTAG port, JTAG cable, etc.

How to connect to the JTAG Port of this specific device:

Photo of PCB with markings

Please explain the intention of this section and why this section is needed. --- tmomas 2018/04/25 18:32

Resistor values measured with digital multimeter. The list is incomplete and some values are possibly wrong due to damaged hardware. Update if possible!

R1,R8,R59,R74,R94,R96,R97,R107,R155,R188,R208 = 0Ω
R66,R72 = 10Ω
R36,R38,R40,R44,R46,R54,R56 = 24Ω
R76,R77,R78,R79 = 26Ω
R64,R65,R68,R71 = 76Ω
R15 = 270Ω
R13,R21,R25,R30,R36,R92 = 1kΩ
R17 = 1.9kΩ
R20 = 2.4kΩ
R19,R81 = 3kΩ
R104 = 3.6kΩ
R71 = 4.8kΩ
R39 = 5.4kΩ
R7 = 6.2kΩ
R106 = 9.4kΩ
R110 = 9.6kΩ
R2,R3,R4,R11,R12,R13,R14,R18,R52,R53,R66,R72,R84,R103 = 10kΩ
R40 = 87kΩ
R10,R58,R109 = 100kΩ
R60 = 400kΩ

→ generic.debrick

Read about bootloader in general and about Das U-Boot in particular.

Forum member pepe2k made a modification of U-Boot 1.1.4 for Qualcomm Atheros SoCs based devices (the project is still being developed, so new devices and SoCs will be supported in the future). Up to date information, binary images and sources can be found on official GitHub repository.

This modification started from wr703n-uboot-with-web-failsafe project, but supports more devices, all modern web browsers, has a lot of improvements and other modifications (like U-Boot NetConsole, custom commands, overclocking possibilities etc.).

More information:

Official repository on GitHub: U-Boot 1.1.4 modification for routers
Discussion about this project on OpenWrt forum
An article (in Polish) about one of the first version of this project on www.tech-blog.pl

16MB flash chip detected and working fine, it is possible to use even 32MB according to this forum post → https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=54505

64MB RAM is also possible.

Booting with MR13U mode switch set to AP:

U-Boot 1.1.4 (May 29 2013 - 17:36:58) AP121 (ar9330) U-boot DRAM: 32 MB led turning on for 1s... id read 0x100000ff flash size 4194304, sector count = 64 Flash: 4 MB Using default environment In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: ag7240_enet_initialize... No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address No valid address in Flash. Using fixed address : cfg1 0x5 cfg2 0x7114 eth0: 00:03:7f:09:0b:ad ag7240_phy_setup eth0 up : cfg1 0xf cfg2 0x7214 eth1: 00:03:7f:09:0b:ad athrs26_reg_init_lan ATHRS26: resetting s26 ATHRS26: s26 reset done ag7240_phy_setup eth1 up eth0, eth1 Autobooting in 1 seconds ## Booting image at 9f020000 ... Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK Starting kernel ... Booting AR9330(Hornet)... . Linux version 2.6.31--LSDK-9.2.0.312 (root@localhost.localdomain) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #10 Wed May 29 17:37:12 CST 2013 flash_size passed from bootloader = 4 CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc) Determined physical RAM map: memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) User-defined physical RAM map: memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) Zone PFN ranges: Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 Movable zone start PFN for each node early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 8128 Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=31:02 rootfstype=squashfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=ar7240-nor0:128k(u-boot),1024k(kernel),2816(rootfs),64k(config),64k(ART) mem=32M PID hash table entries: 128 (order: 7, 512 bytes) Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 Memory: 29876k/32768k available (1883k kernel code, 2892k reserved, 521k data, 116k init, 0k highmem) Hierarchical RCU implementation. NR_IRQS:128 plat_time_init: plat time init done Calibrating delay loop... 266.24 BogoMIPS (lpj=532480) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 NET: Registered protocol family 16 ===== ar7240_platform_init: 0 bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 SCSI subsystem initialized usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs usbcore: registered new interface driver hub usbcore: registered new device driver usb NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024) TCP reno registered NET: Registered protocol family 1 AR7240 GPIOC major 0 squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher NTFS driver 2.1.29 [Flags: R/O]. msgmni has been set to 58 alg: No test for lzma (lzma-generic) alg: No test for stdrng (krng) io scheduler noop registered io scheduler anticipatory registered io scheduler deadline registered io scheduler cfq registered (default) Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0: detected caps 00000000 should be 00000100 serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xb8020000 (irq = 19) is a 16550A console [ttyS0] enabled PPP generic driver version 2.4.2 NET: Registered protocol family 24 cmdlinepart partition parsing not available set partition boot set partition kernel set partition rootfs set partition config set partition art set partition ÿ Searching for RedBoot partition table 5 RedBoot partitions found on MTD device ar7240-nor0 Creating 5 MTD partitions on "ar7240-nor0": 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "boot" 0x000000020000-0x000000120000 : "kernel" 0x000000120000-0x0000003e0000 : "rootfs" 0x0000003e0000-0x0000003f0000 : "config" 0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art" ->Oops: flash id 0x10215 . ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver Port Status 1c000004 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: ATH EHCI ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 3 ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000 ehci_reset Intialize USB CONTROLLER in host mode: 3 ehci_reset Port Status 1c000000 ar7240-ehci ar7240-ehci.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected TCP cubic registered NET: Registered protocol family 17 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com> All bugs added by David S. Miller <davem@redhat.com> ar7240wdt_init: Registering WDT success VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. Freeing unused kernel memory: 116k freed init started: BusyBox v1.01 (2013.05.29-02:14+0000) multi-call binary This Board use 2.6.31 xt_time: kernel timezone is -0000 nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (512 buckets, 5120 max) ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/iptable_raw.ko': No such file or directory insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/flashid.ko': No such file or directory PPPoL2TP kernel driver, V1.0 PPTP driver version 0.8.3 insmod: cannot open module `/lib/modules/2.6.31/kernel/harmony.ko': No such file or directory Now flash open! (none) mips #10 Wed May 29 17:37:12 CST 2013 (none) (none) login: Now flash open! ATHR_GMAC: Length per segment 1536 ATHR_GMAC: fifo cfg 3 01f00140 2 ATHR_GMAC: Max segments per packet : 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max tx descriptor count : 164 ATHR_GMAC: Max rx descriptor count : 196 ATHR_GMAC: Mac capability flags : 10004D83 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max segments per packet : 1 ATHR_GMAC: Max tx descriptor count : 96 ATHR_GMAC: Max rx descriptor count : 252 ATHR_GMAC: Mac capability flags : 4403 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 1536 at 0x81c93000 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 4032 at 0x81d63000 Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames Setting PHY...mac 0 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 2624 at 0x81e60000 athr_gmac_ring_alloc Allocated 3136 at 0x81f2f000 Setting Drop CRC Errors, Pause Frames and Length Error frames ATHRS26: resetting s26 ATHRS26: s26 reset done Setting PHY...mac 1 ATH_MAC_TIMER: Current RxFsm for GMAC unit:1 is 0x0 >> 11 is 0x0 device eth0 entered promiscuous mode Now flash open! asf: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel. Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint ath_hal: 0.9.17.1 (AR9380, DEBUG, REGOPS_FUNC, WRITE_EEPROM, 11D) ath_rate_atheros: Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved ath_dev: Copyright (c) 2001-2007 Atheros Communications, Inc, All Rights Reserved ath_ahb: 9.2.0_U5.508 (Atheros/multi-bss) Boostrap clock 25MHz ar9300RadioAttach: Need analog access recipe!! Restoring Cal data from Flash ath_get_caps[4735] rx chainmask mismatch actual 1 sc_chainmak 0 ath_get_caps[4710] tx chainmask mismatch actual 1 sc_chainmak 0 wifi0: Atheros 9380: mem=0xb8100000, irq=2 wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x80dc42c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1 wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x80dc42c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1. VAP device ath0 created DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_D4BB0A ar9300LoadNF: *** TIMEOUT while waiting for nf to load: AR_PHY_AGC_CONTROL=0x1d0d5a *** ieee80211_scan_unregister_event_handler: Failed to unregister evhandler=c080f740 arg=81fad2c0 wlan_vap_delete : enter. vaphandle=0x81ea6000 wlan_vap_delete : exit. vaphandle=0x81ea6000 wlan_vap_create : enter. devhandle=0x80dc42c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1 wlan_vap_create : exit. devhandle=0x80dc42c0, opmode=IEEE80211_M_HOSTAP, flags=0x1. VAP device ath0 created DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_D4BB0A ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=393856, new mode=3, valid=1 WARNING: Fragmentation with HT mode NOT ALLOWED!! device ath0 entered promiscuous mode br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state ieee80211_ioctl_siwmode: imr.ifm_active=1442432, new mode=3, valid=1 br0: port 2(ath0) entering disabled state DES SSID SET=TP-LINK_D4BB0A br0: port 2(ath0) entering forwarding state Now flash open! Erase from 0X3E0000 to 0X3E9DF4:. Program from 0X3E0000 to 0X3E9DF4: write successfully

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disabling initrd 0.000000] Zone ranges: 0.000000] Normal [mem 0x00000000-0x01ffffff] 0.000000] Movable zone start for each node 0.000000] Early memory node ranges 0.000000] node 0: [mem 0x00000000-0x01ffffff] 0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 8192 0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat 8031ca20, node_mem_map 81000000 0.000000] Normal zone: 64 pages used for memmap 0.000000] Normal zone: 0 pages reserved 0.000000] Normal zone: 8128 pages, LIFO batch:0 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIPT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768 0.000000] pcpu-alloc: [0] 0 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 8128 0.000000] Kernel command line: board=TL-MR13U console=ttyATH0,115200 rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 128 (order: -3, 512 bytes) 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) 0.000000] __ex_table already sorted, skipping sort 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 0.000000] Memory: 28720k/32768k available (2289k kernel code, 4048k reserved, 607k data, 236k init, 0k highmem) 0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=9, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1 0.000000] NR_IRQS:51 0.080000] Calibrating delay loop... 265.42 BogoMIPS (lpj=1327104) 0.080000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 0.080000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 0.090000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 0.090000] MIPS: machine is TP-LINK TL-MR13U v1 0.350000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 0.350000] Switching to clocksource MIPS 0.360000] NET: Registered protocol family 2 0.360000] TCP established hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) 0.370000] TCP bind hash table entries: 512 (order: -1, 2048 bytes) 0.370000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 512 bind 512) 0.380000] TCP: reno registered 0.380000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) 0.390000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) 0.400000] NET: Registered protocol family 1 0.400000] PCI: CLS 0 bytes, default 32 0.420000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher 0.510000] 0x000000000000-0x000000020000 : "u-boot" 0.520000] 0x000000020000-0x000000121fbc : "kernel" 0.520000] mtd: partition "kernel" must either start or end on erase block boundary or be smaller than an erase block -- forcing read-only 0.530000] 0x000000121fbc-0x0000003f0000 : "rootfs" 0.540000] mtd: partition "rootfs" must either start or end on erase block boundary or be smaller than an erase block -- forcing read-only 0.550000] mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem 0.560000] mtd: partition "rootfs_data" created automatically, ofs=2D0000, len=120000 0.560000] 0x0000002d0000-0x0000003f0000 : "rootfs_data" 0.570000] 0x0000003f0000-0x000000400000 : "art" 0.580000] 0x000000020000-0x0000003f0000 : "firmware" 0.600000] libphy: ag71xx_mdio: probed 0.600000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4, mode:MII 1.150000] ag71xx ag71xx.0 eth0: connected to PHY at ag71xx-mdio.1:04 [uid=004dd041, driver=Generic PHY] 1.160000] TCP: cubic registered 1.160000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 1.170000] Bridge firewalling registered 1.170000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 1.190000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. 1.190000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 236k freed 6.170000] eth0: link up (100Mbps/Full duplex) 6.780000] jffs2: notice: (458) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 19 of xdatum (1 unchecked, 18 orphan) and 28 of xref (0 dead, 18 orphan) found. 7.540000] SCSI subsystem initialized 7.570000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs 36.160000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready 36.160000] device eth0 entered promiscuous mode 36.170000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): br-lan: link is not ready netifd: Interface 'lan' is now up netifd: Interface 'loopback' is now up firewall: Reloading firewall due to ifup of lan (br-lan) 36.740000] eth0: link up (100Mbps/Full duplex) 36.750000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state 36.750000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state 36.760000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready 36.760000] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): br-lan: link becomes ready 6relayd[776]: Failed to relay to ff02::1%br-lan (Cannot assign requested address) 38.750000] br-lan: port 1(eth0) entered forwarding state

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