From owner-freebsd-mips@freebsd.org Mon Nov 30 22:45:11 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mips@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BBE5A3D860 for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.iline@yahoo.com) Received: from nm45-vm5.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm45-vm5.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.87.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5E4F51C5E for ; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:45:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from michael.iline@yahoo.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yahoo.com; s=s2048; t=1448923392; bh=im7HUZPzfdc+EAcIQm14mWzR2oQPkr3gLkYZf1gwxK0=; h=Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:References:From:Subject; b=U66ENNljhBeBybKmf19hMhdvaAFtOjMGMFeX2UcYKuzVtxQvRCUokMAPggsOdPobRrOkO0csP0c6nIRUl56TojJR0nPcrVqcVt5s+fYhvlDCQcfvkwnjvR3cu71qj9th/8Bj8Tt+MoldYu0NB9V0HT4ZmCA3JrPxceEGzKrkCrKCcXNhvFZBXW8eBpWY6C4k7U2gB+c5puA3xlCSAyJZZS1m1vllyaMLz4j/Y6HzbVbfhFMJzpz4tcVk7+wR9rZbj+LAWcBQfYqALaW6p3KHXb72wXB0JMb72/kcu5HyJn7XVZDB54/tDQ6kINnPQZ4eB9EWS6+PN0hRgNV5OwnsPA== Received: from [127.0.0.1] by nm45.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2015 22:43:12 -0000 Received: from [98.137.12.58] by nm45.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2015 22:40:12 -0000 Received: from [98.139.215.142] by tm3.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2015 22:40:12 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.216] by tm13.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2015 22:40:12 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1025.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 30 Nov 2015 22:40:12 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 388336.17855.bm@omp1025.mail.bf1.yahoo.com X-YMail-OSG: 9YUBuQMVM1lCVmcMG.X5VNA9J0dV.bjGgJO9jTnVzrLFKrPCnnqx.homAMMZ1hJ 5b7Wkchc_cBfJW6LRC_oJ1VvigDG5Lo.Bp9_rP.NVj0bnoDBR0yrcxEjGK.55gNbC5I1ltSuZcaT Md5u4OiHBAHjVF.HznYGWzSlUXwpjxxxmGmJSG.Jz_O1IgOYOGxej5rx0ol._93zBvgjiH_X548M 3hnQ0yfal61BrBQd.x3w2b8hTPj6wYb7mn.YhvBYjoURlgaKBU1Ft74jKtqluOW_yFnCs3ZHPDpd tab_b9WCrzHoSvFxDm6vtg7rUTSQCJl1gk1jc0lBh9DRZcWv_VIhJpxYPYI6HR12lweyoPxIvyJe 2pb6E2oyWRS4B_WxWQ3ePYLcOuoA1EIHmhVFf.Z9NbTUMkGTUM4FgNal3ypdtmGuibam6ndCHkVT vw2dp9VWuyComHGw8puU97Pt_BzkRyG0YnsV1y0TM1xPUG4GuiuILHJauRuf.Gxu.7yoDDdifG6Z JjqS7whtM73SEJ7D21JBvQjL0p2eomeIL Received: by 76.13.27.196; Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:40:11 +0000 Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:40:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Michael Iline Reply-To: Michael Iline To: "freebsd-mips@freebsd.org" Message-ID: <254027871.12583504.1448923211678.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com> Subject: No serial read access on WR1043ND v2.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <254027871.12583504.1448923211678.JavaMail.yahoo.ref@mail.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-mips@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to MIPS List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 22:45:11 -0000 Hello everyone. I've been working hard on trying to get FreeBSD on my wr1043nd v2.1 but I'm having a lot of trouble that nobody else seemed to encounter... Here is a forum post that I created on the topic:https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=61240It contains a brief description of the issue as well as some photos of my board. There are two reasons I'm posting on this list.First, I'm hoping someone can provide some insight on my problem.Second, maybe I can find a workaround. Viper-7 from ##electronics at freenode suggested that other methods of flashing the image may be used, since I do have an working OpenWRT installation. He recommended this: https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr1043nd#flashingrecovery_using_tftp_only_without_serial_consoleI'd like to hear some thoughts before I go ahead and do this, as because of my serial writing issues bricking the device would be extra painful for me. Please let me know of someone can provide some assistance, and be sure to tell me if you need any more info. Thanks in advanceMichael