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mediatek: creatlentem clt-r30b1: add all-in-UBI layout 20666/head
authorAndrii Kuiukoff <andros.ua@gmail.com>
Wed, 29 Oct 2025 20:05:19 +0000 (22:05 +0200)
committerJonas Jelonek <jelonek.jonas@gmail.com>
Wed, 17 Jun 2026 07:09:25 +0000 (09:09 +0200)
commite414ca4fa6cbc8d1e95d59966b614a4129b5371f
tree626b419d6c4930a90a5b29feca4bd03d70803923
parent38aa2fa410d9e3f9dc6cb48bd6b94bece4b79742
mediatek: creatlentem clt-r30b1: add all-in-UBI layout

This commit introduces OpenWrt U-Boot all-in-ubi layout support
for the CreatLentem CLT-R30B1, enabling:
- Fully-featured U-Boot
- Effective recovery mechanisms
- Prolonged device lifetime by allocating most of the flash
  to UBI (which takes care of wear-leveling)
- Maximum available storage space for OpenWrt
- Unified firmware across different device variants

OpenWrt U-Boot UBI flash instructions
-------------------------------------

Using the installer image
-------------------------
To simplify the installation process, this method uses a fork
of Daniel Golle's (@dangowrt) UBI Installer
https://github.com/dangowrt/owrt-ubi-installer

1. Ensure your router is running the latest generic OpenWrt firmware.
   Upgrade it if necessary.
2. Obtain the installer image:
   Build the installer from source
   https://github.com/andros-ua/owrt-ubi-installer/tree/clt-r30b1
   or download a prebuilt image from the
   https://github.com/andros-ua/owrt-ubi-installer/releases
3. Flash the openwrt*creatlentem_clt-r30b1-ubi-initramfs-recovery-installer.itb
   image using sysupgrade.
4. Wait for installation: the green status LED will blink rapidly,
   indicating that the all-in-UBI installer is running.
5. Once the installation finishes,
   the status LED will turn solid white (lime) for 5 seconds.
6. After the device reboots, perform a final sysupgrade using the
   openwrt*creatlentem_clt-r30b1-ubi-squashfs-sysupgrade.itb image.

Return to stock layout
----------------------
1. Flash openwrt*creatlentem_clt-r30b1(-112m)-initramfs-kernel.bin
   via sysupgrade
2. Copy files to /tmp on the device via SCP:
   BL2.bin
   u-boot-env.bin
   Factory.bin
   FIP.bin
   openwrt*creatlentem_clt-r30b1(-112m)-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
3. Restore stock MTD partitions:
   apk add kmod-mtd-rw
   insmod mtd-rw i_want_a_brick=1
   mtd write /tmp/BL2.bin BL2
   mtd write /tmp/u-boot-env.bin u-boot-env
   mtd write /tmp/Factory.bin Factory
   mtd write /tmp/FIP.bin FIP
4. Install the system:
   sysupgrade /tmp/*sysupgrade.bin

Recovery
--------
Use mtk_uartboot to recover corrupted BL2 or FIP via UART:
https://github.com/981213/mtk_uartboot

Stock layout
----------------------------------------
| dev:    size   erasesize  name       |
| mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "BL2"        |
| mtd1: 00080000 00020000 "u-boot-env" |
| mtd2: 00200000 00020000 "Factory"    |
| mtd3: 00200000 00020000 "FIP"        |
| mtd4: 07000000 00020000 "ubi"        |
----------------------------------------

OpenWrt U-Boot UBI layout
----------------------------------
| dev:    size   erasesize  name |
| mtd0: 00100000 00020000 "BL2"  |
| mtd1: 07f00000 00020000 "ubi"  |
----------------------------------

Signed-off-by: Andrii Kuiukoff <andros.ua@gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/20666
Signed-off-by: Jonas Jelonek <jelonek.jonas@gmail.com>
package/boot/uboot-mediatek/Makefile
package/boot/uboot-mediatek/patches/473-add-creatlentem_clt-r30b1-ubi.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
package/boot/uboot-tools/uboot-envtools/files/mediatek_filogic
target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-creatlentem-clt-r30b1-112m.dts
target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-creatlentem-clt-r30b1-common.dtsi
target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-creatlentem-clt-r30b1-ubi.dts [new file with mode: 0644]
target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-creatlentem-clt-r30b1.dts
target/linux/mediatek/filogic/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
target/linux/mediatek/filogic/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk