[pchelpers] News:Linux Hackers Re-claim the Linksys WRT54G
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:49:03 +1200
By LinuxDevices.com Staff
June 27, 2006
As predicted, the open-source community has come up with a way to
convert VxWorks-based Linksys wireless WRT54G routers to Linux. The
process does not require hardware hacking and installs a recent version
of "DD-WRT micro."
A version of Linux that supports the VxWorks-based "series 5" WRT54G has
been available since April, when the DD-WRT project created its "micro"
edition, with a 1.7MB footprint. However, the firmware could only be
installed on routers modified to expose their JTAG ports (complicated
instructions here).
Now, Jeremy Collake, aka "db90h," appears to have created a "VxWorks
Killer" flash image that overwrites the VxWorks bootloader on series 5
WRT54G routers with normal Broadcom CFE firmware. This then enables the
device to be put into maintenance mode at startup, after which Linux
firmware can be installed easily.
More here:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1982278,00.asp
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