[pchelpers] News:Linux Hackers Re-claim the Linksys WRT54G

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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