wr710vn1 re-flashing notes and original fw

openwrt/tools/make_fw.sh

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ _BUILDS="$_PWD/../../../sg-builds"
 set +e
 
 ## dirs with platform specific files
-#_TARGETS='DIR505A1 TLWR710 WRT160NL'
-_TARGETS='TLWR710'
+_TARGETS='DIR505A1 TLWR710' ##WRT160NL
+#_TARGETS='TLWR710'
 
 ## dir with common files
 _COMMON='common'

openwrt/tools/tftp-flashing-howto.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from OpenWRT wiki http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr710n
+
+- connect to the device with FTDI
+- type 'tpl' at boot time to get U-boot console
+- in console type
+    setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1
+    setenv serverip 192.168.1.1
+    tftpboot 0x81000000 <firmware-file.bin>
+    erase 0x9f020000 +0x7C0000
+    cp.b 0x81000000 0x9f020000 0x7C0000
+    bootm 9f020000
+
+the same goes for restoring to the original fw, it is available here
+wr710vn1-130419-orig.bin