VDSL w/ vectoring 9.1.4, ADSL 9.0.D, annex A and B about lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info HOT 23 CLOSED

@just2mad: Think of bspatch as a "binary diff" between the annex A firmware blob an the annex B firmware blob for the DSL modem inside the router.
By using bspatch, only either the annex A or the annex B firmware blob needs to be included in full, and the "full" firmware blob for the other annex can simply be obtained at runtime/during boot by applying the bspatch to the "full" firmware blob for the "first" annex. It's just a simple and efficient way to save a lot of space in the router's firmware image whilst still allowing the device vendor to support both DSL annexes with one common firmware.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Hi, I don't understand why the bspatched are needed.
Is this to be compatible with Annex A and Annex B in one file?
Or is this for performance? What exactly is the points of the patching?

Thanks!

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Annex B, vectoring work very well on BT Home Hub 5A (openwrt-trunk):

ATU-C Vendor ID:                          Broadcom 192.85
ATU-C System Vendor ID:                   Broadcom
Chipset:                                  Lantiq-VRX200
Firmware Version:                         5.9.1.4.0.7
API Version:                              4.17.18.6
XTSE Capabilities:                        0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x2
Annex:                                    B
Line Mode:                                G.993.5 (VDSL2 with down- and upstream vectoring)
Profile:                                  17a
Line State:                               UP [0x801: showtime_tc_sync]
Forward Error Correction Seconds (FECS):  Near: 0 / Far: 43
Errored seconds (ES):                     Near: 0 / Far: 3
Severely Errored Seconds (SES):           Near: 0 / Far: 0
Loss of Signal Seconds (LOSS):            Near: 0 / Far: 0
Unavailable Seconds (UAS):                Near: 100 / Far: 100
Header Error Code Errors (HEC):           Near: 0 / Far: 0
Non Pre-emtive CRC errors (CRC_P):        Near: 0 / Far: 0
Pre-emtive CRC errors (CRCP_P):           Near: 0 / Far: 0
Power Management Mode:                    L0 - Synchronized
Latency [Interleave Delay]:               0.14 ms [Fast]   0.0 ms [Fast]
Data Rate:                                Down: 90.760 Mb/s / Up: 33.706 Mb/s
Line Attenuation (LATN):                  Down: 12.6 dB / Up: 11.1 dB
Signal Attenuation (SATN):                Down: 12.6 dB / Up: 10.9 dB
Noise Margin (SNR):                       Down: 8.0 dB / Up: 10.6 dB
Aggregate Transmit Power (ACTATP):        Down: -1.0 dB / Up: 12.4 dB
Max. Attainable Data Rate (ATTNDR):       Down: 103.579 Mb/s / Up: 36.770 Mb/s
Line Uptime Seconds:                      280
Line Uptime:                              4m 40s

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@just2mad no, this version isn't include into openwrt, but you can extract from labor firmware it self.
Yes, i reach about 85Mbit. My DSL line is really bad and i should set the ds_snr_offset '20' for stable connection. ( https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/33585346 , https://openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v5a?s[]=bt&s[]=hub&s[]=5#und1_germany_vdsl2_annex_b_example )
I think it's possible reach the 100 Mbit/s on good dsl line.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@Lankaster as I read here https://forum.openwrt.org/t/how-can-we-make-the-lantiq-xrx200-devices-faster/9724 ,there are throughput problems with xrx200 and vr9 chipsets as there is now hw acceleration available.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@just2mad at first BT5 haven't VMMC, second: BT5 have a SMP (dualcore) I think it's enough for 100Mbit/s WAN. With SQM shaping i have about 55-70 Mbit/s, but 100% CPU load. Because of CPU load i don't use a shaping. Via WiFi ( AC ) i reach about 20MB/s between my Tablet and NAS (160Mbit/sec).
I am happy with my BT5 :--)

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@xdarklight Can we add information about new DSL Firmware ?

bk@tt:~/Projects/lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info$ ./ltq-xdsl-fw-info.sh
ltq-xdsl-fw-info.sh: UNKNOWN application type () for UNKNOWN platform (), version: .. | UNKNOWN application type () for UNKNOWN platform (), version: ..
vr9-B-dsl.bin: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support for VRX200, version: 9.1.4 | ADSL Annex B for VRX200, version: 9.0.D
release-vr9-A-dsl.bin: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support for VRX200, version: 7.8.9 | ADSL Annex A for VRX200, version: 7.1.E
vr9-A-dsl.bin: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support for VRX200, version: 9.1.4 | ADSL Annex A for VRX200, version: 9.0.D
release-vr9-B-dsl.bin: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support for VRX200, version: 7.8.9 | ADSL Annex B for VRX200, version: 7.2.4

bk@tt:~/Projects/lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info$ sha1sum *bin
b4c811ce46f6606f93165d03cc125e8db1d88038  release-vr9-A-dsl.bin
539162673a99a05d8343da06bebe7e6c356f0a7d  release-vr9-B-dsl.bin
33bcae8d8b213f3e6213d4553c8e7330fc8512c9  vr9-A-dsl.bin
3c97762499817686c688b71724ab6a329daa81f8  vr9-B-dsl.bin

bk@tt:~/Projects/lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info$ ls -la | grep bin
-rw-r--r--  1 bk bk 913736 Aug 27 21:42 release-vr9-A-dsl.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 bk bk 896592 Aug 27 21:42 release-vr9-B-dsl.bin
-rw-r--r--  1 bk bk 926364 Aug 27 21:42 vr9-A-dsl.bin
-r-xr-xr-x  1 bk bk 908164 Aug 17 16:04 vr9-B-dsl.bin

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Just to add this is working with ADSL annex A on a TP-Link 8970 in the UK (pending VDSL2 vectoring sometime in the future).

However compared to redistributable 8.0.B, the data rate is the same but the line and signal attenuation are wrong dropping from 26-27dB to 10-12dB for a 13Mb/s connection. Firmware API version remains the same so looks a firmware bug.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

What is the difference between Release and Pre-release?

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

The firmware can also be found in this stable release for the 7490.

vr9-B-dsl.bin: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support for VRX200, version: 9.1.4 | ADSL Annex B for VRX200, version: 9.0.D

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Verbose script output:

filename: vr9-A-dsl.bin
version: 5.9.1.4.0.7-5.9.0.D.0.1
sha1sum: 33bcae8d8b213f3e6213d4553c8e7330fc8512c9
filesize: 926364
Firmware1:
	PLATFORM: 5
	PLATFORM_STR: VRX200
	APPLICATION_TYPE: 7
	APPLICATION_TYPE_STR: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support
	VERSION_STR: 9.1.4
	RELEASE_STATUS: 0
	RELEASE_STATUS_STR: Release
Firmware2:
	PLATFORM: 5
	PLATFORM_STR: VRX200
	APPLICATION_TYPE: 1
	APPLICATION_TYPE_STR: ADSL Annex A
	VERSION_STR: 9.0.D
	RELEASE_STATUS: 0
	RELEASE_STATUS_STR: Release

filename: vr9-B-dsl.bin
version: 5.9.1.4.0.7-5.9.0.D.0.2
sha1sum: 3c97762499817686c688b71724ab6a329daa81f8
filesize: 908164
Firmware1:
	PLATFORM: 5
	PLATFORM_STR: VRX200
	APPLICATION_TYPE: 7
	APPLICATION_TYPE_STR: VDSL over ISDN incl. vectoring support
	VERSION_STR: 9.1.4
	RELEASE_STATUS: 0
	RELEASE_STATUS_STR: Release
Firmware2:
	PLATFORM: 5
	PLATFORM_STR: VRX200
	APPLICATION_TYPE: 2
	APPLICATION_TYPE_STR: ADSL Annex B
	VERSION_STR: 9.0.D
	RELEASE_STATUS: 0
	RELEASE_STATUS_STR: Release

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

A new release is out http://download.avm.de/fritzbox/fritzbox-7490/deutschland/fritz.os/
can someone check if there's any new version.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

A new release is out http://download.avm.de/fritzbox/fritzbox-7490/deutschland/fritz.os/
can someone check if there's any new version.

I just checked image 07.11:

release-vr9-A-dsl.bin and release-vr9-B-dsl.bin are identical to the ones above. Even the checksum is the same. The "release" version is 5.7.8.9.1.7.

vr9-A-dsl.bin and vr9-B-dsl.bin do have the same firmware version as above (5.9.1.4.0.7), but the checksum is not the same as before. I do not know how I could check the ADSL firmware version (the second part : i.e. 9.0.D) as I am running VDSL.

I assume that even if there is some difference this should be minor.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Thanks for quick reply...can you plz do the same for the following firmware which also apparently is for vr9 chip.
http://download.avm.de/fritzbox/fritzbox-7362-sl/deutschland/fritz.os/

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@nouman8 It's same version:

root@OpenWrt:~# sha256sum /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin 
e408f82323fa60356d1c35df5b781f88d3fad830c7c6a55f798682e16316b939  /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin

hier is DSL status

Chipset:                                  Lantiq-VRX200
Firmware Version:                         5.9.1.4.0.7
API Version:                              4.17.18.6
XTSE Capabilities:                        0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x2
Annex:                                    B
Line Mode:                                G.993.5 (VDSL2 with down- and upstream vectoring)
Profile:                                  17a
Line State:                               UP [0x801: showtime_tc_sync]

@pstlr78 I will check the ADSL version this week

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

I have a homehub 5a . My internet connection use adsl annex A, but I am confused over the various versions here http://xdarklight.github.io/lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info/

which is the latest version I can extract on windows 10 ?

is there a version which copes well with a very bad ADSL connection (line length 3km and 55dB of attenuation?

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

ADSL:

Chipset:                                  Lantiq-VRX200
Firmware Version:                         5.9.0.13.0.2
API Version:                              4.17.18.6
XTSE Capabilities:                        0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x4, 0x0, 0x0
Annex:                                    B
Line Mode:                                G.992.5 (ADSL2+)
Profile:                                  
Line State:                               UP [0x801: showtime_tc_sync]

and hash

root@gw02:~# sha256sum /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin
e408f82323fa60356d1c35df5b781f88d3fad830c7c6a55f798682e16316b939  /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

ADSL:

Chipset:                                  Lantiq-VRX200
Firmware Version:                         5.9.0.13.0.2
API Version:                              4.17.18.6
XTSE Capabilities:                        0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0, 0x4, 0x0, 0x0
Annex:                                    B
Line Mode:                                G.992.5 (ADSL2+)
Profile:                                  
Line State:                               UP [0x801: showtime_tc_sync]

and hash

root@gw02:~# sha256sum /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin
e408f82323fa60356d1c35df5b781f88d3fad830c7c6a55f798682e16316b939  /lib/firmware/vr9-B-dsl.bin

Any idea why my checksum is not the same? :

Name: vr9-B-dsl.bin
Size: 908376 bytes (887 KiB)
CRC32: 8E811D1D
CRC64: E80FB2A70EFC7C5A
SHA256: 8A676D7B7E07E34C9CC97F5350E04F73ABE68E21E9D52661E6169A4235E76A28
SHA1: CEACE0E9CCFA09372248371C2BAD4D7FC4CC9B35
BLAKE2sp: 6C78B0386818D5CA6E19319BF7C2B359CE9B738920F75EE29F853CB575573AC0

I obtained the firmware from 7490 (image 07.11).

Should not be a bad extract, because the checksums of the "release" versions are same as before.

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@pstlr78 i think it's not v 5.9.0.13.0.2 (5.9.0.C.0.2) Maybe another minor version ?
Right now i use v5.7.8.9.1.7 it's really stable: uptime 37 days. Latest firmware is very instable for my: dsl reconnected every 2-8 hours (see openwrt forum).

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

Hi, unfortunately I don't get the file extracted out of the firmware with 7z seems to get problems under Ubuntu. I also tried to install it separately with newest version, but always get stuck. - Is there a possibility for help of someone to get newest DSL driver?

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

@suppenkasper0815 You need 7z and unsquashfs4-avm-be tool to extract DSL firmware from AVM images.
Howto: Updating the Lantiq XRX200 devices with latest DSL vectoring firmware
It seams the SVN Repo is die, but you can use Github freetz Repo

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.

is this still relevant for anyone now that I have added the xDSL firmware info from the 7490 production (non-testing/"Labor") image (see #19)?
if so, please speak up in the next week, else I'll close this

from lantiq-xdsl-firmware-info.