Posts made by matiaslao

@crispyoz we are in the same situation. If you happen to have any update from @Zheng-Han please keep me posted.

Best regards,
Matias

@crispyoz, I am sorry to hear that you are still experiencing the consequences of your accident, and I wish you a smooth and speedy recovery.

Given your active presence in the forum, I had assumed you were part of Onion. I sincerely appreciate the clarity and proactivity you bring to each of your contributions.

The dissolution of Onion comes as a surprise to me, as one of the key factors in validating our design with the Omega was the assurance of production until 2028. May I ask if you know what will happen with ongoing production, or if another company has acquired the IP and continues to support the design?

Thank you once again for your valuable support and contributions.

Hi @crispyoz and @Zheng-Han, I wanted to kindly follow up and ask if you have any updates regarding this issue.

Due to compliance with cybersecurity standards, we are required to update the OpenWrt version in our Zigbee gateways equipped with Onion devices. This makes the matter critical for us, and we would highly appreciate any feedback or guidance you can provide.

In the absence of updates and/or a solution, we may need to reassess our roadmap and start evaluating alternative SoM solutions for future developments.

Best regards,
Matias

Ok, thanks @crispyoz. If either you or @Zheng-Han happen to test it, please keep me posted. Also, if there is any further question, don't hesitate in asking me.

Best regards,
Matias

@crispyoz I’m so sorry to hear about your accident, and I wish you a smooth and full recovery.

Thanks for pointing out to that document. I went through it, and I have some questions and/or comments:

1. First of all, I'm using an Omega2Pro board. I understand that circuitry build around Q2 and Q1 FETs is intended to comply with this requirement for HW_RST_N since it removes power from the SPI flash memory when the reset pulse is issued.
2. Regarding the GPIO6 & GPIO11 HW_RST_N requirements, there is no external circuitry in the Omega2Pro board to comply with it. However, as mentioned in the bullet above, with old firmware versions, the SoC can be reset through the HW reset line.
3. Is it possible for you to program an Omega2Pro with the firmware based on OpenWrt v23.05.3 (e.g. onion_omega2p-23.05.3-20250709.bin) and confirm you are getting the same device behavior?

UPDATE: I think that this information might also be important for this issue. When forcing a kernel panic (with command echo c >> /proc/sysrq-trigger), the device behavior is the same than the one observed with the HW_RST_N line: it works on old firmware, but not with the new one.

Best regards,
Matias

Hi @crispyoz, just wanted to check if you get my last response and also if you have any further questions.
This issue is becoming critical in my development.

Best regards,
Matias

@crispyoz my bad, I should have been more specific.

After issuing the reset pulse, the device becomes 'unresponsive', meaning that it can't be accessed via SSH, it does not respond to ping commands, and if I'm connected over serial, I don't even see the echo to the input characters.

If I power-cycle the device, meaning I power it off and on, it boots normally. It is NOT necessary to run through any recovery process (e.g. u-boot, web recovery, etc).

Thank you for your assistance.

Hi @crispyoz! Thanks for taking care.

I understand that factory reset via the reset button interacts with 'SW_RST' line (aka GPIO38 - pin 4) from Onion Omega. The issue I described is observed when generating a reset pulse on 'HW_RST_N' line (pin 5).

The SW reset works fine, both as a 'normal' reboot or a factory reset. I repeted the test after performing a factory reset and the unit got bricked too when the reset pulse was generated on HW_RST_N line.

Best regards,
Matias

Hi all, I'm experiencing an issue with Hardware Reset on my Onion Omega2 Pro after updating to OpenWrt v23.05.3 based image.

With v0.3.4 (and earlier) images, I sent a reset pulse on CPU_RST line (pin 27 from J2 header) and the device was reset. However, after installing the latest image (onion_omega2p-23.05.3-20250709.bin), the behavior has changed. After sending the same reset pulse (500 ms width), the device gets bricked and becomes unresponsive. The only way to recover it is through a power-cycle.

I wonder if anybody else has observed the same issue and if there is any workaround for it.

Thanks!
Matias

Hi @Lazar-Demin & @crispyoz, I was able to find the root cause for this issue. I've created a pull request in OnionIoT/source github repository with the fix.

@crispyoz thanks for the update. You're correct. The make command does not return an error. However, after it finishes running openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2p-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is generated but not openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin.
When looking into the make command output, the messages shown below are the only reference to the Omega2Pro image.

WARNING: Image file /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
cp /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin /home/user/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
cp: cannot stat '/home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin': No such file or directory

Please let me know if you have any new finding.

Thanks in advance,
Matias

@crispyoz good to know that it worked for you.

I've checked the source/target/linux/ramips/dts/OMEGA2PRO.dts and it includes the latest modification pushed by @Lazar-Demin to the source repo.

/dts-v1/;

#include "OMEGA2.dtsi"

/ {
        model = "Onion Omega2 Pro";

        memory@0 {
                device_type = "memory";
                reg = <0x0 0x8000000>;
        };

        new-leds {
                compatible = "gpio-leds";

                wifi {
                        label = "omega2pro:blue:wifi";
                        gpios = <&gpio1 12 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
                };
        };
};

&firmware {
        reg = <0x50000 0x1f30000>;
};

&system_led {
        label = "omega2pro:amber:system";
        gpios = <&gpio1 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
};

&pinctrl {
        state_default: pinctrl0 {
                uart2 {
                        ralink,group = "uart2";
                        ralink,function = "gpio";
                };
        };
};

BTW, I'm sharing with you the content from source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8 directory. Does the Omega2+ image build has the same size than the one you built?

user@ML-PC:~/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8$ ls -lh
total 58M
 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  12K Feb 22 10:45 config.seed
 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  18M Feb 22 11:17 openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2p-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 7.3K Feb 22 11:17 openwrt-ramips-mt76x8.manifest
 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  41M Feb 22 11:15 openwrt-toolchain-ramips-mt76x8_gcc-7.3.0_musl.Linux-x86_64.tar.bz2
 drwxr-xr-x 1 user user  512 Feb 22 11:18 packages
 -rw-r--r-- 1 user user  429 Feb 22 11:18 sha256sums

Thanks for the support being provided.

Best regards,
Matias

@crispyoz please find the CustomConfig in the following link. https://paste.mozilla.org/qrMwjsZR

Best regards,
Matias

Hi @crispyoz, I'm including below the steps followed to setup the build system and compile it. I started from scratch to make sure that the changes pushed by @Lazar-Demin were included in the build system.

Note: I'm using a Linux System and not the Docker image.

• create an onion folder, navigate into it and download the build system from github.

  mkdir onion
  cd onion
  git clone https://github.com/OnionIoT/source.git -b openwrt-18.06
  cd source
  

• setup the onion feeds.

  sh scripts/onion-feed-setup.sh
  python scripts/onion-setup-build.py
  

• update the image configuration. If I manually chose the packages and target (among other options), I run make menuconfig. However, I usually use an already generated .config file, which has a diff format.

  cp CustomConfig /home/user/onion/source/.config
  cd /home/user/onion/source
  make defconfig
  

• finally, the image is built by running make -j4. If any error is raised, I re run the command with the following syntax to get more information about the error: make -j1 V=s

These bullets summarize the steps followed to build the image. Let me know if there is any way I can share with you the config file.

BTW, when selecting both the Omega2 Pro and the Omega2+ as the Target Devices, binary for Omega2+ is generated but not for the Omega2 Pro. As for the Omega2+, the binary size is 18 MB, and as for the Omega2 Pro, I get the warning message that the image is too big.

Best regards,
Matias

Hi @Lazar-Demin, I've cloned the repo to start from scratch and make sure the latest commit was being used from https://github.com/OnionIoT/source (and also for the new DTS to take effect).
I'm still observing the same issue. Please let me know if there is any extra infromation I can provide you. I'm including below the output for the make command, where the error is raised.

Image Name:   MIPS OpenWrt Linux-4.14.81
Created:      Thu Feb 15 20:37:21 2024
Image Type:   MIPS Linux Kernel Image (lzma compressed)
Data Size:    1617556 Bytes = 1579.64 KiB = 1.54 MiB
Load Address: 80000000
Entry Point:  80000000
mv /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/omega2pro-kernel.bin.new /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/omega2pro-kernel.bin
[ -f /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/omega2pro-kernel.bin -a -f /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/root.squashfs ]
dd if=/home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/omega2pro-kernel.bin >> /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
3159+1 records in
3159+1 records out
1617620 bytes (1.6 MB, 1.5 MiB) copied, 0.0263151 s, 61.5 MB/s
dd if=/home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/root.squashfs >> /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
31685+1 records in
31685+1 records out
16222728 bytes (16 MB, 15 MiB) copied, 0.25631 s, 63.3 MB/s
/home/user/onion/source/staging_dir/host/bin/padjffs2 /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin  4 8 16 64 128 256
padding image to 01104000
padding image to 01110000
padding image to 01120000
padding image to 01140000
echo '{  "supported_devices":["omega2pro"], "version": { "dist": "OpenWrt", "version": "18.06.1", "revision": "r7501-928cad900f", "board": "ramips" } }' | fwtool -I - /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
WARNING: Image file /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
cp /home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin /home/user/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
cp: cannot stat '/home/user/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin': No such file or directory

Best regards,
Matias

Awesome, thank you @Lazar-Demin! I'll be waiting for your updated status so I can give it a try.

Best regards,
Matias

Hi @crispyoz. It's an Omega2S+.

In the OpenWRT configuration, I've selected Multiple Devices in the Target Profile menu and then Onion Omega2 Pro in the Target Devices menu. BTW, if we select Onion Omega2 Pro in the Target Profile menu, image was not being built correctly.

Best regards,
Matias

@Lazar-Demin thanks for your response, as well as @crispyoz.

I understand that the warning message spells it out and that is what triggered my original question. When compiling the image (removing some custom files), I get a binary whose size is 14.5 MB.

If I include some custom files into the firmware image, as described in OnionIot source repository readme, I get the warning message and the binary is not generated. Please note that the size for the custom files added is less than 2 MB.

The 'firmware' partition for the Onion Omega2S is ~31.2 MB. This is the reason why I'm asking if it is possible to build an image whose size greater than ~16 MB (and smaller than 31.2 MB).

Best regards,
Matias

@Lazar-Demin thanks for your response.

I'm building the image following the instructions from the readme in https://github.com/OnionIoT/source repository. In my case I'm using a PC running Ubuntu 18.04 as my Build System.

Please find below the error message shown. It first shows a warning message and then if fails when trying to copy the image from build_dir to bin.

WARNING: Image file /home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin is too big
cp /home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin /home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
cp: cannot stat '/home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/build_dir/target-mipsel_24kc_musl/linux-ramips_mt76x8/tmp/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin': No such file or directory
Makefile:288: recipe for target '/home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin' failed
make[5]: [/home/lyrtron-dev/onion/source/bin/targets/ramips/mt76x8/openwrt-ramips-mt76x8-omega2pro-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin] Error 1 (ignored)

Best regards,
Matias

Hi all, we are creating a custom image for the Omega 2S+. When adding packages, if the image is greater than 16MB the binary is not generated and an ERROR message is shown.

However, when looking for the 'firmware' partition (mtd3), its size is almost 32MB. We wonder why we are not able to compile images bigger than 16MB which would fit into the Omega flash 'firmware' partition.

Best regards,
Matias