i cant install software fom 9980 on my 8970..... after tftpboot....
VR9 # tftpboot 0x80800000 9980.image
Using vr9 Switch device
TFTP from server 192.168.2.100; our IP address is 192.168.2.1
Filename '9980.image'.
Load address: 0x80800000
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done
Bytes transferred
bootm
and i get
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... LZMA: uncompress or overwrite error 1 - must RESET board to recover
The firmware image from the file at Tplink website don't boot in memory ( bootm ) since it is assembled to run from flash.
Before flash you must stripe the U-Boot part of the file. dd is a linux command. Original.bin is the renamed original firmware from tplink. 9980.bin is the striped file ( without U-boot ).
dd if=original.bin of=9980.bin skip=257 bs=512
The striped file must be 7995392 ( 0x7a0000 ) bytes long.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uzztekgcxx5175s/tplink9980.binThen you can flash the device ( all operations in U-Boot serial console )
tftpboot 0x80800000 9980.bin
sf erase 0x20000 0x7a0000
sf write 0x80800000 0x20000 0x7a0000
This firmware could work partially with TD-W8970 since the xdsl hardware is the same but the wireless chip was not.
All functions ( usb, media server, ftp etc ) could work except wifi.