OKay guys GREAT NEWS!!! It works perfictly on 7 bits rather than 8 bits....
BAD NEWS is that I receive a Kernel Panic every time.
Here's what I get
~ U-Boot 1.1.4-g971cc15e-dirty (Sep 7 2011 - 11:44:55) AP121-8MB (ar9331) U-boot DRAM: 32 MB Top /f RAM usable for U-Boot at: 82000000 Reserving 248k for U-Boot at: 81fc0000 Reserving 192k for malloc() at: 81f90000 Reserving 44 Bytes for Board Info at: 81f8ffd4 Reserving 36 Bytes for Global Data at: 81f8ffb0 Reserving 128k for boot params() at: 81f6ffb0 Stack Pointer at: 81f6ff98 Now running in RAM - U-Boot at: 81fc0000 id read 0x100000ff flash size 8388608, sector count = 128 Flash: 8 MB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: ag7240_en%t_initialize... Fetching MAC Address from 0x81feb688 Fetching MAC Address from 0x81feb688 : cfg1 0x5 cfg2 0x7114 %th0: 00:c0:ca:63:1f:c5 eth0 up : cfg1 0xf cfg2 0x7214 eth1: 00:c0:ca:63:1f:c4 athrs26_reg_init_lan ATHRS26: r%sett)ng s26 ATHRS26: s26 reset done eth1 up eth0, eth1 Please choose the operation: 1: Entr boot command line interface. 2: Load system code then writ% to Fla3h via TFTP. 3: Boot system code via Flash (default). 0 9stem oot system c/de via Flash. ## Booting imag% at 9f650000 ... Image Name: MIPS OpenWrt Linux-3.2.14 Create$: 2012-07-24 20:19:27 UTC Image Type: MIPS Linux Kernel Image (lzma compressed) Data Size: 890599 Bytes = 869.7 kB Load Address: 80060000 Entry P/int: 80060000 V%rifyi.g Ch%cksum at 0x9f650040 ...OK Uncompressing Kernel I-age ... OK No initrd ## Tran3ferring control to Linux (at address 80060000) ... ## Giving linux memsize in bytes, 33554432 Starting +ernel ... [ 0.000000] Li.ux version 3.2.14 (www-data@ubuntu) ('cc version 4.6.3 20120201 (0r%r%lease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #86 Tue Jul 24 16:18:41 EDT 2012 [ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc) [ 0.000000] oC: Atheros AR9330 rev 1 [ 0.000000] Cl/cks: CPU:400.000MHz, DDR:400.000MHz, AHB:200.000MHz, Ref:25.000MHz [ 0.000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] Initrd not foun$ /r e-pty - disabling initrd [ 0.000000] Zone FN ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_nod%_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, m/bility grouping on. Total pages: 8128 [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: board=HONET-UB console=ttyATH0,115200 mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(u-boot)ro,64+(u-b/ot-e.v)ro,6144k(rootfs),1600k(kernel),64k(nvram),64k(art)ro,7744k@0x50000(firmware) rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd [ 0.000000] PID hash table entr)es: 128 (order: -3, 512 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.000000] Primary instructi/n cache 64kB, VIT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes [ 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Rea$back ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Memory: 29332k/32768k available (2046k kern%l code, 3436k reserve$, 387k data, 192k init, 0k highmem) [ 0.000000] SLUB: G%nslabs=9, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1 [ 0.000000] NRIRQS:48 [ 0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 265.42 BogoMIP (lpj=1327104) [ 0.080000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301 [ 0.080000] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 [ 0.090000] NET: Reg)stered protocol family 16 [ 0.090000] MIPS: machine is ALFA NETWORKS Hornet-U [ 0.530000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 [ 0.540000] Switching to clocksource MIP [ 0.550000] NET: Register%d protocol family 2 [ 0.550000] IP rout% cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.550000] TCP %stablished hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.560000] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.560000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 1024) [ 0.570000] TCP reno registered [ 0.570000] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.580000] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.580000] NET: Register%d protocol fam)ly 1 [ 0.610000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip L/ugher [ 0.610000] JFFS2 version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODE_PRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc. [ 0.620000] msgmni has been set to 57 [ 0.630000] io scheduler noop registered [ 0.630000] io scheduler deadlin% registered (default) [ 0.630000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled [ 0.640000] ar933x-uart: ttyATH0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a AR933X UAR [ 0.650000] console [ttyATH0] %nabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.650000] console [ttyATH0] enabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.660000] -25p80 spi0.0: found mx25l6405d, exp%cted m25p80 [ 0.670000] m25p80 s0i0.0: mx25l6405d (8192 Kbytes) [ 0.670000] 7 cmdlinepart part)tions found on MTD device spi0.0 [ 0.680000] Creating 7 MTD partit)ons on "spi0.0": [ 0.680000] 0x000000000000-0x000000040000 : "u-boot" [ 0.690000] 0x000000040000-0x000000050000 : "u-boot-env" [ 0.690000] 0x000000050000-0x000000650000 : "rootfs" [ 0.700000] mtd: partition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem [ 0.700000] mtd: partit)on "rootfsdata" created automatically, ofs=570000, len=E0000 [ 0.710000] 0x000000570000-0x000000650000 : "ro/tfs_data" [ 0.720000] 0x000000650000-0x0000007e0000 : "kernel" [ 0.720000] 0x0000007e0000-0x0000007f0000 : "nvra-" [ 0.730000] 0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art" [ 0.730000] 0x000000050000-0x0000007e0000 : "fir-ware" [ 0.980000] ag71xx_mdio: prob%d [ 0.980000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5 [ 1.570000] eth0: Found an AR7240/AR9330 built-in switch [ 2.800000] eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4 [ 3.410000] ag71xx ag71xx.0: %th1: connecte$ to HY at ag718x-mdio.1:04 [uid=004dd041, driver=Generic PHY] [ 3.410000] TCP westwood registered [ 3.420000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 3.420000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Sup0ort v1.8 [ 3.430000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. [ 3.440000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 192k freed - preinit - Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode - regular prein)t - [ 10.380000] JFFS2 notice: (426) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 13 of 8datum (1 unchecked, 12 orphan) and 221 of xref (0 dead, 213 orphan) found. [ 11.240000] SCSI subsystem initialized [ 11.540000] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs [ 11.540000] usbcor%: registered new interface driver hub [ 11.550000] usbcore: registered new device driver usb [ 12.120000] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver [ 12.120000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: Atheros built-in EHCI controller [ 12.130000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 [ 12.160000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000 [ 12.180000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehc): USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 [ 12.180000] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found [ 12.180000] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected [ 12.310000] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver [ 12.420000] uhci_hcd: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver [ 12.540000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 12.540000] usbcore: registered new interface $river usb-storage [ 12.550000] USB Mass Storage support registered. switching to jffs2 - init - [ 33.020000] Kernel panic - not syncing: ttempted to kill init! [/CODE] I even try choosing 1 at the beginning, but it just goes right past it... [CODE] ~ U-Boot 1.1.4-g971cc15e-dirty (Sep 7 2011 - 11:44:55) AP121-8MB (ar9331) U-boot DRM: 32 MB T/p of RAM usable for U-Boot at: 82000000 Reserving 248k for U-Boot at: 81fc0000 Reserving 192k for malloc() at: 81f90000 Reserving 44 Bytes for Board Info at: 81f8ffd4 Reservin' 36 Bytes for Global Data at: 81f8ffb0 Reserving 128k for boot params() at: 81f6ffb0 Stack Pointer at: 81f6ff98 Now running in RAM - U-Boot at: 81fc0000 id read 0x100000ff flash size 8388608, sector count = 128 Flash: 8 MB In: serial Out: serial Err: serial Net: ag7240_enet_initialize... Fetching MAC ddr%ss from 0x81feb688 Fetching MAC Address from 0x81feb688 : cfg1 0x5 cfg2 0x7114 eth0: 00:c0:ca:63:1f:c5 eth0 up : cfg1 0xf cfg2 0x7214 eth1: 00:c0:ca:63:1f:c4 athrs26_reg_init_lan ATHRS26: r%setting s26 ATHR26: s26 r%set done eth1 up eth0, %th1 Please choose the operation: 1: Entr boot command line int%rfac%. 2: Load system code then write to Flash via TFTP. 3: Boot system c/de via Flash (default). You choosed 1 0 System Boot system code via Flash. ## Bo/ting image at 9f650000 ... Image Name: MIP OpenWrt Linux-3.2.14 Created: 2012-07-24 20:19:27 UTC Ima'e Type: MIPS Linux K%rnel Image (lzma com0ressed) Data Size: 890599 ytes = 869.7 k Load ddress: 80060000 Entry Point: 80060000 Verifying Checksum at 0x9f650040 ...OK Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK No initrd ## Transferring control to Linux (at address 80060000) ... ## Giving linux memsize in bytes, 33554432 Starting +ernel ... [ 0.000000] L)nux version 3.2.14 (www-data@ubuntu) (gcc version 4.6.3 20120201 (prer%lease) (Linaro GCC 4.6-2012.02) ) #86 Tue Jul 24 1:18:41 EDT 2012 [ 0.000000] bootconsole [early0] enabled [ 0.000000] CPU revision is: 00019374 (MIPS 24Kc) [ 0.000000] SoC: Atheros AR9330 rev 1 [ 0.000000] Clocks: CU:400.000MHz, DDR:400.000MHz, AHB:200.000MHz, Ref:25.000MHz .000000] Determined physical RAM map: [ 0.000000] memory: 02000000 @ 00000000 (usable) [ 0.000000] Initrd not found /r empty - disabling in)trd [ 0.000000] Zone PN ranges: [ 0.000000] Normal 0x00000000 -> 0x00002000 [ 0.000000] Movable zone start PFN for each node [ 0.000000] early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges [ 0.000000] 0: 0x0000000 -> 0x00002000 [ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, -obility grouping on. Total pa'es: 8128 [ 0.000000] ernel command line: board=HORNE-UB console=ttyATH0,115200 mtdparts=spi0.0:256k(u-boot)ro,64k(u-boot-env)ro,6144k(rootfs),1600k(kernel),64k(nvram),64k(art)ro,7744+@0x50000(firmware) rootfstype=squashfs,jffs2 noinitrd [ 0.000000] PID ha3h table entries: 128 (order: -3, 512 bytes) [ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order:2, 16384 bytes) [ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.000000] Primary instruction cache 64kB, VIT, 4-way, linesize 32 bytes. [ 0.000000] Primary data cache 32kB, 4-way, VIPT, cache aliases, linesize 32 bytes [ 0.000000] Writing ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Readback ErrCtl register=00000000 [ 0.000000] Memory: 29332k/32768k available (2046k kernel code, 3436k reserve$, 387k data, 192k init, 0k highmem) inObjects=0, CUs=1, Nodes=1s=9, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, [ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:48 [ 0.000000] Calibrating delay loop... 265.42 BogoM PS (lpj=1327104) [ 0.080000] pid_max: default: 32768 minimu-: 301 [ 0.080000] Mount-cache hash table entr)es: 512 [ 0.090000] NET: Registered protocol family 16 [ 0.090000] MIPS: machine is ALFA NTWORKS Hornet-UB [ 0.530000] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0 [ 0.540000] Switching to clocksource MIPS [ 0.550000] NET: Registered protocol family 2 [ 0.550000] IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.550000] TCP established hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes) [ 0.560000] TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.560000] TCP: Hash tables conf)gure$ (established 1024 bind 1024) [ 0.570000] TCP reno registered [ 0.570000] UDP ha3h table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.580000] UDP-L)te hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) [ 0.580000] NET: Registered protocol family 1 [ 0.610000] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phill)p Lougher [ 0.610000] JFS2 version 2.2 (NAND) (SUMMARY) (LZMA) (RTIME) (CMODEPRIORITY) (c) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc. [ 0.620000] msgmni has been set to 57 [ 0.630000] io scheduler noop r%gistered [ 0.630000] io scheduler deadline regist%red (default) [ 0.630000] S%rial: 8250/16550 driver, 1 ports, IRQ sharing disabled [ 0.640000] ar933x-uart: ttyATH0 at MMIO 0x18020000 (irq = 11) is a AR933X UART [ 0.650000] console [ttyATH0] %nabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.650000] console [ttyATH0] %nabled, bootconsole disabled [ 0.660000] m25p80 spi0.0: found mx25l6405d, expected m25p80 [ 0.670000] m25p80 spi0.0: mx25l6405$ (8192 Kbytes) [ 0.670000] 7 c-dl)nepart partitions found on MTD device spi0.0 [ 0.680000] Creating 7 MTD partitions on "spi0.0": [ 0.680000] 0x000000000000-0x000000040000 : "u-boot" [ 0.690000] 0x000000040000-0x00000050000 : "u-boot-env" [ 0.690000] 0x000000050000-0x000000650000 : "rootfs" [ 0.700000] mtd: 0artition "rootfs" set to be root filesystem [ 0.700000] mtd: partition "rootfs_data" created automatically, ofs=570000, len=E0000 [ 0.710000] 0x000000570000-0x000000650000 : "rootfs_data" [ 0.720000] 0x000000650000-0x0000007e0000 : "kernel" [ 0.720000] 0x0000007e0000-0x0000007f0000 : "nvram" [ 0.730000] 0x0000007f0000-0x000000800000 : "art" [ 0.730000] 0x000000050000-0x0000007e0000 : "firmware" [ 0.980000] ag71xx_mdio: probed [ 0.980000] eth0: Atheros AG71xx at 0xba000000, irq 5 [ 1.570000] eth0: ound an AR7240/AR9330 built-in switch [ 2.800000] eth1: Atheros AG71xx at 0xb9000000, irq 4 [ 3.410000] ag71xx ag71xx.0: eth1: connected to Y at ag718x-mdio.1:04 [uid=004dd041, driver=Generic HY] [ 3.410000] TCP westwood r%gistered [ 3.420000] NET: Registered protocol family 17 [ 3.420000] 8021q: 802.1Q VLAN Support v1.8 [ 3.430000] VFS: Mounted root (squashfs filesystem) readonly on device 31:2. [ 3.440000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 192k freed - preinit - Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to %nter failsafe -ode - regular preinit - [ 10.430000] JFFS2 notice: (426) jffs2_build_xattr_subsystem: complete building xattr subsystem, 13 of xdatum (1 unchecked, 12 orphan) and 221 of xref (0 dead, 213 orphan) found. [ 11.290000] CSI subsystem initiali:ed [ 11.590000] usbcore: registered new interface $river usbfs [ 11.590000] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub [ 11.600000] usbcor%: registered new device $river usb [ 12.170000] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host C/ntroller (EHCI) Driver 2.170000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: Atheros bu)lt-in EHCI controller 2.180000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 [ 12.220000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehc): irq 3, io mem 0x1b000000 [ 12.240000] ath79-ehci ar933x-ehci: UB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00 [ 12.240000] hub 1-0:1.0: UB hub found [ 12.240000] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected [ 12.370000] ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHI) Driver [ 12.480000] uhci_hcd: US Univ%rsal Host Contr/ller Interface driver [ 12.600000] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 12.600000] usbcore: registered new )nterface $river usb-storage [ 12.610000] USB Mass Storage support registered. switching to jffs2 - init - [ 33.080000] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! [/CODE] This is a nightmare lol P.S. I deleted my lib folder in winscp and thats why I'm clean flashing.... If that makes a difference.