#BL602 #WiFi Payload Handler calls rxu, txl and txu functions ... Fortunately these are defined in the AliOS / RivieraWaves Source Code we saw earlier

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl602nutcracker1/blob/main/bl602_demo_wifi.c#L20220-L20398

Here's the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Supplicant that handles WiFi Authentication ... Decompiled code looks readable

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl602nutcracker1/blob/main/bl602_demo_wifi.c#L29805-L29860

Thankfully #BL602 #WiFi Library libwifi was compiled with Assertions Enabled ... Makes Reverse Engineering simpler 👍

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl602nutcracker1/blob/main/bl602_demo_wifi.c#L38512-L38609

Let's do Quantitative Analysis of the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Demo Firmware ... How many lines of code do we actually need to Reverse Engineer ... Now that we've found some matching source files?

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl602nutcracker1/blob/main/bl602_demo_wifi.txt

Load the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Functions into a spreadsheet ... For easier crunching

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit?usp=sharing

Matching the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Functions with AliOS / RivieraWave Source Code ... And identifying the differences

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit?usp=sharing

Work In Progress: What's inside the #BL602 #WiFi Demo Firmware ... And how many lines of code need to be Reverse Engineered

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit#gid=1323188614

Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Supplicant ... Looks similar to Rockchip RK3399 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/rk3399-kernel/blob/main/drivers/net/wireless/rockchip_wlan/mvl88w8977/mlan/esa/keyMgmtSta.c#L572-L723

2,500 lines of Decompiled Code in #BL602 #WiFi Supplicant seem to match Rockchip RK3399 ... Leaving 700 lines to be deciphered

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit#gid=1323188614

GitHub Search shows something that partially matches #BL602 #WiFi Driver PHY Layer ... But the BL602 decompiled code seems to have more stuffing inside 🤔

https://github.com/lupyuen/bl602-604/blob/master/components/bl602/bl602_wifi/plf/refip/src/driver/phy/bl602_phy_rf/phy_bl602.c#L474-L492

#BL602 #WiFi Firmware: 87,000 lines of Decompiled Code have been classified ... 24,000 more lines to go!

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit#gid=1323188614

Quantitative Analysis of Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Firmware is nearly complete! Actual lines of WiFi code to be reverse engineered: 10,500

Google Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1C_XmkH-ZSXz9-V2HsYBv7K1KRx3RF3-zsoJRLh1GwxI/edit#gid=1323188614

Reverse Engineering the #WiFi Driver on #RISCV #BL602 ... All shall be explained here

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?1

Here's how we start the #WiFi Driver in our #BL602 Firmware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?2#bl602-wifi-demo-firmware

How we connect to a #WiFi Access Point in our #BL602 Firmware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?3#connect-to-wifi-network

How to send a HTTP Request in our #BL602 #WiFi Firmware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?4#send-http-request

What happens when #BL602 connects to a #WiFi Network

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?5#connect-to-wifi-access-point

What goes on inside the State Machine of the #BL602 #WiFi Manager

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?6#wifi-manager-state-machine

How #BL602 talks to its #WiFi Radio Hardware to transmit packets

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?7#send-request-to-lmac

How #BL602 triggers a Lower MAC Interrupt in the #WiFi Radio Hardware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?8#trigger-lmac-interrupt

Let's dive into the #BL602 #WiFi Driver ... Decompiled into C by BraveHeartFLOSSDev!

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?9#decompiled-wifi-demo-firmware

#BL602 runs a #WiFi Firmware Task ... To transmit and receive WiFi packets in the background

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?10#wifi-firmware-task

What happens inside the #BL602 #WiFi Firmware Task? 🤔 The decompiled code reveals all secrets! 🤫

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?11#start-firmware-task

#BL602 #WiFi Driver deciphered thanks to GitHub Search!

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?12#schedule-kernel-events

#BL602 #WiFi Kernel calls these Event Handlers to transmit and receive WiFi packets

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?15#schedule-kernel-events

#BL602 #WiFi packet transmission looks undecipherable... Bit there's hope!

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?16#handle-transmit-payload

How does #BL602 transmit a #WiFi Packet? Let's walk thru the decompiled code

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?17#another-transmit-payload

#BL602 #WiFi Driver is based on CEVA RivieraWaves

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?18#ceva-rivierawaves

What is RivieraWaves? How is it used for #BL602 #WiFi?

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?19#ceva-rivierawaves

#BL602 #WiFi Driver includes these modules from RivieraWaves Upper MAC

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?20#upper-medium-access-control

Here are the Lower MAC Interfaces exposed by #BL602 #WiFi Radio Hardware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?21#lower-medium-access-control

#BL602's #WiFi Supplicant ... And its Secret Origin 🤫

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?22#wifi-supplicant

#BL602 #WiFi Physical Layer looks a little murky 🤿

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?23#wifi-physical-layer

How we do Quantitative Analysis of the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Firmware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?24#quantitative-analysis

How we classified 97,000 Lines of Code in our Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Firmware

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?25#load-functions-into-spreadsheet

Matching the Decompiled #BL602 #WiFi Firmware ... With the source code we've discovered on GitHub Search

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?26#match-the-decompiled-functions

#BL602 #WiFi Quantitative Analysis says: A huge chunk of the WiFi Source Code is already out there!

https://lupyuen.github.io/articles/wifi?27#count-the-lines-of-code

Maybe we should revive the #BL602 Nutcracker Project @PINE64 ? 🤔

https://www.reddit.com/r/RISCV/comments/ofj34x/reverse_engineering_wifi_on_riscv_bl602/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share