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Ryan Leung f9dd769052 rockchip: add support for FriendlyELEC NanoPi M5
Ethernet LAN port is set to `eth1` (silkscreen "ETH2" and case label "2") next to the 2x USB Type-A
ports and WAN is set to `eth0` (silkscreen "ETH1" and case label "1") next to the USB Type-C port.

The USER ("reset") button serves as the reset button. A short press will reboot and a long press
will reset to factory settings (deleting all data) if using squashfs image.

MASK ("maskrom") and RCRY ("recovery") buttons are enabled but are not set to any specific function

Pressing the POWER button will `poweroff` the device and it will stay off until a power cycle.

Hardware
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* SoC: RockChip RK3576 64-bit ARMv8-A 8 cores big.LITTLE (4x A72 and 4x A53)
* RAM: 3/4GB LPDDR4X or 8/16GB LPDDR5
* Ethernet: 2x GbE (SoC RGMII MAC, RTL8211F PHY)
* 3x LEDs (SYS - red / 1 (WAN) - green / 2 (LAN) - green)
* 4x Buttons (MASK ("maskrom"), RCRY ("recovery"), USER ("reset" - OpenWrt reset), POWER)
* 1x 16MiB SPI NOR on board
* 1x UFS slot for optional UFS 2.0 module (currently not supported)
* 1x microSD card slot (UHS-I)
* 1x HDMI OUT
* 1x Headphone OUT 3.5mm
* 1x M.2 M-key 2280 PCIe slot (PCIe 2.1 x1 supports NVMe SSD)
* 1x M.2 E-key *SDIO* slot for optional RTL8822CS Wi-Fi 5
 * the case has integrated antennae as well as 2x knockouts
 * the device tree is missing the nodes relevant to Wi-Fi operations so it's not supported for now.
* 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A Ports
* Power: 1x USB Type-C 6V-20V with both DC and USB PD supported
* Serial: 1500000 8N1 3.3V - 2.54mm 3-pin header next to HDMI

MAC addresses
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WAN (`eth0` case label "1"): generated from /sys/.../mmcblk0/cid (CID of SD card)
LAN (`eth1` case label "2"): WAN + 1

Installation
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Decompress the archive of the OpenWrt sysupgrade image and write it to a microSD card using `dd`
or use Balena Etcher (no need to decompress).

Boot
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Insert microSD card, set boot switch to "UFS/SD" and then supply power.

Signed-off-by: Ryan Leung <untilscour@protonmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/23008
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
2026-05-14 17:52:56 +02:00
.devcontainer/ci-env devcontainer: Add development environment for gihub codespace 2023-10-30 23:34:26 +01:00
.github github: separate concurrency group per event for kernel and packages 2026-05-11 15:36:58 +02:00
.vscode meta: VS Code: add "Git: Always Sign Off" setting 2024-10-03 17:18:51 +02:00
config treewide: remove unused archs leftovers 2026-05-07 10:58:47 +02:00
include kernel: fix lz4 initramfs creation 2026-05-07 18:14:58 +02:00
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package rockchip: add support for FriendlyELEC NanoPi M5 2026-05-14 17:52:56 +02:00
scripts scripts: add git_commit to profiles.json 2026-04-21 19:47:58 +08:00
target rockchip: add support for FriendlyELEC NanoPi M5 2026-05-14 17:52:56 +02:00
toolchain toolchain: musl: backport patches with CVE fixes 2026-05-13 01:59:29 +02:00
tools firmware-utils: update to Git HEAD (2026-05-04) 2026-05-05 14:10:39 +02:00
.gitattributes gitattributes: automatically convert dts file CRLF line endings to LF 2025-11-29 17:52:35 +01:00
.gitignore gitignore: ignore local APK keys 2024-05-17 22:03:06 +03:00
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Config.in build: scripts/config - update to kconfig-v5.14 2022-02-19 13:10:01 +01:00
COPYING COPYING: add COPYING file to specify project licenses 2021-02-14 19:21:38 +01:00
feeds.conf.default feeds: revert to git.openwrt.org 2026-01-09 21:55:00 +01:00
Makefile build: include tests/Makefile if available 2024-06-17 17:51:31 +02:00
README.md README: replace "MacOSX" with "macOS" 2024-04-01 18:46:30 +02:00
rules.mk build: do not set CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK 2026-04-22 23:57:01 +02:00

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OpenWrt Project is a Linux operating system targeting embedded devices. Instead of trying to create a single, static firmware, OpenWrt provides a fully writable filesystem with package management. This frees you from the application selection and configuration provided by the vendor and allows you to customize the device through the use of packages to suit any application. For developers, OpenWrt is the framework to build an application without having to build a complete firmware around it; for users this means the ability for full customization, to use the device in ways never envisioned.

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Download

Built firmware images are available for many architectures and come with a package selection to be used as WiFi home router. To quickly find a factory image usable to migrate from a vendor stock firmware to OpenWrt, try the Firmware Selector.

If your device is supported, please follow the Info link to see install instructions or consult the support resources listed below.

An advanced user may require additional or specific package. (Toolchain, SDK, ...) For everything else than simple firmware download, try the wiki download page:

Development

To build your own firmware you need a GNU/Linux, BSD or macOS system (case sensitive filesystem required). Cygwin is unsupported because of the lack of a case sensitive file system.

Requirements

You need the following tools to compile OpenWrt, the package names vary between distributions. A complete list with distribution specific packages is found in the Build System Setup documentation.

binutils bzip2 diff find flex gawk gcc-6+ getopt grep install libc-dev libz-dev
make4.1+ perl python3.7+ rsync subversion unzip which

Quickstart

  1. Run ./scripts/feeds update -a to obtain all the latest package definitions defined in feeds.conf / feeds.conf.default

  2. Run ./scripts/feeds install -a to install symlinks for all obtained packages into package/feeds/

  3. Run make menuconfig to select your preferred configuration for the toolchain, target system & firmware packages.

  4. Run make to build your firmware. This will download all sources, build the cross-compile toolchain and then cross-compile the GNU/Linux kernel & all chosen applications for your target system.

The main repository uses multiple sub-repositories to manage packages of different categories. All packages are installed via the OpenWrt package manager called opkg. If you're looking to develop the web interface or port packages to OpenWrt, please find the fitting repository below.

  • LuCI Web Interface: Modern and modular interface to control the device via a web browser.

  • OpenWrt Packages: Community repository of ported packages.

  • OpenWrt Routing: Packages specifically focused on (mesh) routing.

  • OpenWrt Video: Packages specifically focused on display servers and clients (Xorg and Wayland).

Support Information

For a list of supported devices see the OpenWrt Hardware Database

Documentation

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  • Support Chat: Channel #openwrt on oftc.net.

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