Banana Pi BpiRouterOS source code on github

Banana Pi Router design BPIRouterOS
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Banana Pi BpiRouterOS source code on github

based on the latest stable version of OpenWrt: v25.12.5

Supports4 G/5G, Android mobile phone USB shared network, and USB dongle;

Support Hardware:

  • BPI-R4
  • BPI-R4-Lite
  • BPI-R3
  • BPI-R3-Mini
  • OpenWrt One
  • BPI-R4-Pro 8X
  • BPI-R4-Pro 4E

Two ways of multiple WAN ports: defect switching and load balancing;

more please see : Banana Pi Router OS | BananaPi Docs

Supports two types of segmented speed limit control for IoT and guests.

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Thanks for publishing the source — it was a pleasure to read through.

A few things that stood out for me:

  • the A/B layout with U-Boot bootcount / altbootcmd, and the environment being verified by read-back before a slot switch,
  • RELEASE-INPUTS.lock.json pinning OpenWrt, the feeds and every patch by hash,
  • the installation guide — the exact file per model, and SHA-256 steps for both Linux and Windows,
  • the care in LICENSING.md, e.g. moving the AS21xxx PHY firmware out of vmlinux into a separate package.

A few questions, if I may:

  1. BPI-R4 with 8 GB RAM — the R4 images use the shared -comb BL2, which (as the Pro 8X patch notes) sizes DRAM at 4 GB. Is an 8 GB R4 variant planned, e.g. with the comb-4bg BL2 you already use for the Pro 8X?
  2. Wi-Fi 7 MLO — is multi-link (MLO) configuration planned for the web interface?
  3. NVMe — are there plans to allow installing the system itself to an M.2 NVMe drive (larger root, Docker), in addition to eMMC?
  4. Hardware offload — flow offloading and WED are disabled in v1.5, I assume so that SQM and the Guest/IoT limits stay accurate. Could offload become an option for setups that don’t use shaping?
  5. Pro 8X — boards.sh lists 2.5/5/10 Gbps negotiation and the SFP path as still open. Is there a rough timeline for those?

Also, 989-mtk-eth-defer-notifier-leak.patch looks like it could be useful upstream as well.

Thanks again — looking forward to the final v1.5.

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