[BPI-R4 PRO 4E] OpenWRT firmware is UNUSABLE - Pls update

Banana Pi Router design BPI-R4/BPI-R4 Pro(MT7988)
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Hello,

I just received a BPI-R4 PRO 4E and I noticed that the current Openwrt Snapshot proposed on its webpage is barely usable:

  1. The device does not cold boot properly unless a debug USB-c serial session is running. Without the USB-c cable attached, it only shows the single green power light and it’s stuck somewhere (no way to know where, since if you debug with the USB-c cable it immediately finalizes the boot correctly).
  2. The SFP-WAN port is disabled. It sees the modules in and out, but it always stays down, so Eth1 is basically only assigned to the PHY copper port next to it.
  3. How do you install OpenWRT packages? I need DS-Lite, but opkg does not work as it’s pointing to dead repositories. Also, installing the .ipk file seems impossible as the kernel signature will never match (I don’t know where are the single packages that match this custom snapshot build).

I tried to use some PRO 8X images but ofc they wont even start the booting process. In general, at this very moment, the device is barely usable. Anyone has an update on the OpenWRT image or something? This is very annoying.

Thanks.

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Which exact image you tried? The 8x from the PR (not yet merged) or my R4Pro_PR8 image should basicly bootup. Phy is not supported and ethmux (lan+wan) is fixed to sfp.here it will come to issues as this is different on 4E variant,so better use mxl switch and internal port for now