Cudy P2 5G support

For Developers
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Hello everyone,

I recently purchased a Cudy P2 5G CPE and I saw there's no support for OpenWrt yet.

I noticed the M3000 has OpenWrt support and the two devices share very similar hardware specs.

P2: https://www.cudy.com/en-us/products/p2-1-0#specs
M3000: https://www.cudy.com/en-us/products/m3000-1-0#specs

They have the very same CPU and the same amount and type of ROM/RAM, so I suspect the board could very much be shared between the models.

The only difference would be the 5G modem included in the P2 which is a Quectel RG500U-EB, showing up as connected to a "pci0" interface from the router logs.

Would it be possible to flash the M3000 OpenWrt version onto the P2 someway?
Where should I start if I wanted to take this further?

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tftpboot maybe, cortex a53 is NOT a cpu, it is series like "intel netburst"

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I downloaded the sysupgrade file and I had a look at the metadata. It reads "mt7981", so this is in principle supportable.
You will have to do the work since you are the one with the hardware. You also need a transitional firmware from Cudy as the upgrade files are signed and/or encrypted.

NEVER ever flash a firmware upgrade file that is not intended for your router to a device if you're not 1000% sure what you're doing. If the partitions do not align and you're unlucky, you destroy some vital data that cannot be restored.