Failed to upgrade 25.12.0

Installing and Using OpenWrt
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Hi All,

I am using banana bpi-r4 with 24.10.5.

I am trying to upgrade 25.12.0 from either way, but failed.

  1. Attended sysupgrade → the upgrade process cancelled while installing and back to system page.
  2. owut command → return with followings:

ERROR: sysupgrade validation failed: stderr = XXXX upgrade: The device is supported, but the config is incompatible to the new image (1.0->1.1). Please upgrade without keeping config (sysupgrade -n). XXXX upgrade: The non-switch ports were renamed to match the board/case labels Image check failed.

I know that there is some basic changes from the new release with my router model I am using.

May I seek the help?

starsuni

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Did you try what to do what the error message told you ?

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Thanks, and no, since i don’t want to fresh upgrade, would

want to keep config

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Have fun staying at 24.10.

Export the config, manually copy it back post upgrade, check network file for changes, before you do.

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The release notes say

Bananapi BPI-R4: Interfaces ''eth1'' was renamed to ''sfp-lan'' or ''lan4'', and interface ''eth2'' was renamed to ''sfp-wan'' to match the labels. You have to upgrade without saving the configuration.

You should read the release notes before upgrading

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Thanks All

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If you aren't relying on the SFP ports, an easy way to do this which I just did is to remove the SFP ports from the br-lan and br-wan devices, generate a backup, do the attended sysupgrade without restoring settings (you will still keep your extra modules), and then restore that backup.

Then you can add the two SFP ports back into the br-lan and br-wan devices.

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Thanks Sarah for the alternative

I will try this but will have a good backup plan first. :slight_smile:

「Sarah <mail@forum.openwrt.org>」在 2026年3月7日 週六，01:51 寫道：