OpenWrt 22.03-rc6 "Build" for TV-boxes (rk322x)

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My pseudo-build for this little armV7 board is made by:

  • getting U-boot and Kernel from latest Armbian
  • formatting and partitioning the internal SD
  • getting bits & pieces from RaspberryPI armv7 OpenWRT

SO, if you have access to an Armbian build for your device (check https://armbian.atomonetworks.com/archive/ or https://github.com/armbian/community?tab=readme-ov-file ) you have a place to start and assemble whatever distro you like.

SO to summarize:

What kind of device are you using ?
Does Armbian run on it ?

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I have a Forlinx board (https://www.forlinx.net/index.php?m=product&f=view&productID=163) with rk3506,
it already has some version of Linux from the developer installed, but not Armbian.

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That's very good news: if you already have a working Uboot & Kernel from the vendor, installing OpenWRT is possible. The architecture is armv7a so you can, as I told you:

  • use U-boot from your vendor

  • use the kernel & moduleset from your vendor

  • get OpenWRT from Raspberry Armv7a (i would go for something like Raspberry Pi 2B/2B 1.2 (32bit)

  • modify it to make it boot on your board, providing it boots with your kernel, proper Uboot parameters etc.

It's non-trivial but definitely possible.

You should start booting with the distro your vendor provides (whatever it is) and work from there.

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BTW: I red from the product brief that this board has only 10/100 cards, which makes sense, but it's a very weak board overall for modern, gigabit or 500mpbs+ setups.

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Thank you for your quick response. You gave me a good vector for research.
As for the board characteristics: this is only a debug board for testing.

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Is there a way to pass the links to the oldest version?