OpenWrt support for Meraki MR44

For Developers
1

Hi All,

Are there any informations to support Meraki Mr44 ?
Looks like they have IPQ8074. I have one to play with if there are any informations needed.
Here is the boot log.

2

There is no support for this device yet, nor (afaik) anyone working on it at this time.

ipq807x SOC support in general is still under development and will still require considerable time and efforts to become viable, see the threads about Xiaomi ax3600/ ax9000 and the QNAP QHora-301W.

Warning: the ipq807x SOC does support secure boot and firmware signing - if Cisco wants to be mean, they can make installing OpenWrt somewhere between very difficult and outright impossible. No one knows, until someone (hint, probably you) will try it.

3

It seems like the ipq807x SOC is now supported.
Was anyone able to flash OpenWrt onto the MR44?

I was able to attach to the serial console. Bootlog is pretty much the same as the one posted earlier here. Says secure boot enabled.
Any ideas how to get started?

4

Hello all,

I wanted to know if someone was able to flash MR44 and can share the necessary files and steps to follow.
Thanks

5

I finally got the sources from Cisco Meraki after almost half a year!

The open source firmware you requested can be downloaded using the following link:
https://dl.meraki.net/OSS_firmware_wireless8_f1aa2381e206_mr_30-7.tar.gz

The build instructions for the firmware may be found in the README file located in the downloaded tar ball.

The open source bootloader you requested can be downloaded using the following link:
https://dl.meraki.net/oss/U-boot-MR44-20240709.tar.bz2

The build instructions for the bootloader are as follows:
export CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/arm64-cross-toolchain
cd U-boot.MR44
make axe_defconfig
make

Best Regards,
Meraki Open Source