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Andrew LaMarcheandFrank Wunderlich 554b5dcc51 mediatek: add support for BananaPi BPi-R4 Pro 8X
The BPi-R4 Pro 8X is a Wi-Fi 7 router board based on the MT7988A SoC.

Specification
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- SoC:		Mediatek MT7988A (4x Cortex-A73 @1.8GHz)
- RAM:		8GB DDR4
- Flash: 	256MB SPI-NAND, 8GB eMMC, microSD Slot
- Switch:	MT7988A built-in switch, MxL86252C
- PHYs:		2x AS21010P
- Ports:	9 ports, 7 usable simultaneously
	* 1x 1G RJ45 LAN
	* 4x 2.5G RJ45 LAN
	* 1x 10G RJ45/SFP Combo
	* 1x 10G RJ45/SFP Combo
- Buttons:	Reset, WPS
- LEDs:		Power
- USB:		On-board VIA VL822 USB3.2/USB2.0 hub
	* 1x USB-A 2.0 connector
	* 1x USB-A 3.2 connector
	* 3x NGFF-KEYB
- PCIe:
	* 2x mini-PCIe slots with PCIe 3.0 2-lane interface
	* 2x M.2 M-Key slots with PCIe 3.0 1-lane interface (switchable
	  PCIe signal with M.2 B-Key)
- Debug:	USB Type-C console port
- Power:	USB Type-C PD 20V or DC barrel connector

Note: This device comes without a MAC address programmed from the
factory. The randomly generated MAC is stored in the U-Boot env on first
boot and used persistently afterwards.

Installation
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Uncompress *sdcard.img.gz and write to microSD card, eg. using 'dd'. Use
bootloader menu on the serial console to install SPI-NAND once installed
to SPI-NAND you can used the bootloader menu to install to eMMC. See
instructions for BananaPi R4 for details.

Co-authored-by: Frank Wunderlich <frank-w@public-files.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew LaMarche <andrewjlamarche@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
2026-08-24 13:00:51 +01:00
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