Banana Pi BPI R4 Pro 8X

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abgn+ac+ax+be (BE14000)
Banana Pi BPI-R4 Pro Wifi7 Router board
Homepage	Product page
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Banana Pi BPI R4 Pro 8X
FCC ID	none specified
Type	single-board computer, wireless router
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7988AV
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A73
CPU1 Speed	1.8 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
Flash1 Size	256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (SPI NAND)
Flash2 Size	8 GiB 8,192 MiB <br />8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br /> (eMMC)
RAM1 Size	8 GiB 8,192 MiB <br />8,589,934,592 B <br />67,108,864 Kib <br />8,388,608 KiB <br />65,536 Mib <br /> (DDR4)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7988AV
ETH chip2	MaxLinear MXL86252C
ETH chip3	Aeonsemi AS21010
Ethernet Port Count	1-10GbE-WAN 1-10GbE x 4-2.5GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz/an
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	microSD Slot, USB 2.0, USB 3.0, 3x M.2 Key B, 2x M.2 Key M 3.0x1, 2x miniPCIe 3.0, SFP+
Mini PCIe slots	2
USB ports	2
SD/MMC Slots	1
SFP ports	2
M.2 Slots	5
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Serial Port (UART)	yes, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
ASIN	B0D969V2S1 ,  multiple uses
Radio 1
Radio1 module	Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-BE14
Radio1 module IF	double miniPCIe
Chip1	MediaTek MT7995AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax/be
802.11be	up to 688 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Radio2 module	Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-BE14
Radio2 module IF	double miniPCIe
Chip1	MediaTek MT7995AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7976CN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax/be
802.11be	up to 4323 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 1801 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 5 Mbps
Radio 3
Radio3 module	Banana Pi BPI-R4-NIC-BE14
Radio3 module IF	double miniPCIe
Chip1	MediaTek MT7995AV
Chip2	MediaTek MT7977IAN
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11ax/be
BE-QAM	up to 8646 Mbps
802.11be	up to 4323 Mbps
802.11ax	up to 861 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	6 GHz
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Aeonsemi not currently documented.
For a list of all currently documented MaxLinear (Intel) chipsets with specifications, see MaxLinear (Intel).
For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

For a list of all currently documented Banana Pi devices with specifications, see Banana Pi.

• 688 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11be (40MHz chan.),

• 4323 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11be (160MHz chan.),

• 8646 Mbps - 3SS 6GHz 802.11be (320MHz chan.) = BE14000 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: filogic
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: unknown
Current supported version: snapshot

LAN Hardware: MaxLinear MxL86252C, MediaTek MT7988A
LAN Comment: 10G WAN and 10G LAN are each either RJ45 (Aeonsemi AS21010 PHY) or SFP+, selected by device tree overlay (not both at once); 4x 2.5G RJ45 via MxL86252C; 1x 1G RJ45 via MT7988A internal switch
WLAN Hardware: Optional: BPI-R4-NIC-BE14, MediaTek MT7996 (double miniPCIe module)
WLAN Comment: Requires an optional Wi-Fi module, e.g. BPI-R4-NIC-BE14
USB SATA Comment: M.2 Key B slots are USB 3.2 (for 4G/5G modules); CN15/CN18 share PCIe with the Key M slots
Installation method(s):
see devicepage
Comment:
Random PCIe link down at boot needs clk_ignore_unused, see device page

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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 ------------- - 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 ------------ 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew LaMarche Signed-off-by: Daniel Golle

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