[openwrt/openwrt] ipq40xx: add support for Cisco Meraki MR70
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commit 88f3c67eb28cafd584a927b32dc54cf4ac7fc56e
Author: Hal Martin <hal.martin at gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Feb 18 19:11:54 2026 +0100
ipq40xx: add support for Cisco Meraki MR70
This commit adds support for the Cisco Meraki MR70/Go GR60.
The Meraki MR70 is a Cisco 802.11ac/WiFi 5 outdoor AP with 1 Ethernet port.
It can be powered by a 12V DC barrel jack (5.5x2.5mm, center positive)
or via 802.3af POE.
The Meraki Go GR60 (codename: Dungbeetle Omni) is identical to the MR70
(codename: Toe Biter Omni), so this document will refer to both devices
as the MR70.
MR70 hardware info:
* CPU: Qualcomm IPQ4029
* RAM: 256MB DDR3
* Storage: 128 MB (TSOP48 NAND, 3.3V)
* Networking: 1 Gigabit Ethernet
* WiFi: QCA4019 802.11b/g/n/ac
* Serial: Internal header (J10, 2.54mm, unpopulated)
This device ships with secure boot, and cannot be flashed without
external programmers (TSOP48 NAND and I2C EEPROM)!
Disassembly:
Note: This is an outdoor device that is ultrasonically welded and glued
to weather seal it. Disassembly will compromise the weather seal!
Start by removing the product label on the rear metal mounting plate.
There are four Torx T8 screws under the sticker, remove the screws and
the mounting plate. Remove the two Philips screws under the plate.
Using a chisel (or razor blade) and hammer, cut around the circumfrence
of the device. You need to cut through approximately 2mm of
ultrasonically welded plastic.
After cutting through the plastic, heat the device using a hair drier
(or similar) to soften the glue. A heatgun is NOT recommended as
it will damage the plastic. It is only required to heat the device until
warm (~40C-50C).
Using a plastic pry tool, insert it along the cut you made around
the edge and gently separate. Insert a guitar pick into the opening
while gently lifting the front to cut the glue. The device is glued around
the entire circumfrence.
Once you have removed the plastic front, remove the 4 Philips screws
holding down the main PCB. Release the two WiFi antennas by gently
bending the antenna PCBs to the middle of the unit and pulling up.
Lift the top of the PCB gently while pushing the Ethernet port into the
housing to release it. Turn the PCB over and remove the three Philips
screws holding the metal heat spreader.
The TSOP48 NAND flash (U9, S34ML01G200 or W29N01HV) is located
under the metal heat spreader.
To flash, you need to desolder the TSOP48 or use a 360 clip.
You also need to reprogram the I2C EEPROM (U20, Atmel 24c64). It is not
necessary to desolder the I2C EEPROM, a ch341a USB programmer and SOP-8
clip are inexpensive (~$10) and work well.
Installation:
The dumps to flash can be found in this repository:
https://github.com/halmartin/meraki-openwrt-docs/tree/main/mr70_gr60
The device has the following flash layout (offsets with OOB data):
```
0x000000000000-0x000000100000 : "sbl1"
0x000000100000-0x000000200000 : "mibib"
0x000000200000-0x000000300000 : "bootconfig"
0x000000300000-0x000000400000 : "qsee"
0x000000400000-0x000000500000 : "qsee_alt"
0x000000500000-0x000000580000 : "cdt"
0x000000580000-0x000000600000 : "cdt_alt"
0x000000600000-0x000000680000 : "ddrparams"
0x000000700000-0x000000900000 : "u-boot"
0x000000900000-0x000000b00000 : "u-boot-backup"
0x000000b00000-0x000000b80000 : "ART"
0x000000c00000-0x000007c00000 : "ubi"
```
* Dump your original NAND (if using nanddump, include OOB data).
* Decompress `u-boot.bin.gz` dump from the GitHub repository above (dump
contains OOB data) and overwrite the `u-boot` portion of NAND from
`0x738000`-`0x948000` (length `0x210000`). Offsets here include OOB data.
* Decompress `ubi.bin.gz` dump from the GitHub repository above (dump
contains OOB data) and overwrite the `ubi` portion of NAND from
`0xc60000-0x7fe0000` (length `0x7380000`). Offsets here include OOB data.
* Dump your original EEPROM. Change the byte at offset `0x49` to `0x1e`
(originally `0x2d` or `0x26`). Remember to re-write the EEPROM with the
modified data.
* This can be done on Linux via the following command:
`printf "\x1e" | dd of=/tmp/eeprom.bin bs=1 seek=$((0x49)) conv=notrunc`
**Note**: the device will not boot if you modify the board major number and
have not yet overwritten the `ubi` and `u-boot` regions of NAND.
* Resolder the NAND after overwriting the `u-boot` and `ubi` regions.
OpenWrt Installation:
* After flashing NAND and EEPROM with external programmers. Plug in an
Ethernet cable and power up the device.
* The new U-Boot build uses the space character `" "` (without quotes) to
interrupt boot.
* Interrupt U-Boot and `tftpboot` the OpenWrt initramfs image from your
tftp server
```
dhcp
setenv serverip <your_tftp>
tftpboot openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-initramfs-uImage.itb
```
* Once booted into the OpenWrt initramfs, created the `ART` ubivol with
the WiFi radio calibration from the mtd partition:
```
cat /dev/mtd10 > /tmp/ART.bin
ubiupdatevol /dev/ubi0_1 /tmp/ART.bin
```
* `scp` the `sysupgrade` image to
the device and run the normal `sysupgrade` procedure:
```
scp -O openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin root at 192.168.1.1:/tmp/
ssh root at 192.168.1.1 "sysupgrade -n /tmp/openwrt-ipq40xx-generic-meraki_mr70-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin"
```
* OpenWrt should now be installed on the device.
Signed-off-by: Hal Martin <hal.martin at gmail.com>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22050
Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robimarko at gmail.com>
---
target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network | 1 +
target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh | 1 +
target/linux/ipq40xx/dts/qcom-ipq4029-mr70.dts | 10 ++++++++++
target/linux/ipq40xx/image/generic.mk | 8 ++++++++
4 files changed, 20 insertions(+)
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network b/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
index 801a64ae57..de93b59034 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ ipq40xx_setup_interfaces()
extreme-networks,ws-ap3915i|\
meraki,mr20|\
meraki,mr33|\
+ meraki,mr70|\
meraki,mr74|\
mikrotik,lhgg-60ad|\
mikrotik,sxtsq-5-ac|\
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh b/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
index 9fca8edc1d..6b5d14b234 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ platform_do_upgrade() {
platform_do_upgrade_linksys_emmc "$1"
;;
meraki,mr20|\
+ meraki,mr70|\
meraki,gx20|\
meraki,z3)
# DO NOT set CI_KERNPART to part.safe,
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/dts/qcom-ipq4029-mr70.dts b/target/linux/ipq40xx/dts/qcom-ipq4029-mr70.dts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d1dded976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/dts/qcom-ipq4029-mr70.dts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+// Device Tree Source for Meraki MR70 (Toe Biter) / Go GR60 (Dungbeetle)
+
+#include "qcom-ipq4029-meraki-underdog.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+ model = "Meraki MR70";
+ compatible = "meraki,mr70";
+};
+
diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/generic.mk b/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/generic.mk
index 1454352376..84aa05a8c1 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/generic.mk
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/image/generic.mk
@@ -844,6 +844,14 @@ define Device/meraki_mr33
endef
TARGET_DEVICES += meraki_mr33
+define Device/meraki_mr70
+ $(call Device/meraki_common)
+ DEVICE_MODEL := MR70
+ DEVICE_DTS_CONFIG := config at 5
+ DEVICE_PACKAGES := ipq-wifi-meraki_underdog
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += meraki_mr70
+
define Device/meraki_mr74
$(call Device/meraki_common)
DEVICE_MODEL := MR74
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