MT 7916 porting guide for OpenWRT on AP7621 platform
1. Compile OpenWRT
1-1. Host Enviromnemt
OS: Ubuntu 22.4.1 LTS
1-2. Install utilities for compiling
Execute following command in terminal:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install build-essential clang flex g++ gawk gcc-multilib gettext git
libncurses5-dev libssl-dev python3-distutils rsync unzip zlib1g-dev pkg-config
1-3. Clone Source Code and Update
Clone the main branch and update it
git clone https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git
cd openwrt
./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a
1-4. Menuconfig Setting
make menuconfig
Select the following setting:
Target System: MediaTek Ralink MIPS
Subtarget: MT7621 based boards
Target Profile: AP7621-001
Include the following features:
Kernel modules/Wireless drivers/kmod-mt7916-firmware
Kernel modules/Wireless drivers/kmod-mt76x2
Kernel modules/Wireless drivers/kmod-mt7915e
Kernel modules/Wireless Drivers/kmod-cfg80211
Kernel modules/Wireless Drivers/kmod-mac80211
(*optional for ap)Network/WirelessAPD/wpad
(*optional for ap)Network/WirelessAPD/hostapd-common
(*optional for iw tools)Base system/wireless-tools
(*optional for web server)LuCI/Collections/luci
(*optional for web server)LuCI/Collections/luci-ssl
1-5. (*optional) Turn on wireless ap in default
Revise the file /openwrt/package/kernel/mac80211/files/lib/wifi/mac80211.sh
set wireless.${name}.disabled=0
Save and compile.
1-6. Compile
make -j $(nproc) kernel_menuconfig
make -j $(nproc) defconfig download clean world V=s
2. Starting AP7621 platform for verify
After burning and booting your AP7621, you can check the interface on OpenWRT by the command:
ifconfig -a
and test the connection by ping.
