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microchipsw: lan969x: add Novarq Tactical 1000 21472/head
authorRobert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Sun, 2 Nov 2025 14:15:35 +0000 (15:15 +0100)
committerRobert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:50:23 +0000 (18:50 +0100)
commit29b3d929a610c265675b74a173ac529d69790361
tree367d328580a6519d0880d1e47bbd0bd07eac5fa3
parent7b7a5599763ffbc9219bf5c833f9580dbd8181b0
microchipsw: lan969x: add Novarq Tactical 1000

Novarq Tactical 1000 is a LAN9696 based switch.

Specifications:
* CPU: Microchip LAN9696 switch SoC
* DRAM: 2GB DDR4
* Storage:
* 32MB QSPI NOR
* 16GB eMMC
* Networking:
* 24 x 10/100/1000 RJ45 via LAN8804 Quad PHY-s over QSGMII
* 4 x 100/1000/2500/5000/10000 SFP+ ports
* 1 x 10/100/1000 management RJ45 via LAN8840 PHY over RGMII (U-Boot too)
* USB: 1 x USB2.0 Type-A
* Management via USB-C (MCP2200):
* UART @ 115200 baud (Default), 921600 possible
* GPIO-s for bootstrap and reset
* LED-s:
* 2 per networking port (Green and Yellow)
* Green status LED
* Soft reset GPIO
* Power: 12V DC barrel jack
* External PoE:
* Option for PoE add-on
* Temperature Sensors:
* TMP1075 onboard
* CPU temperature
* Microchip MCP79402 RTC with battery back-up
* Microchip ATECC608C secure peripheral
* CPU heatsink with PWM fan
* Onboard header for case fan

Installation instructions:

1. Connect to UART via the USB-C port
2. Connect the management port
3. Boot and interrupt U-Boot
4. TFTP the OpenWrt initramfs image and boot it
5. SCP the OpenWrt eMMC GPT image to a running OpenWrt initramfs to /tmp
openwrt-microchipsw-lan969x-novarq_tactical-1000-squashfs-emmc-gpt.img.gz

And decompress it via:
gzip -d /tmp/openwrt-microchipsw-lan969x-novarq_tactical-1000-squashfs-emmc-gpt.img.gz

6. Wipe eMMC with:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M

7. Flash OpenWrt eMMC image with:
dd if=/tmp/openwrt-microchipsw-lan969x-novarq_tactical-1000-squashfs-emmc-gpt.img
of=/dev/mmcblk0

After a restart OpenWrt will boot, and then regular sysupgrade can be used
for upgrades.

Signed-off-by: Robert Marko <robert.marko@sartura.hr>
package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-microchipsw/Makefile
package/boot/arm-trusted-firmware-microchipsw/patches/0001-microchip-lan969x-add-Novarq-Tactical-1000-v3.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
package/boot/uboot-microchipsw/Makefile
target/linux/microchipsw/dts/lan9696-tactical-1000.dts [new file with mode: 0644]
target/linux/microchipsw/image/lan969x.mk
target/linux/microchipsw/lan969x/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
target/linux/microchipsw/lan969x/base-files/etc/board.d/02_network
target/linux/microchipsw/lan969x/base-files/lib/upgrade/platform.sh