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mediatek: filogic: add support for AlwayLink M01K43 22818/head
authorRichard Jones <richard@netsolution.shop>
Wed, 8 Apr 2026 19:23:53 +0000 (19:23 +0000)
committerHauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
Mon, 25 May 2026 00:34:03 +0000 (02:34 +0200)
Add support for the AlwayLink M01K43 5G CPE router.

Hardware specifications:
- SoC:       MediaTek MT7981B (Filogic 820), dual-core Cortex-A53
- RAM:       256 MiB DDR3 (0x40000000, size 0x10000000)
- Flash:     128 MiB SPI-NAND (UBI, root) + 4 MiB SPI-NOR (bootloader)
- Ethernet:  4x 1 GbE LAN + 1x 2.5 GbE WAN
             (MT7531 DSA switch; WAN via RTL8221B 2.5GbE PHY on MAC1)
- WiFi:      MT7981 built-in 2x2 802.11ax (2.4 GHz + 5 GHz)
- USB:       1x xHCI (USB 2.0 only; USB 3.0 PHY pins not routed)
- Modem:     M.2 B-Key slot wired for USB (tested: Quectel RM551E-GL,
             Quectel RM520N-GL via QMI)
- LEDs:      10x GPIO LEDs (status, WAN, LAN, WiFi 2.4/5, signal bars)
- Buttons:   WPS, Reset, RFKill
- Power:     12 V DC barrel jack
- UART:      3.3 V TTL header on PCB, 115200 8N1, no flow control

PCB silkscreen: M01K43 v5.0
Manufacturer:   Shenzhen AlwayLink Wireless Technology Co., Ltd.

MAC addresses come from the 'ledeinfo' partition (mtd6) at offset 0x18
(label macaddr_ledeinfo_18); the stored value is the LAN MAC.

  interface            this port    vendor firmware
  -------------------  -----------  --------------------------
  eth0 / LAN bridge    base + 0     base + 0
  eth1 / WAN           base + 1     base + 1
  wifi 2.4 GHz band@0  base + 2     base (driver-derived)
  wifi 5 GHz   band@1  base + 3     base + LAA bit (driver)

The vendor's ethernet scheme (LAN = base, WAN = base + 1) is reproduced
exactly. For WiFi the vendor's proprietary mt_wifi driver ignores the
stored per-radio MAC and derives each BSSID from the base by setting the
locally-administered bit, so the radios are not given clean unicast
offsets. Under mainline mt76 + DSA, reusing the base (LAN) MAC on a radio
collides at L2 with the gmac0 conduit, so this port assigns the 2.4 GHz
and 5 GHz radios base + 2 and base + 3 — unique unicast addresses in the
same OUI block.

Installation
------------

Stock firmware defaults (verified on shipping units):
  LAN IP:   192.168.100.1
  SSH/web:  user 'root', password 'admin'
  Serial:   3.3 V TTL UART header on PCB, 115200 8N1, no flow control

Image artifacts produced by this device definition:
  openwrt-mediatek-filogic-alwaylink_m01k43-squashfs-factory.bin
  openwrt-mediatek-filogic-alwaylink_m01k43-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Before flashing, back up the per-unit partitions (cannot be
regenerated):

  ssh root@192.168.100.1
  dd if=/dev/mtd3 of=/tmp/factory.bin bs=1 count=655360
  dd if=/dev/mtd6 of=/tmp/ledeinfo.bin bs=1 count=65536
  exit
  scp root@192.168.100.1:/tmp/factory.bin  .
  scp root@192.168.100.1:/tmp/ledeinfo.bin .

Method 1 - From an existing OpenWrt install (sysupgrade):

  IMG=openwrt-mediatek-filogic-alwaylink_m01k43-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
  scp "$IMG" root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/sysupgrade.bin
  ssh root@192.168.1.1 sysupgrade -n /tmp/sysupgrade.bin

Method 2 - U-Boot serial recovery via TFTP (requires 3.3 V USB-UART
adapter):

  1. Attach 3.3 V USB-UART (TX, RX, GND) to the PCB header. Open a
     terminal at 115200 8N1, no flow control.
  2. Configure a TFTP server on the host PC at IP 192.168.2.88.
     Place the factory image in the TFTP root, renamed if desired.
  3. Power on the router. The BL2/U-Boot banner prints within ~1
     second; press any key during the autoboot countdown to enter
     the U-Boot menu.
  4. From the menu, select 'Upgrade ubi'. U-Boot's default IP is
     192.168.2.1 and it expects the TFTP server at 192.168.2.88.
     Provide the factory image filename when prompted.
  5. Wait for the write to complete; U-Boot reboots into OpenWrt.

Method 3 - From a NAND programmer (brick-recovery path):

  1. Clip onto or desolder the SPI-NAND chip and dump the full
     128 MiB with a programmer (e.g. RT809H, CH341A with NAND
     adapter). Keep the dump as a recovery image.
  2. Using the same programmer, write the factory.bin image to
     the UBI region of the NAND. The SPI-NOR (BL2/u-boot-env/
     Factory/FIP/woem/ledeinfo/nvram) must NOT be erased - those
     partitions are per-unit and live on the separate 4 MiB NOR.
  3. Reseat the chip and power on. The bootloader on NOR will
     load the new kernel and rootfs from UBI.

Signed-off-by: Richard Jones <richard@netsolution.shop>
Link: https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/22818
Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke@hauke-m.de>
package/boot/uboot-tools/uboot-envtools/files/mediatek_filogic
target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-alwaylink-m01k43.dts [new file with mode: 0644]
target/linux/mediatek/filogic/base-files/etc/board.d/01_leds
target/linux/mediatek/image/filogic.mk

index 0681105f49f2125a49c8c7cafc46c0ce35159243..8f372259980937d7c8c57fb9ee3c8d0920e8bb46 100644 (file)
@@ -150,7 +150,8 @@ smartrg,sdg-8733a|\
 smartrg,sdg-8734)
        ubootenv_add_mmc "u-boot-env" "mmcblk0" "0x0" "0x8000" "0x8000"
        ;;
-teltonika,rutc50)
+teltonika,rutc50|\
+alwaylink,m01k43)
        ubootenv_add_mtd "u-boot-env" "0x0" "0x10000" "0x10000"
        ;;
 tplink,archer-ax80-v1|\
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-alwaylink-m01k43.dts b/target/linux/mediatek/dts/mt7981b-alwaylink-m01k43.dts
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..42df9fe
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,442 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later OR MIT
+
+/dts-v1/;
+
+#include <dt-bindings/gpio/gpio.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/input/input.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/leds/common.h>
+#include <dt-bindings/pinctrl/mt65xx.h>
+
+#include "mt7981b.dtsi"
+
+/ {
+       model = "AlwayLink M01K43";
+       compatible = "alwaylink,m01k43", "mediatek,mt7981";
+
+       aliases {
+               serial0 = &uart0;
+               label-mac-device = &gmac0;
+               led-boot = &led_wan;
+               led-failsafe = &led_status_red;
+               led-running = &led_status_blue;
+               led-upgrade = &led_status_blue;
+       };
+
+       chosen {
+               stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
+       };
+
+       memory@40000000 {
+               reg = <0 0x40000000 0 0x10000000>;
+               device_type = "memory";
+       };
+
+       gpio-keys {
+               compatible = "gpio-keys";
+
+               button-wps {
+                       label = "wps";
+                       linux,code = <KEY_WPS_BUTTON>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 0 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+                       debounce-interval = <20>;
+               };
+
+               button-reset {
+                       label = "reset";
+                       linux,code = <KEY_RESTART>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 1 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+                       debounce-interval = <20>;
+               };
+
+               button-rfkill {
+                       label = "rfkill";
+                       linux,code = <KEY_RFKILL>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 7 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+                       debounce-interval = <20>;
+               };
+       };
+
+       leds {
+               compatible = "gpio-leds";
+
+               led_wan: led-wan {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WAN;
+                       gpios = <&pio 8 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+               };
+
+               led-lan2 {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+                       function-enumerator = <2>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 4 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+               };
+
+               led-lan3 {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_LAN;
+                       function-enumerator = <3>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 22 GPIO_ACTIVE_LOW>;
+               };
+
+               led_status_blue: led-status-blue {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_STATUS;
+                       gpios = <&pio 5 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+
+               led_status_red: led-status-red {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_RED>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_STATUS;
+                       function-enumerator = <1>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 6 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+
+               led-wifi {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_WLAN;
+                       gpios = <&pio 9 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+                       linux,default-trigger = "phy0tpt";
+               };
+
+               led-signal-4g-yellow {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_YELLOW>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+                       function-enumerator = <0>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 10 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+
+               led-signal-5g-blue {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+                       function-enumerator = <1>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 11 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+
+               led-signal-5g-yellow {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_YELLOW>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+                       function-enumerator = <2>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 12 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+
+               led-signal-4g-blue {
+                       color = <LED_COLOR_ID_BLUE>;
+                       function = LED_FUNCTION_INDICATOR;
+                       function-enumerator = <3>;
+                       gpios = <&pio 13 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               };
+       };
+};
+
+&eth {
+       status = "okay";
+
+       gmac0: mac@0 {
+               compatible = "mediatek,eth-mac";
+               reg = <0>;
+               phy-mode = "2500base-x";
+               nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_ledeinfo_18 0>;
+               nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+
+               fixed-link {
+                       speed = <2500>;
+                       full-duplex;
+                       pause;
+               };
+       };
+
+       gmac1: mac@1 {
+               compatible = "mediatek,eth-mac";
+               reg = <1>;
+               phy-mode = "gmii";
+               phy-handle = <&int_gbe_phy>;
+       };
+};
+
+&mdio_bus {
+       rtl8221b_phy: ethernet-phy@6 {
+               compatible = "ethernet-phy-ieee802.3-c45";
+               reg = <6>;
+       };
+
+       switch: switch@1f {
+               compatible = "mediatek,mt7531";
+               reg = <31>;
+               reset-gpios = <&pio 39 GPIO_ACTIVE_HIGH>;
+               interrupt-controller;
+               #interrupt-cells = <1>;
+               interrupt-parent = <&pio>;
+               interrupts = <38 IRQ_TYPE_LEVEL_HIGH>;
+
+               ports {
+                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                       #size-cells = <0>;
+
+                       port@0 {
+                               reg = <0>;
+                               label = "lan1";
+                               phy-handle = <&swphy0>;
+                       };
+
+                       port@1 {
+                               reg = <1>;
+                               label = "lan2";
+                               phy-handle = <&swphy1>;
+                       };
+
+                       port@2 {
+                               reg = <2>;
+                               label = "lan3";
+                               phy-handle = <&swphy2>;
+                       };
+
+                       port@3 {
+                               reg = <3>;
+                               label = "lan4";
+                               phy-handle = <&swphy3>;
+                       };
+
+                       port@5 {
+                               reg = <5>;
+                               label = "wan";
+                               nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_ledeinfo_18 1>;
+                               nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+                               phy-mode = "2500base-x";
+                               phy-handle = <&rtl8221b_phy>;
+                       };
+
+                       port@6 {
+                               reg = <6>;
+                               label = "cpu";
+                               ethernet = <&gmac0>;
+                               phy-mode = "2500base-x";
+
+                               fixed-link {
+                                       speed = <2500>;
+                                       full-duplex;
+                                       pause;
+                               };
+                       };
+               };
+
+               mdio {
+                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                       #size-cells = <0>;
+
+                       swphy0: phy@0 {
+                               reg = <0>;
+                       };
+
+                       swphy1: phy@1 {
+                               reg = <1>;
+                       };
+
+                       swphy2: phy@2 {
+                               reg = <2>;
+                       };
+
+                       swphy3: phy@3 {
+                               reg = <3>;
+                       };
+
+               };
+       };
+};
+
+&spi0 {
+       pinctrl-names = "default";
+       pinctrl-0 = <&spi0_flash_pins>;
+       status = "okay";
+
+       spi_nand@0 {
+               compatible = "spi-nand";
+               reg = <0>;
+
+               spi-max-frequency = <52000000>;
+               spi-tx-bus-width = <4>;
+               spi-rx-bus-width = <4>;
+
+               mediatek,nmbm;
+               mediatek,bmt-max-ratio = <1>;
+               mediatek,bmt-max-reserved-blocks = <64>;
+
+               partitions {
+                       compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                       #size-cells = <1>;
+
+                       partition@0 {
+                               label = "ubi";
+                               reg = <0x0000000 0x3800000>;
+                       };
+
+                       partition@3800000 {
+                               label = "ubi2";
+                               reg = <0x3800000 0x3800000>;
+                       };
+               };
+       };
+};
+
+&spi2 {
+       pinctrl-names = "default";
+       pinctrl-0 = <&spi2_flash_pins>;
+       status = "okay";
+
+       flash@0 {
+               compatible = "jedec,spi-nor";
+               reg = <0>;
+
+               spi-max-frequency = <52000000>;
+               spi-tx-bus-width = <4>;
+               spi-rx-bus-width = <4>;
+
+               partitions {
+                       compatible = "fixed-partitions";
+                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                       #size-cells = <1>;
+
+                       partition@0 {
+                               label = "bl2";
+                               reg = <0x000000 0x040000>;
+                               read-only;
+                       };
+
+                       partition@40000 {
+                               label = "u-boot-env";
+                               reg = <0x040000 0x010000>;
+                       };
+
+                       factory: partition@50000 {
+                               label = "factory";
+                               reg = <0x050000 0x0b0000>;
+                               read-only;
+
+                               nvmem-layout {
+                                       compatible = "fixed-layout";
+                                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                                       #size-cells = <1>;
+
+                                       /* WiFi EEPROM at offset 0x0, size 0x5000 */
+                                       eeprom_factory: eeprom@0 {
+                                               reg = <0x0 0x5000>;
+                                       };
+                               };
+                       };
+
+                       partition@100000 {
+                               label = "fip";
+                               reg = <0x100000 0x200000>;
+                               read-only;
+                       };
+
+                       partition@300000 {
+                               label = "woem";
+                               reg = <0x300000 0x010000>;
+                       };
+
+                       partition@310000 {
+                               label = "ledeinfo";
+                               reg = <0x310000 0x010000>;
+                               read-only;
+
+                               nvmem-layout {
+                                       compatible = "fixed-layout";
+                                       #address-cells = <1>;
+                                       #size-cells = <1>;
+
+                                       macaddr_ledeinfo_18: macaddr@18 {
+                                               compatible = "mac-base";
+                                               reg = <0x18 0x6>;
+                                               #nvmem-cell-cells = <1>;
+                                       };
+                               };
+                       };
+
+                       partition@320000 {
+                               label = "nvram";
+                               reg = <0x320000 0x010000>;
+                       };
+               };
+       };
+};
+
+&pio {
+       spi0_flash_pins: spi0-pins {
+               mux {
+                       function = "spi";
+                       groups = "spi0", "spi0_wp_hold";
+               };
+
+               conf-pu {
+                       pins = "SPI0_CS", "SPI0_HOLD", "SPI0_WP";
+                       drive-strength = <MTK_DRIVE_8mA>;
+                       bias-pull-up = <MTK_PUPD_SET_R1R0_11>;
+               };
+
+               conf-pd {
+                       pins = "SPI0_CLK", "SPI0_MOSI", "SPI0_MISO";
+                       drive-strength = <MTK_DRIVE_8mA>;
+                       bias-pull-down = <MTK_PUPD_SET_R1R0_11>;
+               };
+       };
+
+       spi2_flash_pins: spi2-pins {
+               mux {
+                       function = "spi";
+                       groups = "spi2", "spi2_wp_hold";
+               };
+
+               conf-pu {
+                       pins = "SPI2_CS", "SPI2_HOLD", "SPI2_WP";
+                       drive-strength = <MTK_DRIVE_8mA>;
+                       bias-pull-up = <MTK_PUPD_SET_R1R0_11>;
+               };
+
+               conf-pd {
+                       pins = "SPI2_CLK", "SPI2_MOSI", "SPI2_MISO";
+                       drive-strength = <MTK_DRIVE_8mA>;
+                       bias-pull-down = <MTK_PUPD_SET_R1R0_11>;
+               };
+       };
+};
+
+&uart0 {
+       status = "okay";
+};
+
+&watchdog {
+       status = "okay";
+};
+
+&usb_phy {
+       status = "okay";
+};
+
+&xhci {
+       phys = <&u2port0 PHY_TYPE_USB2>;
+       mediatek,u3p-dis-msk = <0x01>;
+       status = "okay";
+};
+
+&wifi {
+       #address-cells = <1>;
+       #size-cells = <0>;
+       status = "okay";
+       nvmem-cells = <&eeprom_factory>;
+       nvmem-cell-names = "eeprom";
+
+       band@0 {
+               reg = <0>;
+               nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_ledeinfo_18 2>;
+               nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+       };
+
+       band@1 {
+               reg = <1>;
+               nvmem-cells = <&macaddr_ledeinfo_18 3>;
+               nvmem-cell-names = "mac-address";
+       };
+};
+
index 389080ddba872e2b9975c00bf49bad4393e79fda..f0d5dbedd5034d709576193468cbbb71e3a40a12 100644 (file)
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ acer,predator-w6x-stock|\
 acer,predator-w6x-ubootmod)
        ucidef_set_led_netdev "wan" "wan" "rgb:status" "eth1"
        ;;
+alwaylink,m01k43)
+       ucidef_set_led_netdev "wan" "WAN" "blue:wan" "wan"
+       ;;
 asus,rt-ax52|\
 asus,rt-ax57m|\
 snr,snr-cpe-ax2)
index cd04fe6b7bf48974b9ca5a50058c1806d1912d97..81feb3bb7c7bc4a8a4ba64f24abef832a511ae9d 100644 (file)
@@ -274,6 +274,25 @@ define Device/acer_vero-w6m
 endef
 TARGET_DEVICES += acer_vero-w6m
 
+define Device/alwaylink_m01k43
+  DEVICE_VENDOR := AlwayLink
+  DEVICE_MODEL := M01K43
+  DEVICE_DTS := mt7981b-alwaylink-m01k43
+  DEVICE_DTS_DIR := ../dts
+  DEVICE_PACKAGES := kmod-mt7915e kmod-mt7981-firmware mt7981-wo-firmware \
+    kmod-usb3 kmod-usb-serial-option kmod-usb-net-qmi-wwan uqmi \
+    kmod-phy-realtek uboot-envtools
+  KERNEL_IN_UBI := 1
+  UBINIZE_OPTS := -E 5
+  BLOCKSIZE := 128k
+  PAGESIZE := 2048
+  IMAGE_SIZE := 57344k
+  IMAGES += factory.bin
+  IMAGE/factory.bin := append-ubi | check-size $$$$(IMAGE_SIZE)
+  IMAGE/sysupgrade.bin := sysupgrade-tar | append-metadata
+endef
+TARGET_DEVICES += alwaylink_m01k43
+
 define Device/asiarf_ap7986-003
   DEVICE_VENDOR := AsiaRF
   DEVICE_MODEL := AP7986 003