Brief introduction for using MediaTek released OpenWrt SDK

1. Build system setup

Please refer to https://openwrt.org/docs/guide-developer/toolchain/install-buildsystem

2. Clone vanilla OpenWrt

Currently two release branches are supported:

21.02 This is the current in-use branch

git clone -b openwrt-21.02 https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git

24.10 This is the current in-use branch

git clone -b openwrt-24.10 https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git

3. Add MediaTek OpenWrt feed

cd openwrt
echo "src-git mtk_openwrt_feed https://git01.mediatek.com/openwrt/feeds/mtk-openwrt-feeds" >> feeds.conf.default
./scripts/feeds update -a
./scripts/feeds install -a

4. Apply MediaTek OpenWrt files and patches

21.02 branch

cp -af ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/21.02/files/* .
cp -af ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/tools .
for file in $(find ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/21.02/patches-base -name "*.patch" | sort); do patch -f -p1 -i ${file}; done
for file in $(find ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/21.02/patches-feeds -name "*.patch" | sort); do patch -f -p1 -i ${file}; done

24.10 branch

cp -af ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/24.10/files/* .
for file in $(find ./feeds/mtk_openwrt_feed/24.10/patches-base -name "*.patch" | sort); do patch -f -p1 -i ${file}; done

5. Configuration

make menuconfig

21.02 branch

Target System -> MediaTek Ralink ARM
Subtarget -> MT7981 / MT7986 / MT7988
Target Profile -> select as needed

24.10 branch

Target System -> MediaTek Ralink ARM
Subtarget -> Filogic 8x0 (MT798x)
Target Profile -> select as needed

6. Build

make V=s -j$(nproc)

Mediatek Official Release with autobuild framework