parallel connected to the same PHY. Installation: Copy dtb from build_dir to bin/ and run tftpserver there: $ cp ./build_dir/target-aarch64_cortex-a72_musl/linux-mvebu_cortexa72/image-armada-7040-mochabin.dtb bin/targets/mvebu/cortexa72/ $ in.tftpd -L -s bin/targets/mvebu/cortexa72/ Connect to the device UART via microUSB port and power on the device. Power on the device and hit any key to stop the autoboot. Set serverip (host IP) and ipaddr (any free IP address on the same subnet), e.g: $ setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 # Host $ setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.15 # Device Set the ethernet device (Example for the 1G WAN): $ setenv ethact mvpp2-2 Ping server to confirm network is working: $ ping $serverip Using mvpp2-2 device host 192.168.1.15 is alive Tftpboot the firmware: $ tftpboot $kernel_addr_r openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-initramfs-kernel.bin $ tftpboot $fdt_addr_r image-armada-7040-mochabin.dtb Boot the image: $ booti $kernel_addr_r - $fdt_addr_r Once the initramfs is booted, transfer openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz to /tmp dir on the device. Gunzip and dd the image: $ gunzip /tmp/openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz $ dd if=/tmp/openwrt-mvebu-cortexa72-globalscale_mochabin-squashfs-sdcard.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 && sync Reboot the device. Hit any key to stop the autoboot. Reset U-boot env and set the bootcmd: $ env default -a $ setenv bootcmd 'load mmc 0 ${loadaddr} boot.scr && source ${loadaddr}' Optionally I would advise to edit the console env variable to remove earlycon as that causes the kernel to never use the driver for the serial console. Earlycon should be used only for debugging before the kernel can configure the console and will otherwise cause various issues with the console. $ setenv console 'console=ttyS0,115200' Save and reset $ saveenv $ reset OpenWrt should boot from eMMC now.