Bananapi BPi-RV2 (Booting from NOR) OpenWrt Firmware
The Bananapi BPi-RV2 (Booting from NOR) is supported by OpenWrt on the siflower/sf21 target. 2 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.
Build matrix
Supported firmware versions
| Distribution | Version | Target | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | 25.12.5 | siflower/sf21 | bananapi_bpi-rv2-nor |
Downloads
Download images
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · siflower/sf21
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt-25.12.5-siflower-sf21-bananapi_bpi-rv2-nor-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery. | kernel | 4241e98ce344… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-siflower-sf21-bananapi_bpi-rv2-nor-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt. | sysupgrade | 97c002122ef2… |
Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.
Packages & install
Default packages & installation
Default packages
Every image for the Bananapi BPi-RV2 (Booting from NOR) ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.
Device packages (5)
kmod-usb-dwc2 kmod-phy-sf21-usb kmod-phy-airoha-en8811h kmod-rtc-pcf8563 kmod-i2c-designware-platform
Target default packages (27)
apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear firewall4 fitblk fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd
Installation notes
- Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
- The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.
- Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-siflower-sf21-bananapi_bpi-rv2-nor-initramfs-kernel.bin 4241e98ce3446df44e8ab0978559adaa1d3f3d40ac58ecce47aec0073d5166e5 openwrt-25.12.5-siflower-sf21-bananapi_bpi-rv2-nor-initramfs-kernel.bin
Build custom firmware
Need more than the default image for the Bananapi BPi-RV2 (Booting from NOR)? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.
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Upstream
Upstream & source
Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.