Marvell Armada 7040 Development Board OpenWrt Firmware

The Marvell Armada 7040 Development Board is supported by OpenWrt on the mvebu/cortexa72 target. 4 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

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5mvebu/cortexa72marvell_armada7040-db

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mvebu/cortexa72

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcardecf9b56cb66f
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-targz-rootfs.tar.gz

Rootfs archive for Docker / LXC containers.

rootfs9175e61d7474
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-ext4-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcardf7018726cc25
openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-initramfs-kernel.bin

Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.

kernel51002dbc2a79

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Marvell Armada 7040 Development Board ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Target default packages (30)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs ethtool firewall4 fstools kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-nft-offload libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

Installation notes

  • 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-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz
    ecf9b56cb66f3e46a999134648002f666fa13a9f551eba6119216010521769a0  openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada7040-db-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Marvell Armada 7040 Development Board? 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.

Customize firmware for this device