Marvell Armada 8040 Development Board OpenWrt Firmware
The Marvell Armada 8040 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
| Distribution | Version | Target | Profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenWrt | 25.12.5 | mvebu/cortexa72 | marvell_armada8040-db |
Downloads
Download images
OpenWrt 25.12.5 · mvebu/cortexa72
| Image | Type | sha256 |
|---|---|---|
| openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada8040-db-initramfs-kernel.bin Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery. | kernel | 51002dbc2a79… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada8040-db-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | a2d3c1879aeb… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada8040-db-targz-rootfs.tar.gz Rootfs archive for Docker / LXC containers. | rootfs | 9175e61d7474… |
| openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada8040-db-ext4-sdcard.img.gz Disk image to write onto an SD card. | sdcard | f1de7e10e51f… |
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 8040 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_armada8040-db-initramfs-kernel.bin 51002dbc2a798024064dd1271beb0e3164d97d6848c9eeca53b42926e4e34b0e openwrt-25.12.5-mvebu-cortexa72-marvell_armada8040-db-initramfs-kernel.bin
Build custom firmware
Need more than the default image for the Marvell Armada 8040 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 deviceRelated
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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.