NXP LS1028A-RDB SD Card Boot OpenWrt Firmware

CPU
NXP LS1028A
RAM
4096 MB
Flash
256, 512NAND, eMMC, SD MB

The NXP LS1028A-RDB SD Card Boot is supported by OpenWrt/ImmortalWrt on the layerscape/armv8_64b target. 4 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 and ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 stable releases — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPUNXP LS1028A
CPU cores2
CPU frequency1300 MHz
RAM4096 MB
Flash256, 512NAND, eMMC, SD MB
1 Gbit Ethernet ports5
SwitchNXP LS1028A Felix

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

DistributionVersionTargetProfile
OpenWrt25.12.5layerscape/armv8_64bfsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot
ImmortalWrt25.12.1layerscape/armv8_64bfsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · layerscape/armv8_64b

ImageTypesha256
openwrt-25.12.5-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.

sysupgradedf0851e701e6
openwrt-25.12.5-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcarda51380d8311d

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · layerscape/armv8_64b

ImageTypesha256
immortalwrt-25.12.1-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.

sysupgradeedb84dc75c02
immortalwrt-25.12.1-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sdcard.img.gz

Disk image to write onto an SD card.

sdcarda3f2229fbd94

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

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the NXP LS1028A-RDB SD Card Boot ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · layerscape/armv8_64b

Device packages (3)

kmod-hwmon-ina2xx kmod-hwmon-lm90 kmod-rtc-pcf2127

Target default packages (30)

apk-mbedtls base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-nft-offload kmod-usb-dwc3 kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd

ImmortalWrt 25.12.1 · layerscape/armv8_64b

Device packages (3)

kmod-hwmon-ina2xx kmod-hwmon-lm90 kmod-rtc-pcf2127

Target default packages (34)

apk-openssl base-files block-mount ca-bundle default-settings-chn dnsmasq-full dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-nf-nathelper kmod-nft-offload kmod-usb-dwc3 kmod-usb-storage kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-openssl logd luci mkf2fs mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only partx-utils ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail 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.
  • Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:
    $ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
    df0851e701e6863dfefc50c6f8c2a72327e27eaf94d4ad439546b78ab8f031a0  openwrt-25.12.5-layerscape-armv8_64b-fsl_ls1028a-rdb-sdboot-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the NXP LS1028A-RDB SD Card Boot? 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