bl-mt798x: ATF and u-boot for mt798x-based routers

The bl-mt798x bootloader project is based on ATF and uboot source code provided by the Mediatek (MTK) manufacturer, and has following features:

• U-Boot comes with a simple web UI recovery interface developed by MTK, which allows directly flashing firmware or updating U-Boot via the web UI. You can also flash firmware via serial port + TFTP (activate by serial console command).
• It supports entering web UI recovery interface after powering on + holding the RESET button for 15+ seconds, a feature found in GL.iNet routers.
• It supports multiple flash partition layout (SPI-NAND only), allowing users to switch between different partition layouts in the web UI, and is compatible with Xiaomi's original OEM firmware (but only supports a modified firmware binary format).

Created by the Chinese developer hanwckf and hosted on GitHub.

It supports many MT7981 and MT7986 based WiFi routers manufactured by China-based vendors, and is very popular in China.

However this bootloader is NOT compatible with OpenWRT Uboot Mod image, so only use OpenWRT Stock layout image if you plan to keep using it.

• Source code: https://github.com/hanwckf/bl-mt798x
• bootloader binary release: https://github.com/hanwckf/bl-mt798x/releases

• Detail instructions in Simplified Chinese can be found in hanwckf's blog page. The page also provides a list of supported device.
  • Use any web-based translation service to translate the page to your language of choice.
  • The U-boot web interface does not offer DHCP service to client PC. You need to configure static IP address on your PC in order to access it.
• Here is an example YouTube video on flashing & booting bl-mt798x bootloader on Xiaomi AX3000T.