Custom OpenWrt Image for Raspberry Pi 5

This is a custom-built OpenWrt image designed for the Raspberry Pi 5 (bcm2712 target) with an emphasis on broad Realtek driver support and integrated VPN solutions. It comes preconfigured with essential tools and networking packages for flexible, secure network setups.

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📦 Features

• ✅ Full Realtek Driver Support
  All available Realtek kernel modules are compiled in to ensure maximum compatibility with Realtek-based USB and PCIe network devices.

• ✅ Built-in VPN Solutions

  • OpenVPN (via Tailgate integration)
  • WireGuard

• ✅ Essential Utilities

  • usbutils
  • usbip support
  • Full IPv6 support
  • usbip utilities
  • BusyBox shell environment

• ✅ Modern Kernel
  Based on Linux 6.6 with extensive kernel options enabled for networking, VPN, USB, and file system flexibility.

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🖥️ Target Board

• Raspberry Pi 5 (bcm2712)

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📜 Build Configuration

This image was built using a custom .config file with:

• Initramfs and Ext4 filesystem images
• Optimized for aarch64_cortex-a76
• Kernel debug and networking namespaces enabled
• OpenWrt feeds:
  • packages
  • luci
  • routing
  • telephony

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📥 Download & Flashing

Coming Soon
(You can build it yourself using the provided .config in this repo — follow standard OpenWrt image build procedures.)

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🔒 Security Features

• Package signature verification enabled
• Kernel hardening options:
  • Stack protection
  • RELRO full
  • Fortify Source
  • Seccomp

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📄 Included Packages (Partial)

• usbutils
• openvpn-openssl
• wireguard-tools
• iptables-nft
• kmod-usb-net-rtl8152
• kmod-usb-net-rtl8150
• kmod-rt2800-usb
• kmod-usb-hid
• dnsmasq
• dropbear
• firewall4
• odhcpd-ipv6only
• ppp
• ppp-mod-pppoe
• wpad-basic-mbedtls

(And many more)

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📚 Building This Image

git clone https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt.git
cd openwrt
# Copy this repo's .config into openwrt/.config
make defconfig
make menuconfig  # Optional: to tweak
make -j$(nproc)