diff --git a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
index 3f7a3ee1b17270dfcc543d1f6cb234615aaac5a0..a5e0f508db58539551638c4a1bb14aca60c73616 100644
--- a/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
+++ b/package/kernel/linux/modules/other.mk
@@ -1039,3 +1039,24 @@ define KernelPackage/bmp085-spi/description
endef
$(eval $(call KernelPackage,bmp085-spi))
+
+
+define KernelPackage/owl-loader
+ SUBMENU:=$(WIRELESS_MENU)
+ TITLE:=Owl loader for initializing Atheros PCI(e) Wifi chips
+ DEPENDS:=@PCI_SUPPORT +kmod-ath9k
+ KCONFIG:=CONFIG_OWL_LOADER
+ FILES:=$(LINUX_DIR)/drivers/misc/owl-loader.ko
+ AUTOLOAD:=$(call AutoProbe,owl-loader)
+endef
+
+define KernelPackage/owl-loader/description
+ Kernel module that helps to initialize certain Qualcomm
+ Atheros' PCI(e) Wifi chips, which have the init data
+ (which contains the PCI device ID for example) stored
+ together with the calibration data in the file system.
+
+ This is necessary for devices like the Cisco Meraki Z1.
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call KernelPackage,owl-loader))
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/misc/owl-loader.c b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/misc/owl-loader.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..30340da486b9472b41f04a038058d0f483338301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/files/drivers/misc/owl-loader.c
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+/*
+ * Initialize Owl Emulation Devices
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Martin Blumenstingl <martin.blumenstingl@googlemail.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * Some devices (like the Cisco Meraki Z1 Cloud Managed Teleworker Gateway)
+ * need to be able to initialize the PCIe wifi device. Normally, this is done
+ * during the early stages of booting linux, because the necessary init code
+ * is read from the memory mapped SPI and passed to pci_enable_ath9k_fixup.
+ * However,this isn't possible for devices which have the init code for the
+ * Atheros chip stored on NAND. Hence, this module can be used to initialze
+ * the chip when the user-space is ready to extract the init code.
+ */
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/version.h>
+#include <linux/completion.h>
+#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
+#include <linux/firmware.h>
+#include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/delay.h>
+#include <linux/platform_device.h>
+#include <linux/ath9k_platform.h>
+
+struct owl_ctx {
+ struct completion eeprom_load;
+};
+
+#define EEPROM_FILENAME_LEN 100
+
+#define AR5416_EEPROM_MAGIC 0xa55a
+
+static int ath9k_pci_fixup(struct pci_dev *pdev, const u16 *cal_data,
+ size_t cal_len)
+{
+ void __iomem *mem;
+ const void *cal_end = (void *)cal_data + cal_len;
+ const struct {
+ __be16 reg;
+ __be16 low_val;
+ __be16 high_val;
+ } __packed *data;
+ u16 cmd;
+ u32 bar0;
+ bool swap_needed = false;
+
+ if (*cal_data != AR5416_EEPROM_MAGIC) {
+ if (*cal_data != swab16(AR5416_EEPROM_MAGIC)) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "invalid calibration data\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "calibration data needs swapping\n");
+ swap_needed = true;
+ }
+
+ dev_info(&pdev->dev, "fixup device configuration\n");
+
+ mem = pcim_iomap(pdev, 0, 0);
+ if (!mem) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "ioremap error\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ pci_read_config_dword(pdev, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0, &bar0);
+ pci_write_config_dword(pdev, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0,
+ pci_resource_start(pdev, 0));
+ pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd);
+ cmd |= PCI_COMMAND_MASTER | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY;
+ pci_write_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, cmd);
+
+ /* set pointer to first reg address */
+ for (data = (const void *) (cal_data + 3);
+ (const void *) data <= cal_end && data->reg != cpu_to_be16(~0);
+ data++) {
+ u32 val;
+ u16 reg;
+
+ reg = data->reg;
+ val = data->low_val;
+ val |= data->high_val << 16;
+
+ if (swap_needed) {
+ reg = swab16(reg);
+ val = swahb32(val);
+ }
+
+#if CONFIG_LANTIQ
+ val = swab32(val);
+#endif
+
+ __raw_writel(val, mem + reg);
+ udelay(100);
+ }
+
+ pci_read_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, &cmd);
+ cmd &= ~(PCI_COMMAND_MASTER | PCI_COMMAND_MEMORY);
+ pci_write_config_word(pdev, PCI_COMMAND, cmd);
+
+ pci_write_config_dword(pdev, PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_0, bar0);
+ pcim_iounmap(pdev, mem);
+
+ pci_disable_device(pdev);
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void owl_fw_cb(const struct firmware *fw, void *context)
+{
+ struct pci_dev *pdev = (struct pci_dev *) context;
+ struct owl_ctx *ctx = (struct owl_ctx *) pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+ struct ath9k_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&pdev->dev);
+ struct pci_bus *bus;
+
+ complete(&ctx->eeprom_load);
+
+ if (!fw) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no eeprom data received.\n");
+ goto release;
+ }
+
+ /* also note that we are doing *u16 operations on the file */
+ if (fw->size > sizeof(pdata->eeprom_data) || fw->size < 0x200 ||
+ (fw->size & 1) == 1) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "eeprom file has an invalid size.\n");
+ goto release;
+ }
+
+ if (pdata) {
+ memcpy(pdata->eeprom_data, fw->data, fw->size);
+
+ /*
+ * eeprom has been successfully loaded - pass the data to ath9k
+ * but remove the eeprom_name, so it doesn't try to load it too.
+ */
+ pdata->eeprom_name = NULL;
+ }
+
+ if (ath9k_pci_fixup(pdev, (const u16 *) fw->data, fw->size))
+ goto release;
+
+ pci_lock_rescan_remove();
+ bus = pdev->bus;
+ pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device(pdev);
+ /*
+ * the device should come back with the proper
+ * ProductId. But we have to initiate a rescan.
+ */
+ pci_rescan_bus(bus);
+ pci_unlock_rescan_remove();
+
+release:
+ release_firmware(fw);
+}
+
+static const char *owl_get_eeprom_name(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
+ struct ath9k_platform_data *pdata;
+ char *eeprom_name;
+
+ /* try the existing platform data first */
+ pdata = dev_get_platdata(dev);
+ if (pdata && pdata->eeprom_name)
+ return pdata->eeprom_name;
+
+ dev_dbg(dev, "using auto-generated eeprom filename\n");
+
+ eeprom_name = devm_kzalloc(dev, EEPROM_FILENAME_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!eeprom_name)
+ return NULL;
+
+ /* this should match the pattern used in ath9k/init.c */
+ scnprintf(eeprom_name, EEPROM_FILENAME_LEN, "ath9k-eeprom-pci-%s.bin",
+ dev_name(dev));
+
+ return eeprom_name;
+}
+
+static int owl_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
+ const struct pci_device_id *id)
+{
+ struct owl_ctx *ctx;
+ const char *eeprom_name;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (pcim_enable_device(pdev))
+ return -EIO;
+
+ pcim_pin_device(pdev);
+
+ eeprom_name = owl_get_eeprom_name(pdev);
+ if (!eeprom_name) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "no eeprom filename found.\n");
+ return -ENODEV;
+ }
+
+ ctx = kzalloc(sizeof(*ctx), GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!ctx) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to alloc device context.\n");
+ return -ENOMEM;
+ }
+ init_completion(&ctx->eeprom_load);
+
+ pci_set_drvdata(pdev, ctx);
+ err = request_firmware_nowait(THIS_MODULE, true, eeprom_name,
+ &pdev->dev, GFP_KERNEL, pdev, owl_fw_cb);
+ if (err) {
+ dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to request caldata (%d).\n", err);
+ kfree(ctx);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+
+static void owl_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
+{
+ struct owl_ctx *ctx = pci_get_drvdata(pdev);
+
+ if (ctx) {
+ wait_for_completion(&ctx->eeprom_load);
+ pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
+ kfree(ctx);
+ }
+}
+
+static const struct pci_device_id owl_pci_table[] = {
+ { PCI_VDEVICE(ATHEROS, 0xff1c) }, /* PCIe */
+ { PCI_VDEVICE(ATHEROS, 0xff1d) }, /* PCI */
+ { },
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, owl_pci_table);
+
+static struct pci_driver owl_driver = {
+ .name = "owl-loader",
+ .id_table = owl_pci_table,
+ .probe = owl_probe,
+ .remove = owl_remove,
+};
+module_pci_driver(owl_driver);
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Christian Lamparter <chunkeey@googlemail.com>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Initializes Atheros' Owl Emulation devices");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/835-misc-owl_loader.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/835-misc-owl_loader.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bbf19c093d7e2baf7ffa553178357522cf0ad27f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/835-misc-owl_loader.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- a/drivers/misc/Kconfig 2016-09-18 15:23:07.100190724 +0200
++++ b/drivers/misc/Kconfig 2016-09-18 15:26:56.130785350 +0200
+@@ -150,6 +150,18 @@ config SGI_IOC4
+ If you have an SGI Altix with an IOC4-based card say Y.
+ Otherwise say N.
+
++config OWL_LOADER
++ tristate "Owl loader for initializing Atheros PCI(e) Wifi chips"
++ depends on PCI
++ ---help---
++ This kernel module helps to initialize certain Qualcomm
++ Atheros' PCI(e) Wifi chips, which have the init data
++ (which contains the PCI device ID for example) stored
++ together with the calibration data in the file system.
++
++ This is necessary for devices like the Cisco Meraki Z1, say M.
++ Otherwise say N.
++
+ config TIFM_CORE
+ tristate "TI Flash Media interface support"
+ depends on PCI
+--- a/drivers/misc/Makefile 2016-09-18 15:21:56.406675181 +0200
++++ b/drivers/misc/Makefile 2016-09-18 15:22:46.866805239 +0200
+@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BMP085_SPI) += bmp085-spi.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_DUMMY_IRQ) += dummy-irq.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_ICS932S401) += ics932s401.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_LKDTM) += lkdtm.o
++obj-$(CONFIG_OWL_LOADER) += owl-loader.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_TIFM_CORE) += tifm_core.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_TIFM_7XX1) += tifm_7xx1.o
+ obj-$(CONFIG_PHANTOM) += phantom.o