On 02/20/2012 01:49 PM, David Madden wrote:
Hi, I've been working on customizing a GuruPlug to do some specific tasks on my
home network. I've tried installing Slackware & Debian (both successful) but I
haven't been able to build a functional kernel or get wireless running. So, I
wonder:
* How much of a hassle is it to get from a vanilla kernel tree to a bootable
uImage? (I've gotten clean compiles using the config from /boot/config-whatever,
but it hangs on boot after "Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.")
* Are the Marvell wireless drivers & tools integrated into the kernel / distro,
or is it still an "add external software" project?
It is NOT a part of armedslack. I have all the files needed (firmware / boot
scripts / binaries + source) to run an access point here:
http://juanisan.homeip.net/guruplug/uap-slackware/
The drivers are NOT a part of the armedslack kernel and need to be rolled in by
hand. A patch for armedslack is here:
http://juanisan.homeip.net/guruplug/JJO-Marvell-Libertas-8688-AP-FULLPATCH-up-to-3.1.2.patch
(I'm fiddling with this in the first place, rather than going with a full
Slackware or Debian install, because I'd like to put together a minimal system
that fits in the 512MB NAND Flash, so my USB disk can be all data.)
That shouldnt be a problem but you will need to add in UBIFS or whatever your
root fs is into the kernel as the guruplug MTD layout doesnt have a partition
for an initrd.
hope this helps
John
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