Hi! Basically what you meantion is what I have proposed[0] in my Google Summer of Code application for the Debian NAS[1] project.
I have also contacted the author of micro_evtd (lb_worm) and asked for permission to package it. Cheers, Per Andersson [0] http://oshw.org/usr/avtobiff/gsoc/08/debiannas [1] http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2008/DebianNAS On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:54 PM, Tim Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > After much wailing and gnashing of teeth, I have a Lenny/armel user-space > with a stock-ish Debian kernel on a Buffalo Linkstation Pro v2: > > ~# grep ^Hardware /proc/cpuinfo && uname -a && cat /etc/debian_version > Hardware : Buffalo/Revogear Kurobox Pro > Linux linkstation 2.6.25-rc8-orion5x #2 Sat Apr 5 20:02:55 UTC 2008 > armv5tel GNU/Linux > lenny/sid > > The hardware is pretty cheap now - the "Linkstation Live" version seems to > be available for $143 and ukp 100 in the US, and UK respectively, according > to froogle (2xUSB2/1xGigEther/250G SATA/400MHz/128M). I used a Nokia DKU-5 > USB/serial cable for the serial console (3 ukp), but the more widely > available "Nokia CA-42" should work as well. > > I don't think I'll have any time soon to work on the kernel package install > script etc. but hopefully these notes will be useful when it comes to > creating this: > > A serial console is advised, but not (hopefully) essential for this > procedure. > > For the kernel build, I used the tar ball from > http://photon.itp.tuwien.ac.at/~mattems/linux-2.6_2.6.25~rc8.orig.tar.gz and > the debian dir from > svn://svn.debian.org/svn/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian > > I started off with freelink, and replaced the root with lenny/armel using > deboostrap. Here are the rest of my notes: > > These notes assume you are starting with Freelink, and the Buffalo kernel > image v 2.6.16 (other versions have not been tested). > n.b. The buffalo "emergency mode" functionality will be lost (as that comes > from the Buffalo initrd). > > . Install Lenny Armel userspace (debootstrap etc.) and micro_evtd (not yet > Debian packaged, but source available - fan speed control etc.) > > . Build Debian kernel 2.6.25-rc8 or later - only the orion5x kernel is > needed (comment out the rest of the flavours from > linux-2.6-2.6.25~rc8/debian/config/armel/defines) > > . Install the kernel packages, and mkinitramfs, also install the "devio", > and "uboot-mkimage" packages. > > . Make Debian initramfs for the new kernel using mkinitramfs as usual. > > . Create the uboot images: > > .. Kernel: > > devio > mach-change-shim.tmp 'wl 0xe3a01c05,4' 'wl 0xe38110e5,4' && cat > mach-change-shim.tmp lsboot/vmlinuz-2.6.25-rc8-orion5x > shimmedimage.tmp && > mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n > 'Linux-2.6.25-rc8-orion5x' -d shimmedimage.tmp uImage.buffalo > > n.b. devio fixes up the machine ID, and this currently needs to be 0x05e5 > (not 0x0630 etc. until the kernel has been fixed). > > > .. initramfs: > > mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n > 'initrd-2.6.25-rc8-orion5x' -d initrd.img-2.6.25-rc8-orion5x initrd.buffalo > > .. Modify the boot environment (default boot prevents the initramfs loading > - the kernel says "checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (bad gzip magic > numbers); looks like an initrd" - however I'm not really sure why). > The modified boot environment appears to works with both Debian, and the > Buffalo kernel+initrd - although I've only tested the 2.6.16 buffalo kernel > + initrd) - n.b. this can also be done with the serial console, and the > setenv command. The nvram command is from the original Buffalo initrd (I > think freelink leaves this mounted on /initrd by default, but if not, you > can extract this by "dd if=initrd.buffalo.original bs=1 skip=64 | gzip -cd > > /tmp/initrd.ext2" and then use mount -t ext2 -o loop). > > .. Remove the initrd=0x00800040,15M parameter (check that your env look > like those below), and verify > > TestBox-linkstation:/# chroot /initrd > TestBox-linkstation:/# nvram -c get bootargs_root > bootargs_root=root=/dev/sda2 rw initrd=0x00800040,15M panic=5 > TestBox-linkstation:/# nvram -c set bootargs_root "root=/dev/sda2 rw > panic=5" > >nvram_set:bootargs_root = root=/dev/sda2 rw panic=5 > TestBox-linkstation:/# nvram -c get bootargs_root > bootargs_root=root=/dev/sda2 rw panic=5 > > . Install the new uImage.buffalo and initrd.buffalo into /boot > > . Reboot. > > Cheers, > > Tim. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
