Should I begin with ramdisk images first, maybe?

> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11:29 PM
> From: "Ben Mulvihill" <[email protected]>
> To: "Genghis Khan" <[email protected]>
> Cc: "OpenWrt User List" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Installing OpenWrt 14.07 on a Siemens Gigaset 604 IL (IL)
>
> (Resent because list was missing first time)  
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > I am about to install OpenWrt Barrier Breaker 14.07 on a Siemens
> > Gigaset 604 IL device, following installation procedure of BT HomeHub
> > 2.0 Type B http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v2b#installation
> > which I am not sure I understand.
> > 
> 
> You are going to have to be prepared to do some development work, not
> just installation. Even if the two boards are very similar, an
> image compiled for the Home Hub is unlikely to work perfectly out
> of the box on the Siemens. In order even to attempt this you are
> going to need to be comfortable digging into the code and
> rebuilding openwrt.
> 

What sort of modifications do I need to preform?

> You will also need to solder a serial console onto your board, as I 
> very much doubt that the version of the uboot bootloader installed
> on the Siemens has netconsole enabled. Do you have a serial console?
> If so can you get the uboot prompt on it?
> 

What is a serial console and where is it?

> Once you have a serial console you can install tftpd on your system 
> (exactly which packages you need depends on what system you have - 
> you'll find plenty of advice by Googling). The tftpboot folder referred
> to in the wiki is the directory on your system where you place files
> you wish to be able to download to your device via tftp (depends on
> which version of tftpd you have).
> 

I have tftp-hpa-5.2-i486-1 of Slackware 14.1 installed.

> Once all that is set up you will be in a position to test openwrt 
> builds.
> 
> I wouldn't flash any images yet. Start with ramdisk images
> loaded into the memory of your device via tftp and executed from there.
> Before building your own you could try the precompiled ramdisk image
> for the Home Hub. Ie (from the uboot prompt):
> 
> tftpboot 81000000 openwrt-lantiq-xway-BTHOMEHUBV2B-uImage-initramfs
> bootm 81000000
> 
> If you get that far post the bootlog.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Ben
> 
> P.S. By the way, there is something wrong with the links in your mail.
> 

Do you refer to the hyperlinks in Site Map?
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