Project 2.6 mips - Revision history

Stefanw: further link

Stefanw — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:56:42 GMT

further link

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	{{Warning\|Please note that this guide comes with NO warranty whatsoever; you are using this at your own risk! Modifying your LinkStation in this way most likely will void your warranty. This is still highly experimental and should not tried on boxes with important data on. You might brick your box just by mistyping a single letter or even because of a bad day!}}		{{Warning\|Please note that this guide comes with NO warranty whatsoever; you are using this at your own risk! Modifying your LinkStation in this way most likely will void your warranty. This is still highly experimental and should not tried on boxes with important data on. You might brick your box just by mistyping a single letter or even because of a bad day!}}

-	'''1) Install [[FreeLink]], but do not run "apt-get upgrade" now	+	'''1) Install [[FreeLink]] and [[Freelink - Convert the LinkStation into a Full-fledged Debian Linux Server]], but do not run "apt-get upgrade" now

	'''2) Use [[Fix_ext2_magic]] to fix your /dev/hda1 partition.		'''2) Use [[Fix_ext2_magic]] to fix your /dev/hda1 partition.

Stefanw: small advice added

Stefanw — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:46:32 GMT

small advice added

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	'''4) Flash u-boot		'''4) Flash u-boot

-	Then rename the 2.6 kernel to vmlinuz to make it the default	+	Then rename the 2.6 kernel to vmlinuz to make it the default. Reboot

	'''5) Upgrade to Debian Lenny using "apt-get upgrade"		'''5) Upgrade to Debian Lenny using "apt-get upgrade"

-	~~'''~~6~~) Compile your own~~ kernel ~~using~~ the ~~patch or install~~ a ~~precompiled one with modules~~	+	Be sure to check that you have really booted into the 2.6 kernel, the upgrade will fail on a 2.4 kernel system.

		+	'''6) Compile your own kernel using the patch or install a precompiled one with modules

	==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==

Stefanw: updated this page, added research resources and a viable way to get lenny on ls2

Stefanw — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:34:14 GMT

updated this page, added research resources and a viable way to get lenny on ls2

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	=Project 2.6 mips=		=Project 2.6 mips=

-	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling working versions of the latest ~~2.4 &~~ 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).	+	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling working versions of the latest 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).

	Everyone is invited to edit this page and add information!		Everyone is invited to edit this page and add information!

	All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page		All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page
		+
		+	==Installing a 2.6 Kernel==
		+
		+	===Resources===
		+	There is a patch for linux-2.6.22 and lots of essential research information here: http://www.linuxnotincluded.org.uk/
		+
		+	Precompiled kernel images and modules can be downloaded here: http://downloads.buffalo.nas-central.org/Users/davy_gravy/kernelpackages/
		+
		+	The LS2 "U-Boot" boot loader and installation instructions: http://downloads.nas-central.org/LS2_MIPSel/Bootloader/Uboot/Precompiled/
		+
		+	A useful blog entry on installing the new boot loader: http://endy.blogomat.net/wp-trackback.php?p=112
		+
		+	==Possible steps from "virgin LS2" to "LS2 Lenny"==
		+	{{Warning\|Please note that this guide comes with NO warranty whatsoever; you are using this at your own risk! Modifying your LinkStation in this way most likely will void your warranty. This is still highly experimental and should not tried on boxes with important data on. You might brick your box just by mistyping a single letter or even because of a bad day!}}
		+
		+	'''1) Install [[FreeLink]], but do not run "apt-get upgrade" now
		+
		+	'''2) Use [[Fix_ext2_magic]] to fix your /dev/hda1 partition.
		+
		+	If you don't want to remove the harddisk from your Linkstation, compile the tool natively, stop all daemons and loggers (but leave your ssh session alive), remount root readonly, fix it and reboot.
		+
		+	'''3) Get u-boot
		+
		+	Definitely try booting the supplied 2.4 and 2.6 kernels from memory before flashing it.
		+
		+	'''4) Flash u-boot
		+
		+	Then rename the 2.6 kernel to vmlinuz to make it the default
		+
		+	'''5) Upgrade to Debian Lenny using "apt-get upgrade"
		+
		+	'''6) Compile your own kernel using the patch or install a precompiled one with modules
		+

	==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==
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	do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that		do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that
	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch		http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch
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-	~~==Compiling a 2.6 Kernel==~~
-
-	Currently there is no patch for that. As a starting point we want to find out whats the differences between the vanilla kernel 2.4.20 and the GPL-one. after creating a patch for that we want to create the latest 2.4 Kernel. after this has been accomplished we want to look at porting the 2.6-kernel to the LS2.
-
-	~~===Notes===~~
-	We definitely will have to port the arch-specific-stuff of the 2.6-kernel for the LS2. We do not have a Patch like the kurobox-patch which was created by javascout for the kurobox(ppc). We were able to use it as a starting point for the LS1/HG. This means we will have to start from scratch. Everything depends on how good the mips port of kernel 2.6 is.

	=Information about loader.o for the LS2=		=Information about loader.o for the LS2=

Mindbender: /* Information about loader.o for the LS2 */

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:24:50 GMT

Information about loader.o for the LS2

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	=Information about loader.o for the LS2=		=Information about loader.o for the LS2=
-	This should be possible....because ~~Ejii~~ coded the assembler stuff needed by loader.o because of the different CPU (mips instead of ppc) for this and he already compiled a kernel for that:	+	This should be possible....because Eiji coded the assembler stuff needed by loader.o because of the different CPU (mips instead of ppc) for this and he already compiled a kernel for that:

	http://www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/pages/132.html		http://www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/pages/132.html

Mindbender: /* Project 2.6 mips */

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 16:23:11 GMT

Project 2.6 mips

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	=Project 2.6 mips=		=Project 2.6 mips=

-	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).	+	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling working versions of the latest 2.4 & 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).

	Everyone is invited to edit this page and add information!		Everyone is invited to edit this page and add information!

-	All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page.	+	All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page

	==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==

Mindbender: /* Project 2.6 mipsel */

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:55:08 GMT

Project 2.6 mipsel

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	{{Articles\|Kernel\|LS2\|Projects}}		{{Articles\|Kernel\|LS2\|Projects}}
-	=Project 2.6 ~~mipsel~~=	+	=Project 2.6 mips=

	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).		This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).

Mindbender: /* Notes */

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:54:35 GMT

Notes

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	===Notes===		===Notes===
-	We definitely will have to port the arch-specific-stuff of the 2.6-kernel for the LS2. We do not have a kurobox-patch which ~~javascout~~ created for the kurobox ~~which we can~~ use as a starting point ~~like~~ for the LS1/HG.	+	We definitely will have to port the arch-specific-stuff of the 2.6-kernel for the LS2. We do not have a Patch like the kurobox-patch which was created by javascout for the kurobox(ppc). We were able to use it as a starting point for the LS1/HG. This means we will have to start from scratch. Everything depends on how good the mips port of kernel 2.6 is.

	=Information about loader.o for the LS2=		=Information about loader.o for the LS2=

Mindbender at 15:46, 26 August 2006

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:46:01 GMT

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	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).		This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).
		+
		+	Everyone is invited to edit this page and add information!

	All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page.		All compiling information and information about patches should get here. if needed i can modify mediawiki to allow some more filetypes to be allowed to upload to the wiki. this way we could even share our patches directly here on this page.
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	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.33.2.tar.gz		http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.33.2.tar.gz

-	===Notes ~~for everyone~~===	+	===Notes===
	do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that		do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that
	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch		http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch
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	==Compiling a 2.6 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.6 Kernel==

-	Currently there is no patch for that. As a starting point we want to find out whats the differences between the vanilla kernel 2.4.20 and the GPL-one. after creating a patch for that we want to create the latest 2.4 Kernel. after this has been accomplished we want to look at porting the 2.6-kernel to the LS2	+	Currently there is no patch for that. As a starting point we want to find out whats the differences between the vanilla kernel 2.4.20 and the GPL-one. after creating a patch for that we want to create the latest 2.4 Kernel. after this has been accomplished we want to look at porting the 2.6-kernel to the LS2.
		+
		+	===Notes===
		+	We definitely will have to port the arch-specific-stuff of the 2.6-kernel for the LS2. We do not have a kurobox-patch which javascout created for the kurobox which we can use as a starting point like for the LS1/HG.

	=Information about loader.o for the LS2=		=Information about loader.o for the LS2=

Mindbender: updated page

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:41:14 GMT

updated page

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	{{Articles\|Kernel\|LS2\|Projects}}		{{Articles\|Kernel\|LS2\|Projects}}
-	===Project 2.6 mipsel===	+	=Project 2.6 mipsel=

	This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).		This Page should be used to collect all the wisdom regarding compiling a working 2.6-kernel for the LS 2(mips).
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	==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==
-	~~this is the "roadmap":~~	+	===Roadmap===

	'''1) Build a 2.4.20-kernel from the gpl-source'''		'''1) Build a 2.4.20-kernel from the gpl-source'''
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	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.33.2.tar.gz		http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.33.2.tar.gz

		+	===Notes for everyone===
	do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that		do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that
	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch		http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch

-	==Information about loader.o for the LS2==	+	==Compiling a 2.6 Kernel==
		+
		+	Currently there is no patch for that. As a starting point we want to find out whats the differences between the vanilla kernel 2.4.20 and the GPL-one. after creating a patch for that we want to create the latest 2.4 Kernel. after this has been accomplished we want to look at porting the 2.6-kernel to the LS2
		+
		+	=Information about loader.o for the LS2=
	This should be possible....because Ejii coded the assembler stuff needed by loader.o because of the different CPU (mips instead of ppc) for this and he already compiled a kernel for that:		This should be possible....because Ejii coded the assembler stuff needed by loader.o because of the different CPU (mips instead of ppc) for this and he already compiled a kernel for that:

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	http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww5.atwiki.jp%2Fkuro-bsd%2Fpages%2F132.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8		http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww5.atwiki.jp%2Fkuro-bsd%2Fpages%2F132.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8

-	==Links & Resources==	+	=Links & Resources=
	*http://www.kernel.org		*http://www.kernel.org
	*http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/development.html		*http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/development.html
	*[http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww5.atwiki.jp%2Fkuro-bsd%2Fpages%2F132.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 http://www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/pages/132.html]		*[http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww5.atwiki.jp%2Fkuro-bsd%2Fpages%2F132.html&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 http://www5.atwiki.jp/kuro-bsd/pages/132.html]

Mindbender: /* Compiling a 2.4 Kernel */

Mindbender — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:20:54 GMT

Compiling a 2.4 Kernel

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	==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==		==Compiling a 2.4 Kernel==
-	~~I know it does not fit to~~ the ~~name of the pages, but could someone try to compile the 2.4.20 from the LS2 GPL source?~~	+	this is the "roadmap":

-	~~do not forget to apply the melfs~~.~~patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem~~ from ~~us.here is~~ the ~~melfs patch which takes care of that~~	+	'''1) Build a 2.4.20-kernel from the gpl-source'''

-	~~http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/~~melfs.patch	+	(there you won`t need to apply the melfs.patch as this is obviously included)

-	~~Here is a diff of~~ the ~~arch-tree between~~ the ~~vanilla 2.4.20 kernel and linux~~-~~2.4~~.~~20_mipsel_linkstation~~	+	we will test it by trying to load the resulting vmlinux.bin with the mips-loader.o

-	~~http://www~~.~~unet~~.~~univie.ac.at/~a0025690/arch_mips_diff.txt~~	+	'''2) Create a patch for compiling a working LS2 Kernel from the vanilla kernel 2.4.20'''

		+	After we know that we can build the kernel from GPL Source we need to find out what the differences are between the vanilla kernel and the GPL-Source Kernel. I tried to create a diff between those kernel-sources already (but i noticed that there are far too much lines in it as some lines have a "-" before and later a "+" for adding the unmodified again...maybe this is related to some additional blank lines or comments?
		+
		+	Here is a diff of the arch-tree between the vanilla 2.4.20 kernel and linux-2.4.20_mipsel_linkstation
		+	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/arch_mips_diff.txt
	and here is a complete kernel-diff		and here is a complete kernel-diff
		+	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/kernel_diff.txt

-	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/~~kernel_diff~~.~~txt~~	+	'''3) Build the latest 2.4-Kernel available'''
		+
		+	We should have a patch to create a LS2-kernel from the vanilla 2.4.20 kernel. Now we can try to create the latest 2.4-kernel available.
		+	currently this is 2.4.33.2 (released on the 22.8.2006)
		+	http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.33.2.tar.gz
		+
		+	do not forget to apply the melfs.patch because of the custom ext2_magic_number buffalo invented to protect the linux filesystem from us.here is the melfs patch which takes care of that
		+	http://www.unet.univie.ac.at/~a0025690/development/melfs.patch

	==Information about loader.o for the LS2==		==Information about loader.o for the LS2==