Talk:Buffalo ARM9 Kernel Port - Revision history

Speeddymon at 04:30, 21 March 2011

Speeddymon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:30:20 GMT

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-	Needed are some explanations about what has to be set in the kernel config to make it run on a Linkstation, Kurobox, etc. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)	+	Needed are some explanations about what has to be set in the kernel config to make it run on a Linkstation, Kurobox, etc. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)<br>
	There should also be information specific to the TSProV2 and TSLive since those have been shown to use an ARM9 SoC, not ARM11 [[User:Speeddymon\|Speeddymon]] 04:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)		There should also be information specific to the TSProV2 and TSLive since those have been shown to use an ARM9 SoC, not ARM11 [[User:Speeddymon\|Speeddymon]] 04:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

Speeddymon at 04:19, 21 March 2011

Speeddymon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:19:38 GMT

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	Needed are some explanations about what has to be set in the kernel config to make it run on a Linkstation, Kurobox, etc. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)		Needed are some explanations about what has to be set in the kernel config to make it run on a Linkstation, Kurobox, etc. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
		+	There should also be information specific to the TSProV2 and TSLive since those have been shown to use an ARM9 SoC, not ARM11 [[User:Speeddymon\|Speeddymon]] 04:16, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

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-	~~== Terastation also ==~~
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-	~~There should also be information specific to the TSProV2 and TSLive since those have been shown to use an ARM9 SoC, not ARM11~~

Speeddymon: /* Terastation also */ new section

Speeddymon — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 04:17:28 GMT

Terastation also: new section

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		+	== Terastation also ==
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		+	There should also be information specific to the TSProV2 and TSLive since those have been shown to use an ARM9 SoC, not ARM11

Maddes: Typo

Maddes — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:41:31 GMT

Typo

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	a) Extra information for uname, etc.		a) Extra information for uname, etc.
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-freelink.maddes # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release		CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-freelink.maddes # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release
-	# NOTE!!! Also changes modules directory to /lib/modules/2.6.26-~~maddes.~~freelink	+	# NOTE!!! Also changes modules directory to /lib/modules/2.6.26-freelink.maddes
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string		CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string
	</pre>		</pre>

Maddes: Previous analysis was not based on Davy Gravy's 2.6.26. This time it is. Sorry.

Maddes — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:39:33 GMT

Previous analysis was *not* based on Davy Gravy's 2.6.26. This time it is. Sorry.

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Maddes: could reduce mandatory settings; also added mandatory settings when using a Vanilla config

Maddes — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:17:58 GMT

could reduce mandatory settings; also added mandatory settings when using a Vanilla config

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-	[[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 21:14, 4 April 2010 (UTC)<br>	+	[[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 20:17, 8 April 2010 (UTC)<br>
-	Started to analyse everything that was added by Davy Gravy for Debian Lenny kernel 2.6.26:<br>	+	Started to analyse everything that was added by Davy Gravy for '''Debian Lenny kernel 2.6.26''':<br>
-	Check out the [http://kernel.xc.net/\|Linux Kernel Configuration Archive] to see what each config setting stands for.	+	Check out the [http://kernel.xc.net/\|Linux Kernel Configuration Archive] to see what each config setting stands for.<br>
		+	Concentrated on the things Davy added, by using a diff of his config against the original Debian one, then sorted the output and only looked at the lines starting with a plus (+).

-	* ~~Settings~~ for a booting and working kernel on LS Pro / LS Live V2 (without XFS support):	+	* Mandatory settings for a booting and working kernel on LS Pro / LS Live V2 (without XFS support):<br>
		+	Maybe these can be reduced even further?
	<pre>		<pre>
-	a) ~~Bigger~~ RAM disks ~~(definitely needed)~~	+	a) Support for bigger RAM disks
-	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=3 # was 16; Block Devices -> Default number of RAM disks	+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_COUNT=3 # was 16; Device Drivers -> Block Devices -> Default number of RAM disks
-	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=32768 # was 4096; Block Devices -> Default RAM disk size (kBytes)	+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=32768 # was 4096; Device Drivers -> Block Devices -> Default RAM disk size (kBytes)

-	b) Marvell SATA driver ~~(seems to be necessary)~~	+	b) Marvell SATA driver
	CONFIG_ATA=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA		CONFIG_ATA=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA
-	~~CONFIG_SCSI=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA~~
	CONFIG_SATA_MV=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA -> Marvell SATA support		CONFIG_SATA_MV=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA -> Marvell SATA support

-	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # was m; SCSI, SATA, PATA, USB and more hard disks; Device Drives -> SCSI device support	+	CONFIG_SCSI=y # was m; Device Drivers -> SCSI device support -> SCSI device support
		+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # was m; SCSI, SATA, PATA, USB and more hard disks; Device Drives -> SCSI device support -> SCSI disk support

-	c) Filesystems ~~(seems to be necessary)~~	+	c) Filesystems
	CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # was m; File Systems -> Second Extended fs support		CONFIG_EXT2_FS=y # was m; File Systems -> Second Extended fs support
	CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y # was m; File Systems -> Ext3 journalling fs support		CONFIG_EXT3_FS=y # was m; File Systems -> Ext3 journalling fs support
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	CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS		CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS

-	CONFIG_NLS=y # was m; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support)	+	CONFIG_NLS=y # was m; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support
-	CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y # was m; changed to y; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support -> UTF-8 = *	+	CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y # was m; changed to y; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support -> UTF-8

-	d) Extra information for uname ~~(useful)~~	+	---
-	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-~~maddes.~~freelink # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release	+
		+	z) Additional settings for a Vanilla config (via make ARCH=arm orion5x_defconfig)
		+	CONFIG_MACH_LINKSTATION_PRO=y # was not set; System Type -> Orion Implementations -> Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live
		+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y # was not set; General Setup -> Initial RAM filesystem and RAM disk (initramfs/initrd) support
		+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y # was not set; Device Drivers -> Block Devices -> RAM block device support
		+	</pre>
		+
		+	* Recommended additional settings:
		+	<pre>
		+	a) Extra information for uname, etc.
		+	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-freelink.maddes # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release
	# NOTE!!! Also changes modules directory to /lib/modules/2.6.26-maddes.freelink		# NOTE!!! Also changes modules directory to /lib/modules/2.6.26-maddes.freelink
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string		CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string
		+	</pre>

-	e) Kernel features for embedded devices ~~(seems optional)~~	+	* Additional settings related to embedded devices:
		+	<pre>
		+	a) Kernel features for embedded devices
	CONFIG_PREEMPT=y # was not set; Kernel Features -> Preemptible Kernel; suggested for embedded devices; also selected by Buffalo?		CONFIG_PREEMPT=y # was not set; Kernel Features -> Preemptible Kernel; suggested for embedded devices; also selected by Buffalo?
	CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL=y # was not set; set by PREEMPT		CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL=y # was not set; set by PREEMPT
	CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y # was not set; set by PREEMPT, changed to not set; Kernel Hacking -> Debug preemptible kernel		CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y # was not set; set by PREEMPT, changed to not set; Kernel Hacking -> Debug preemptible kernel

-	~~f) Loop device (don't know, was in my last change for bigger RAM disks)~~	+	b) Allow tweaking of more kernel options
-	~~CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y # was m; Block Devices -> Loopback device support~~	+
-		+
-	g) Allow tweaking of more kernel options	+
	CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y # was not set; allows for more kernel tweaks; General Setup -> Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)		CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y # was not set; allows for more kernel tweaks; General Setup -> Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)
	</pre>		</pre>
-	~~Maybe these can be reduced even more (e.g. PREEMPT, EMBEDDED, BLK_DEV_LOOP).~~

	* Other settings still to be investigated on:		* Other settings still to be investigated on:
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	CONFIG_ARM_VIC=y # was not set		CONFIG_ARM_VIC=y # was not set
	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y # was m		CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y # was m
		+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y # was m; Block Devices -> Loopback device support
	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y # was m		CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y # was m
	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y # was m		CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y # was m

Maddes: typo

Maddes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:25:03 GMT

typo

Maddes: typo

Maddes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:22:34 GMT

typo

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	* For Linkstation:		* For Linkstation:
-	*:Only simple diff between Davy Gravy's config and the vanilla defconfig_orion5x or Debian config would reveal a lot of not mandatory settings (just my guess).	+	*:Only a simple diff between Davy Gravy's config and the vanilla defconfig_orion5x or Debian config would reveal a lot of not mandatory settings (just my guess).
	*:A list of the mandatory settings with some headwords would be great and would make it easier to adopt to newer kernels. And maybe get these even upstream. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)		*:A list of the mandatory settings with some headwords would be great and would make it easier to adopt to newer kernels. And maybe get these even upstream. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

Maddes: Working config for Linkstation Live V2

Maddes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 18:18:25 GMT

Working config for Linkstation Live V2

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	Check out the [http://kernel.xc.net/\|Linux Kernel Configuration Archive] to see what each config setting stands for.		Check out the [http://kernel.xc.net/\|Linux Kernel Configuration Archive] to see what each config setting stands for.

-	* Settings for a booting ~~(=not panic-ing~~ kernel)~~, but which is not working completely~~:	+	* Settings for a booting and working kernel on LS Pro / LS Live V2 (without XFS support):
	<pre>		<pre>
	a) Bigger RAM disks (definitely needed)		a) Bigger RAM disks (definitely needed)
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	CONFIG_SCSI=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA		CONFIG_SCSI=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA
	CONFIG_SATA_MV=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA -> Marvell SATA support		CONFIG_SATA_MV=y # was m; Device Drivers -> Serial ATA -> Marvell SATA support
		+
		+	CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # was m; SCSI, SATA, PATA, USB and more hard disks; Device Drives -> SCSI device support

	c) Filesystems (seems to be necessary)		c) Filesystems (seems to be necessary)
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	CONFIG_JBD=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS		CONFIG_JBD=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS
	CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS		CONFIG_FS_MBCACHE=y # was m; set by EXT3_FS
		+
		+	CONFIG_NLS=y # was m; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support)
		+	CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y # was m; changed to y; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support -> UTF-8 = *

	d) Extra information for uname (useful)		d) Extra information for uname (useful)
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-maddes.freelink # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release		CONFIG_LOCALVERSION=-maddes.freelink # was not set; General Setup -> Local version - append to kernel release
		+	# NOTE!!! Also changes modules directory to /lib/modules/2.6.26-maddes.freelink
	CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string		CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO=y # was not set; General Setup -> Automatically append version information to the version string

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	CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y # was not set; allows for more kernel tweaks; General Setup -> Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)		CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y # was not set; allows for more kernel tweaks; General Setup -> Configure standard kernel features (for small systems)
	</pre>		</pre>
		+	Maybe these can be reduced even more (e.g. PREEMPT, EMBEDDED, BLK_DEV_LOOP).

	* Other settings still to be investigated on:		* Other settings still to be investigated on:
	<pre>		<pre>
-	* Currently investigated:
-	~~CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y # was m; SCSI, SATA, PATA, USB and more hard disks; Device Drives -> SCSI device support~~
-
-	~~CONFIG_NLS=y # was m; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support)~~
-	CONFIG_NLS_UTF8=y # was m; changed to y; File Systems -> Native Langugae Support -> UTF-8 = *
-
-	~~CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" # was "utf8"~~
-	~~CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # was m~~
-	~~CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y # was m~~
-	~~CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y # was m~~
-	~~CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=y # was m~~
-
	* Directly put into the kernel:		* Directly put into the kernel:
	CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE=y # was not set; support for ARM Ltd Versatile board)		CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE=y # was not set; support for ARM Ltd Versatile board)
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	CONFIG_MMC=m # was not set		CONFIG_MMC=m # was not set
	CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK=m # was not set		CONFIG_MMC_BLOCK=m # was not set
		+
		+	* Not necessary changes:
		+	# FAT support, maybe needed when booting from USB or other devices (=not LS Pro / LS Live v2)
		+	CONFIG_NLS_DEFAULT="iso8859-1" # was "utf8"
		+	CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y # was m
		+	CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_850=y # was m
		+	CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y # was m
		+	CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_2=y # was m
	</pre>		</pre>
-	* Settings that seem not to be important:	+	* Settings that seem not to be important for LS Pro / LS Live v2:
	<pre>		<pre>
	* USB:		* USB:

Maddes: Update of config investigation

Maddes — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 15:48:03 GMT

Update of config investigation

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	* For Linkstation:		* For Linkstation:
-	*:Only a simple diff between Davy Gravy's config and the vanilla defconfig_orion5x or Debian config would reveal a lot of ~~not~~ mandatory settings (just my guess).	+	*:Only a simple diff between Davy Gravy's config and the vanilla defconfig_orion5x or Debian config would reveal a lot of non-mandatory settings (just my guess).
	*:A list of the mandatory settings with some headwords would be great and would make it easier to adopt to newer kernels. And maybe get these even upstream. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)		*:A list of the mandatory settings with some headwords would be great and would make it easier to adopt to newer kernels. And maybe get these even upstream. - [[User:Maddes\|Maddes]] 11:05, 28 March 2010 (UTC)

-	* Davy Gravy's Debian kernel works with the modules of the pure Debian Build, so it must be something that has been ~~added~~ into the kernel.	+	* Davy Gravy's Debian kernel works with the modules of the pure Debian Build, so it must be something that has been put into the kernel directly.


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	<pre>		<pre>
	* Directly put into the kernel:		* Directly put into the kernel:
-	CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE=y # was not set; support for ARM Ltd Versatile board)	+	CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE=y # was not set; support for ARM Ltd Versatile board
-	CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE_PB=y # was not set; support for the ARM(R) Versatile/PB platform)	+	CONFIG_ARCH_VERSATILE_PB=y # was not set; support for the ARM(R) Versatile/PB platform
	CONFIG_ARM_AMBA=y # was not set		CONFIG_ARM_AMBA=y # was not set
	CONFIG_ARM_VIC=y # was not set		CONFIG_ARM_VIC=y # was not set
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	CONFIG_USER_SCHED=y # was not set		CONFIG_USER_SCHED=y # was not set
	CONFIG_ZD1211RW_DEBUG=y # was not set		CONFIG_ZD1211RW_DEBUG=y # was not set
-	CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y # was m; via IPv6, IPNet, etc.)	+	CONFIG_ZLIB_DEFLATE=y # was m; via IPv6, IPNet, etc.
-	CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y # was m; via IPv6, IPNet, etc.)	+	CONFIG_ZLIB_INFLATE=y # was m; via IPv6, IPNet, etc.

	* Modules:		* Modules:

Talk:Buffalo ARM9 Kernel Port - Revision history

Speeddymon at 04:30, 21 March 2011

Speeddymon at 04:19, 21 March 2011

Speeddymon: /* Terastation also */ new section

Maddes: Typo

Maddes: Previous analysis was *not* based on Davy Gravy's 2.6.26. This time it is. Sorry.

Maddes: could reduce mandatory settings; also added mandatory settings when using a Vanilla config

Maddes: typo

Maddes: typo

Maddes: Working config for Linkstation Live V2

Maddes: Update of config investigation

Maddes: Previous analysis was not based on Davy Gravy's 2.6.26. This time it is. Sorry.