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DSM-G600: Revision 14
Collection of some hints about Debian installation on my D-Link DSM-G600:
{toc: } ^ firmware (kernel+busybox) It will fix various problems, including, but not limited to, problems with web interface in firefox. http://download.dsmg600.info/people/sala/fwimage-04-sala-20070128 I tried to build firmware from source, but had various problems with building gcc. Thet are mostly related to gdb, but after a few random patches it passed compilation (but is broken, because I just commented offending lines). ^^ usbfs I also want usbfs which generate compilation errors because of missing files in `include/linux/usbdevice_fs.h` .pre #define USBDEVFS_DISCONNECT _IO('U', 22) #define USBDEVFS_CONNECT _IO('U', 23) .pre I copied them from current 2.6 kernel and this made it compile. ^ Debian installation Based on "instructions on wiki"<http://dsmg600.info/howto:chroot_debian> and "post on forum"<http://forum.dsmg600.info/t17-Debian-howto.html> .pre cd /mnt/HD_a2 export DEBOOTSTRAP_DIR=`pwd`/usr/lib/debootstrap export PATH=$PATH:/mnt/HD_a2/bin:/mnt/HD_a2/sbin ./usr/sbin/debootstrap --arch powerpc etch /mnt/HD_a2/debian http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian cp /etc/resolv.conf /mnt/HD_a2/debian/etc/resolv.conf # prepare chroot jail mount -t proc proc /mnt/HD_a2/debian/proc cd /mnt/HD_a2/ ./chroot /mnt/HD_a2/debian /bin/bash # install additional packages apt-get update apt-get install locales dpkg-reconfigure locales passwd root apt-get install dropbear hotplug .pre ^ USB printer Kernel module for USB printers for 2.4.21-pre4 kernel: {file: printer.o} After installation of `cupsys` and `foomatic` all went smoothly, USB printer ("Samsung ML-2510"<http://openprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Samsung-ML-2510>) was found and configured automatically. There are a few more details in "this forum thread"<http://forum.dsmg600.info/t105-Printing.html>. ^ Kernel 2.6 I have a creazy idea: this device *should* run 2.6! So, here is my work in progress... According to "patches for kurobox"<http://genbako.vodapone.com/> which is quite similar to our hardware, there isn't any changes in current upstream version execept for missing drivers. For DSM G600 that boils town to "IP1000"<http://www.icplus.com.tw/driver-pp-IP1000A.html> network driver, which still isn't in mainland, but seems to be referenced on LKLM as possible inclusion. * patch against upstream 2.6.21.1 {file: linux-2.6.21.1-dsmg600.diff.gz} (adds IP1000A driver for LAN, wifi missing) ^^ Compilation notes: Compile kernel and convert it to binary format for "loader.o"<http://download.dsmg600.info/people/sala/loader.o>: .pre . env.sh make powerpc-linux-objcopy -O binary vmlinux scp vmlinux disk:/tmp/ .pre Then try out your kernel on DSM: .pre cd /mnt/HD_a2 && sync && insmod /mnt/HD_a2/loader.o kernel=/mnt/HD_a2/debian/tmp/vmlinux .pre Please note that *you must use full path* to kernel binary. Also note that all paths are customized for my particular device (to help with copy/paste :-) |