thanks! we all learn a lot of concepts. and here in São Paulo, Brazil we have one street name Santa Ephigenia that have these cheap dns3xx. thanks for your references too.
2012/2/25, Jamie Lentin <j...@lentin.co.uk>: > On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Matt Palmer wrote: > >> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:40:35AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote: >>> I just saw a guy selling a D-Link DNS-320 and, according to D-Link >>> themselves, these devices run Linux. Looking on the Linux kernel tree >>> I see that there is a file called dns323-setup.c (for the 323), but >>> there is no mention of the 320. >> >> Well, the hardware's somewhat different to the 323, but not hugely so -- >> looking at http://jamie.lentin.co.uk/devices/dlink-dns325/ (down in >> "Userland configuration") it looks like the LEDs are already supported, >> which suggests someone's got most of the important bits squared away. > > The DNS-320 and DNS-325 should be fully supported after applying the > kernel patch on that page. My NASes are stable and few other people have > tried with success too. I have submitted it to the linux-arm mailing list > in the hopes of getting something in mainline, but it's not generating > much interest. > >> Looking at the specs at http://jamie.lentin.co.uk/devices/dlink-dns325/, >> I'd >> go the 325 if it's not absurdly more expensive -- it's closer to the 323 >> in >> anciliary hardware (eg fan controller, which took some driver hacking to >> get >> working on the 323, but now it works fine), and has more RAM and CPU >> speed. > > The DNS-325 is generally absurdly more expensive, up to double the > price---I got mine cheap, fortunately. Most of this goes towards a fancier > case. The only real difference in ancillary hardware is the temperature > sensor, which is attached to ttyS1 on the DNS-320. > >>> So, my question is: are there successful reports of people using the >>> DNS-320? Some googling seems to indicate so, but I don't know which >>> kernel would be appropriate, if everything works correctly etc. >> >> It's always a bit of an adventure. In my experience, you'll get a pile of >> dud advice on the Internet, the only way forward is to buy one and give it >> a >> try. > > I'm happy with both of them, especially given how cheap they are. You will > need to be reasonably happy wielding a soldering iron and compiling > kernels to get Debian installed, but that's all part of the fun :) > > Hopefully my advice isn't entirely dud, but I wouldn't be surprised if > I've missed out various important points on the way. Let me know if you do > get one and decide to try. > >> >> - Matt >> > > -- > Jamie Lentin -- gilberto dos santos alves +55.11.8646-5049 são paulo - sp - brasil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cap9g-n+mhoadszrvg1bnth57aoo6t23ead9m0+2vr1ueoyv...@mail.gmail.com
