Seems that these boards have u-boot as bootloader so you should can upload your firms to RAM and boot them in it.
2014-04-06 1:30 GMT+02:00, Luis E. Garcia <l...@bitamins.net>: > Constantine, > The JP1 headers are present on the N900 just as they are on the N750. > I'll put a copy of the boot output on the console next week. > > The original firmware for these devices seems to be linux based ( the GPL > code from the manufacturer ). > I've used the recovery procedure to install my custom version of the > original firmware on my N900. > The WD MyNet range are really developer friendly and very hard to brick. > > Regards, > Luis E. Garcia > > > On Sat, Apr 5, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Constantine A. Murenin > <muren...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi Luis, >> >> I'm also interested in trying out the waters by porting OpenWrt over. >> I've noticed reports that WD My Net routers appear to be >> developer-friendly -- according to the reports like >> https://wikidevi.com/wiki/Western_Digital_My_Net_N750, the models sold >> to end-users still do have the serial header present (JP1 on N750); >> and also have the special recovery procedure from a failed firmware >> update (http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n900#recovery.procedure and >> >> http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9618/~/how-to-recover-a-my-net-router-from-a-failed-firmware-update >> ). >> >> Do you at all know if the recovery procedure could be used to test out >> custom firmwares without the possibility of bricking the device? >> >> Cheers, >> Constantine. >> >> On 3 April 2014 14:31, Luis E. Garcia <l...@bitamins.net> wrote: >> > Constantine, >> > I'm looking into porting OpenWRT to the WD MyNet N900. >> > Since the IP8K has an mmu it should be able to compile without too much >> > issues. >> > I'm currently trying to get the toolchain from trunk to work. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Luis E. Garcia >> > >> > >> > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:55 AM, José Vázquez <ppvazquez...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> 2014-04-03 6:58 GMT+02:00, Constantine A. Murenin >> >> <muren...@gmail.com>: >> >> > Hello, >> >> > >> >> > It has come to my attention that the recently discontinued WD My Net >> >> > line of dual-band routers is just about the best bang for the buck >> >> > -- >> >> > they're currently selling N900 (w/ 8x GigE and 256MB of RAM) for >> >> > 49,99 >> >> > USD at Staples, or 39,99 USD if you order it in person from the >> >> > store >> >> > with the 20% in-store coupon, off from the original price of 149,99 >> >> > USD. This firesale appears to come and go since late 2013, even >> >> > before the whole line was discontinued in early 2014 (for example, >> >> > Staples still appears to have some N750 left, but it's not on sale >> >> > this week, unlike N900). >> >> > >> >> > http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/wd/n900 >> >> > >> >> > >> http://www.staples.com/WD-My-Net-N900-HD-Dual-Band-Router/product_937135 >> >> > >> >> > However, N900 it's not supported by OpenWRT -- the whole Ubicom IP8K >> >> > platform is not supported. >> >> > >> >> > Is there a reason for that? >> >> > >> >> > What would it take to add the support? >> >> > >> >> > WD My Net N900 looks like just about the best piece of hardware over >> >> > at http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/start list, this repeated firesale >> >> > price of 39,99 USD is just insane and is easily 3x less than the >> >> > competition -- might be a good motivator for adding support to >> >> > OpenWRT. >> >> > >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > Constantine. >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> > openwrt-devel mailing list >> >> > openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org >> >> > https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> >> > >> >> AFAIK ubicom32 was deprecated because it was hard to maintain, need a >> >> different toolchain, ip6k and ip5k had not mmu and some other things. >> >> IP8k seems to have mmu and some interesting features, but still has >> >> its own architecture. >> >> Take a look at this link to check the status: >> >> >> >> >> https://dev.openwrt.org/browser/branches/attitude_adjustment/target/linux/ubicom32 >> >> The GCC version is 4.4.7. >> >> >> >> Regards: >> >> >> >> Pepe >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> openwrt-devel mailing list >> >> openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org >> >> https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel >> > _______________________________________________ openwrt-devel mailing list openwrt-devel@lists.openwrt.org https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-devel
