Re: guruplug: uap access point possibilities

2010-05-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
On 05/18/2010 08:41 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > * there is a corresponding userspace utility /usr/bin/uaputl, which > enables setting of certain features of that driver. For interested folks, though i haven't been able to find any sources for uaputl, it doesn't look terribly complex: stra

guruplug: uap access point possibilities

2010-05-18 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
hey folks-- i finally got the guruplug i ordered from globalscale technologies. It ships with debian lenny plus a special kernel, which is nice. I'm curious about what's not quite in debian yet, though: * there appears to be a special driver (uap8xxx.ko) for the "micro access point" -- the abi

Important note for QNAP TS-11x/TS-21x users re mtd5 partition

2010-05-18 Thread Martin Michlmayr
Summary: On some QNAP TS-11x/TS-21x devices, it's possible to overwrite the mtd5 flash partition (the "NAS Config" partition, where some info is stored, most notably the MAC address of the device). This happens if you: - have a QNAP device with an old version of u-boot - use the recovery mode ac

Re: John Holland's eSATA support for the Sheevaplug

2010-05-18 Thread Björn Wetterbom
> I just aked on IRC and was told that the latest blocker was #572618, > which was fixed in the kernel upload done yesterday.  So hopefully the > kernel will move to squeeze soon and then we can update the installer. Can you please announce on the list when this happens. I'm considering an nslu2-t

Re: John Holland's eSATA support for the Sheevaplug

2010-05-18 Thread Rob Holland
On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I just aked on IRC and was told that the latest blocker was #572618, > which was fixed in the kernel upload done yesterday.  So hopefully the > kernel will move to squeeze soon and then we can update the installer. Ok, thanks :) Rob

Re: John Holland's eSATA support for the Sheevaplug

2010-05-18 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Rob Holland [2010-05-18 11:13]: > Does anyone know when John's eSATA work is likely to be in Squeeze? > > Last reference I can find is: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2010/02/msg00140.html > from which I inferred the stuff would have landed by now, but it hasn't. The problem is that I ap

John Holland's eSATA support for the Sheevaplug

2010-05-18 Thread Rob Holland
Hey, Does anyone know when John's eSATA work is likely to be in Squeeze? Last reference I can find is: http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2010/02/msg00140.html from which I inferred the stuff would have landed by now, but it hasn't. Thanks, Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ..