On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:53:26AM +0100, u7l1...@mail.lrz-muenchen.de wrote:
> If I understand the Excito documentation correctly, the B3 is based on
> Squeeze and runs standard Debian packages.
>
> So, from a naive user's perspective, what would be the advantage of a
> "native pure Debian" syste
Le jeudi 27 janvier 2011, u7l1...@mail.lrz-muenchen.de a écrit :
> If I understand the Excito documentation correctly, the B3 is based on
> Squeeze and runs standard Debian packages.
That is right, except the kernel and the web-based interface.
> So, from a naive user's perspective, what would be
Tanguy Ortolo writes:
Hi,
> Le jeudi 27 janvier 2011, Martin Michlmayr a écrit :
>> * Tanguy Ortolo [2011-01-26 12:25]:
>> > Thanks, it already has one:
>> > bubba3 MACH_BUBBA3 BUBBA3 2893
>> > (Bubba is the old name for Excito home servers: Bubba and Bubba|2, the
>> >
> Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> My point is not to get a custom Debian running on a given B3, as it is
> in fact already the case for all the B3 sold, as they come with a custom
> Debian, but rather to make them natively supported by pure Debian.
If I understand the Excito documentation correctly, the B3
Le jeudi 27 janvier 2011, Martin Michlmayr a écrit :
> * Tanguy Ortolo [2011-01-26 12:25]:
> > Thanks, it already has one:
> > bubba3 MACH_BUBBA3 BUBBA3 2893
> > (Bubba is the old name for Excito home servers: Bubba and Bubba|2, the
> > third model's marketing name having
On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 09:04:04AM +1000, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> It's mostly for historical reasons - it works and there's no obvious
> reason to change.
echoing binary is a big ugly perhaps. devio takes hex input and outputs
binary nicely.
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* Matthew Palmer [2011-01-26 22:14]:
> > I have some questions about that: 1. Why using devio at all, would
> > not it be easier to use echo?
> I'm *guessing* it's for readability, but honestly I have no idea. Martin
> Michlmayr is probably the go-to guy for that sort of thing.
It's mostly for h
* Tanguy Ortolo [2011-01-26 12:25]:
> Thanks, it already has one:
> bubba3 MACH_BUBBA3 BUBBA3 2893
> (Bubba is the old name for Excito home servers: Bubba and Bubba|2, the
> third model's marketing name having been shortened to B3)
While there's a machine id, there's no
Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011, Wookey a écrit :
> The list is available here:
> http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/
>
> The excito B3 is not listed under that name but then things are
> usually under some kind of dev name, not the final marketing name
Sure: it is named “Bubba3”, id 2893
Hi all!
On Wednesday 26 January 2011 12:14:01 Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:43:12AM +0100, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
...
>
> > 2. How can such a kernel, prepended with some bytes, be
> >bootable at all, as this shifts its entry point and all its data?
>
> That's an excellent
+++ Tanguy Ortolo [2011-01-26 11:43 +0100]:
> 3. Where are these machine ids defined in the kernel? I hope Excito B3
>are already known…
The list is available here:
http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/
The excito B3 is not listed under that name but then things are
usually under s
Hi,
On Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2011, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> > 2. How can such a kernel, prepended with some bytes, be
> >bootable at all, as this shifts its entry point and all its data?
> That's an excellent question. I kinda assumed that the bytes were actually
> ARM machine code, but I've ne
Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011, Matthew Palmer a écrit :
>> 3. Where are these machine ids defined in the kernel? I hope Excito B3
>>are already known???
>
> I believe the file of interest is arch/arm/tools/mach-types. Depending on
> whether the device is actually the same hardware as another, i
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:43:12AM +0100, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> Now, I have questions about the machine id. In flash-kernel, this is a
> number that is prepended to the kernel before creating the uImage. For
> instance, for "Buffalo Linkstation Pro/Live":
> kfile="/boot/vmlinuz-$kvers"
> #
Le mercredi 26 janvier 2011, Matthew Palmer a écrit :
> You may get some ideas of things that need to be done from a lengthy blog
> article I wrote about my experiences porting d-i to the DNS-323:
> http://hezmatt.org/~mpalmer/blog/general/porting_d-i_to_the_dns_323.html
Nice, thank you. This conf
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:51:35AM +0100, Tanguy Ortolo wrote:
> So I think porting Debian simply means adapting flash-kernel to install
> the uImage to the right path, and building installation images for USB
> drives. I will have some questions about flash-kernel and devio, but I
> shall ask them
Hello,
I am considering to try and port Debian to the Excito B3 [1]. This is a
small size, low consuption, Marvell Kirkwood-based home server.
[1] http://www.excito.com/bubba/products/overview.html
B3s are provided with a pre-installed custom Debian, with a custom
kernel and a specific web-b
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