Debian on Synology DS215j
Posted by ZooMoo
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Re: Debian on Synology DS215j May 09, 2025 12:00AM |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 19,612 |
ZooMoo,
I did not have any luck requesting anything from Marvell in the past. I have most of the datasheets for the more popular Marvell SoCs, just not this Armada 375 SoC.
Developers' interest seem to stop cold after the reference board (armada-375-db) was mainline.
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I did not have any luck requesting anything from Marvell in the past. I have most of the datasheets for the more popular Marvell SoCs, just not this Armada 375 SoC.
Developers' interest seem to stop cold after the reference board (armada-375-db) was mainline.
-bodhi
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Re: Debian on Synology DS215j May 09, 2025 02:13AM |
Registered: 4 months ago Posts: 43 |
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Re: Debian on Synology DS215j May 09, 2025 02:41PM |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 19,612 |
ZooMoo,
> What is the latest SoC / NAS you'd recommend
> that's supported?
I don't know much about the latest models in the market. I have a few Synolgy DS116 (1-bay) and Thecus N2350 (2-bay) and I like both, especially the DS116. I'm supporting these here.
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> What is the latest SoC / NAS you'd recommend
> that's supported?
I don't know much about the latest models in the market. I have a few Synolgy DS116 (1-bay) and Thecus N2350 (2-bay) and I like both, especially the DS116. I'm supporting these here.
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Re: Debian on Synology DS215j May 17, 2025 04:19AM |
Registered: 4 months ago Posts: 43 |
Thanks Bodhi, I've been looking around and not much shows up.
Going back to the DS215j, I want to try to compile and use the Synology DSM kernel (v3.2.4) with your Debian DeBootstrap install.
How do I compile a kernel from source and use it within a Debian Debootstrap install. I guess I'll need some of Synologies custom libraries, but I'm not sure
I've searched online and I could not find anything for this use-case.
I'd need to cross-compile it, but I hope there is some advice or a guide that makes this more clear.
Going back to the DS215j, I want to try to compile and use the Synology DSM kernel (v3.2.4) with your Debian DeBootstrap install.
How do I compile a kernel from source and use it within a Debian Debootstrap install. I guess I'll need some of Synologies custom libraries, but I'm not sure
I've searched online and I could not find anything for this use-case.
I'd need to cross-compile it, but I hope there is some advice or a guide that makes this more clear.
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Re: Debian on Synology DS215j May 17, 2025 02:58PM |
Admin Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 19,612 |
ZooMoo,
> How do I compile a kernel from source and use it
> within a Debian Debootstrap install. I guess I'll
> need some of Synologies custom libraries, but I'm
> not sure
>
> I've searched online and I could not find anything
> for this use-case.
>
> I'd need to cross-compile it, but I hope there is
> some advice or a guide that makes this more clear.
There are numerous tutorials on the net about how to build Debian system using debootstrap. For example, see Debian site:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
Building custom kernels is needed when Debian does not have support for a specific board. Or the official Debian kernel does not provide all capabilities that you need. That's what I provided here for the Marvell Kirkwoodd SoCs and Armada SoCs. You can also easily find many tutorials on the net about compiling Linux kernel. For example, to cross compile, look for Linaro toolchain.
Sorry, I won't provide hand-on tutorials here, it would take too much of my time. My own policy here is I will only help with something that you cannot find anywhere else.
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> How do I compile a kernel from source and use it
> within a Debian Debootstrap install. I guess I'll
> need some of Synologies custom libraries, but I'm
> not sure
>
> I've searched online and I could not find anything
> for this use-case.
>
> I'd need to cross-compile it, but I hope there is
> some advice or a guide that makes this more clear.
There are numerous tutorials on the net about how to build Debian system using debootstrap. For example, see Debian site:
https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap
Building custom kernels is needed when Debian does not have support for a specific board. Or the official Debian kernel does not provide all capabilities that you need. That's what I provided here for the Marvell Kirkwoodd SoCs and Armada SoCs. You can also easily find many tutorials on the net about compiling Linux kernel. For example, to cross compile, look for Linaro toolchain.
Sorry, I won't provide hand-on tutorials here, it would take too much of my time. My own policy here is I will only help with something that you cannot find anywhere else.
-bodhi
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