Linux Kernel 6.8.7 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs
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Linux Kernel 6.8.x MVEBU package and Debian rootfs for Zyxel NAS326, WD MyCloud EX4100, WD My Cloud Mirror Gen 2, Thecus N2350, Dell Wyse T50/T10, HP T5335z, Chip PC LXD8941, GTI Mirabox (special kernel, see installation below), Synology RS816/DS218j, Linksys WRT1900AC v1, WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra, Netgear RN102 (special kernel, see installation below), Synology DS116, RTNAS V3, Shuttle Omninas KS10, Ctera C200 V2 (special kernel, see installation instruction below), Synology DS214, Dell Wyse 3020, Netgear RN2120, Synology DS216, and other MVEBU Armada and MMP3 NAS in Linux mainline (armada-xp, armada-39x, armada-38x, armada-37x).
If you try this kernel and rootfs with other Marvell MVEBU Armada and MMP3 boards please report your finding so it can be added to list of support boxes.
Latest released kernel: linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (19 Apr 2024)
Latest released rootfs: Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (16 Dec 2023)
Note: If this is your first time installation, then you need rootfs Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (this has kernel 6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 already installed). Please scroll down to the 16 Dec 2021 section to install this rootfs. After you've booted the box with this rootfs, you can proceed to install the latest kernel.
Installation Instruction for specific boxes:
Zyxel NAS326 (Armada 380) Installation: see this thread.
WD My Cloud EX2100 (Armada 385) Installation: see this thread.
GlobalScale Technologies Mirabox (Armada 370) Installation: see this thread
Thecus N2350 (Armada 385) Installation: see this thread.
Synolgy RS816 (Armada 385) Installation: see Installation with USB rootfs (Section I). And see Installation with HDD rootfs (Section II).
Netgear RN102 and RN104 (Armada 370) Installation: see this thread
Synolgy DS116 (Armada 385) Installation: see Installation with USB rootfs (Section I). And see Installation with HDD rootfs (Section II)
HP Thin Client T5335z and Dell Wyse T10/T50 (Armada 510, aka Dove) Installation: see this thread for T5335z and also this thread for Wyse T10/T50.
WD MyCloud Gen2 (Glacier, Armada 375) Installation: see this post (work-in-progress)
Ctera C200 V2 (Armada 370) Installation & Kernel Upgrade: see this post.
Synology DS214 (Armada XP) Installation:see this post
Netgear RN2120 Installation: See this thread
Summary description:
The released tarball linux-x.xx.x-mvebu-tld-x-bodhi.tar.bz2 includes everything you need to build your own kernel from mainline kernel source tree (patches and config file are all that needed). The kernel image is included in it for users who just want to install kernel.
The released tarball Debian-x.xx.x-mvebu-tld-xx-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 is a basic armhf rootfs (a completed Debian system with kernel already installed) for Marvell EBU (MVEBU) boxes ready to be used. It is a basic system where you can build upon by installing packages. This rootfs was created by Debian debootstrap and then a few packages were installed for user’s convenience. This rootfs is dedicated for the purpose of upgrading and release distribution.
Credits:
- Thanks to rr4m, hean01, musv, Kirsch, and others who developed and tested in Zyxel NAS326 - Debian / Boot from USB thread. In this thread, a lot of good works have been done to build a basic kernel for Ubuntu server, Arch, and Gentoo.
- Thanks to saschadd and hmartin who have contributed in testing, and investigation in: Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100. The installation instruction for this box will be available in the future.
- Thanks to MM and Peacemaker who have developed and tested the mcm-daemon in: WD MyCloud Mirror Gen2 (BWVZ, GrandTeton). I plan to investigate and make use of MM and Peacemaker works, hopefully for all of WD Mycloud boxes.
- Thanks to mcmg2 and hmartin who have contributed in testing and investigation in: WD My Cloud Mirror Gen2 u-boot. The installation instruction for this box will be available in the future.
- Thanks to hmartin who has contributed in developing, testing, and investigation in: Debian on WD MyCloud EX2100. The installation instruction for this box is available in the top of this post.
- Thanks to Manuel (lordzahl) who has collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Thecus N2350 box in Debian Installation on Thecus N2350 (Marvell Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in developing, research, and testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse T50/T10 box in Debian on Dell Wyse T10 / T50.
- Thanks to Koen and Gravelrash who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the HP T5335z box in Debian on HP Thin Client T5335z.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the Chip PC LXD8941 box in Debian on Chip PC LXD8941.
- Thanks to Richard and Zifxify who have collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Synology RS816 box in Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
- Thanks fsonnlei for all the works in testing to bring up the Linksys WRT1900AC box.
- Thanks osa for working on the new DTS for this box to boot with the Glacier model variation for MyCloud Gen2.
- Thanks vzhilov, dtd.2512, CyberPK, mcmg2 for the works in testing to finalize the DTS for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra. And Storm for the finding about MBR vs GPT for the WD MyCloud Ex2 here.. Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra that nobody has encountered before.
- Thanks whitepawn and tme for all the testing efforts to bring up the Netgear RN102 box.
- Thanks bonk1990 for all the testing efforts to bring up the Synology DS116
- Thanks osa for installation efforts to bring up WD MyCloud Gen2 (Glacier, Armada 375)
- Thanks wacke for supporting RTNAS V3 (Armada 370) box. And also see the modified stock u-boot image here (needed to boot Debian).
- Thanks salahuddin for bring up the Synology DS218j.
- Thanks Mijzelf for the effort bring up the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
- Thanks chkdsk88 for the effort to bring up the Ctera C200 V2 (Armada 370). see this post .
- Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra that nobody has encountered before.
- Thanks Martin (lonestar) for the effort to bring up the Synology DS214.
- Thanks spiderdijon for the efforts to bring up the Netgear ReadyNAS RN2120.
- Thanks Robin for the efforts to bring up the Synology DS216.
- Thanks Mischif, kaze, and gravelrash, mmm, and ksuszka for doing all the testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse 3020.
========================================================================
Updated 19 Apr 2024:
Kernel 6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for Synology DS216.
- Reconfigure SENSORS_W83795, NLS_ISO8859_1, NLS_ISO8859_2,Overlay_fs to loadable module to shrink kernel size
- Minor binding changes in DTS for Synology RS816, Synology DS218j, and Thecus N2350.
Credits:
- Thanks Robin for the efforts to bring up the Synology DS216.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 23 Feb 2024:
Kernel 6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for booting with eMMC rootfs.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 16 Dec 2023:
Rootfs Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian bookworm armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 295MB
- install size: 777MB
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see Note 5 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, libubootenv-tool, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs. This step should be done at Linux command line using fdisk, mkfs.ext3 (don't use GUI or gparted). Once you have booted the box, then you could try GPT partition and/or Ext4 (Ext4 might work for some MVEBU box).
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. Go to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
4. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
5. Sync, umount, and Done.
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 3). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction are provided at the top of this thread for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Notes 1-7 below.
Note 1. (Strongly Recommended):
To keep the rootfs extremely basic and small, there is no swap space set up for it. The first thing you should do after the 1st boot is to set up a swap file to make the system run better. In fact, system upgrades oftently fail to run without swap. Please see here for instruction how to do that.
Note 2. (Optional):
The rootfs will automatically generate new SSH keys at 1st boot (see /etc/rc.local). However, if you would like to generate the keys again then do:
Note 3. (Optional):
Update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates (if the installation is done at a much later date than the time of this release).
Check the system clock to make sure it is the current time before upgrade (boxes without RTC is using NTP so quite slow to update the clock).
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
Note 4. (Optional):
Some network environment is not very robust in propagating the host name advertised by avahi. If you cannot find the host name (debian.local) of this rootfs in your network, or you cannot find the other hosts by name, you need to install libnss-mdns.
Note 5. (Optional):
Note 5.1. To boot with systemd
After loged into Debian, run:
- For example,
Note 5.2. To boot back to sysvinit
Reverse the env setting (there is no need to remove systemd, you can switch back and forth from/to sysvinit and systemd):
Note 6. Persistent MAC address (Optional):
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then chmod this script to non-executable.
Note 7. Shrink initramfs to smaller size (Optional):
In Debian bookworm, the default compression is zstd. However, to keep it simple, the initramfs (initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1) in this rootfs was compressed using gzip, which is perfectly OK. If you need to have a smaller initramfs (for example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition), see here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs.
Note 8. Ethernet Naming Issue (Optional):
In Debian 12.4, the ethernet "Predictable Names" scheme is enabled. So the ethernet device assigned is no longer "eth0", but is "end0". This "predictable naming" scheme broke a lot of existing applications that still relying on "eth0" is the network device name. So in this rootfs, the network is renamed to the way it was in /etc/network/interfaces.
cat /etc/network/interfaces
There are also many other ways to force the eth0 name. However, it is more cumbersome to do than just watching out for this file being changed by OMV or other major apps installation. Also, other methods might not survive a future Debian upgrade :)
========================================================================
Updated 21 Nov 2023:
Kernel 6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Fixed NAND driver problem for ZyXEL NAS326. This was the indirect cause for the random MAC address issue.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 21 Oct 2023:
Kernel 6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add GPIO SPI (CONFIG_GPIO_74X164) for Iomega ix4-300d
- Add eMMC and SD card for Chip PC LXD8941
Warning: If you have the ZyXEL NAS326 NAS please stay with kernel 6.4.11. There is some problem with NAND controller in this NAS326 box running this kernel.. Other MVEBU boxes seem to be fine. The problem is in mainline kernel, so I will fix this at a later kernel version. Update: I've fixed this problem for the NAS326, probably will release the kernel 6.6.x-mvebu-tld-1 a bit earlier than my usual time.
Credits:
-Thanks Ray for adding support for eMMC and SD card for Chip PC LXD8941
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 21 Aug 2023:
Kernel 6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Added supports for docker (SECCOMP, SECCOMP_FILTER, CGROUP_BPF, BPFILTER).
- Removed support for running old binaries (OABI_COMPAT).
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 02 Jun 2023:
Kernel 6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
Warning: PCI is broken (in mainline Linux) therefore it might be problematic (also USB 3.0 is broken only if it is on PCI bus). Also, for boxes with 4 SATA slots (2 slots are usually PCI, so 2 of the SATA slots wil not work). Please stay with kernel 6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 for now if you need these capabilities.
- General kernel upgrade. Some code and DTS rebase were needed in the patch.
- Add support for Mavell MMP3 SoC (CONFIG_ARCH_MMP and assiocated configs).
- Add support for Dell Wyse 3020. For the latest DTB (updated after this kernel has been released, see here).
-Add CONFIG_SENSORS_W83795 for Thecus N2350
Credits:
- Thanks Mischif for doing all the testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse 3020.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 26 Mar 2023:
Kernel 6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Added LCD display capabilty for Netgear RN104 (thanks Trond for testing).
- Added USBIP
- Added 2nd SATA port for Synology RS816 (thanks emvivre for testing).
- Added SPI lock to mx25l3205d
- Moved FAT file ssytem to loadable module.
- Removed Marvell BERLIN SoC.
- Disabled FTRACE (stack trace is still enable).
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
8b11cb40c5c362d24a5981fd7020e348
sha256:
91e9c50a6c5173c3c086c3db48e6dec7e39b2333a8f297910afd768437363329
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 25 Jan 2023:
Kernel 6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for Synology DS214.
- Added USER_NS and MEMCG
- Updated Globalscale D2Plug DTS to fix SPI flash initialization.
- Moved EXFAT_FS and UBIFS_FS to loadable module (if you are running UBIFS rootfs, please post feedbacks).
- Updated Netgear RN102 and RN104 DTS to add eSATA capability.
Credits:
- Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
- Thanks Martin (lonestar) for the effort to bring up the Synology DS214.
- Thanks Trond Melen (tme) for working on eSATA booting on Netgear RN102 and RN104.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
3b72df24f6e934b6c950aa0bd6baa592
sha256:
8b7d0ed43d8b01b2aa8ad49629c8a82c8d386179da01fb0b55beb995d8000cc2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 09 Nov 2022:
Kernel 6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
bfb1d7cf103f501b991e21b9886db4f6
sha256:
dcf50e17352f7d84ab606abdef374ec0d3db1c39b242c6ae7924b7283edc3ead
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
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Updated 22 Aug 2022:
Kernel 5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Please let me know if this link does not work for you at your location)
md5:
c84328b5def603e96d6cdc2c96719e96 linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
748f2dd419ae8a5399bce4276242d253cc1591b3e18b918259668882c3707e67 linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 27 Jun 2022:
Kernel 5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (please let me know if this link does not work for you from your location)
md5:
bf5dc3f7b62c1d8e5a3cb599235681e4 linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
300374e64c4eb4a8a8afe3b88d2fb43adf37a4dc0fcc5beaa0b225a1462b57e2 linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 20 Apr 2022:
Kernel 5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
533e94848a8f50d3b572c81f6d0fe3b4
sha256:
2a35fe907d438a16cd3a5b1dc5f942e34b63e18adb690d60ff2ee4af44522e3b
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
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Some older kernel were removed here.
========================================================================
Updated 28 Sept 2021:
Rootfs Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian bullseye armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 268M
- install size: 764M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see Note 5 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, libubootenv-tool, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Important Correction:
There was an obsolete source in /etc/apt/source.list. Please change the old security repo in the rootfs to:
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Shorten bitly link)
Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Direct Dropbox URL)
md5:
ed620916e376a3b3fa58594e8efccaa1
sha256:
7579b8d41f8fac2cb030c0cfe9ecc91bf4dc90682b7a013683e0c28c5bdd8523
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs (Ext4 might work for some MVEBU box).
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
4. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
5. Sync, umount, and Done.
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 3). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction are provided at the top of this thread for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Notes 1-6 below.
Note 1 (Strongly Recommended):
To keep the rootfs extremely basic and small, there is no swap space set up for it. The first thing you should do after the 1st boot is to set up a swap file to make the system run better. In fact, system upgrades oftently fail to run without swap. Please see here for instruction how to do that.
Note 2 (Optional):
The rootfs will automatically generate new SSH keys at 1st boot (see /etc/rc.local). However, if you would like to generate the keys again then do:
Note 3 (Optional):
Update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates (if the installation is done at a much later date than the time of this release).
Check the system clock to make sure it is the current time (boxes without RTC is using NTP so quite slow to update the clock).
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
Note 4 (Optional):
Some network environment is not very robust in propagating the host name advertised by avahi. If you cannot find the host name of this rootfs in your network, you might need to install libnss-mdns.
Note 5 (Optional):
To boot with systemd, add parameter init=/bin/systemd to your u-boot env bootargs (beware that in later Debian distribution, the location of systemd binary might have changed).
- For example,
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
Note 6 (Optional):
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then remove or rename this script.
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Please see next post for older kernel releases.
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-bodhi
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If you try this kernel and rootfs with other Marvell MVEBU Armada and MMP3 boards please report your finding so it can be added to list of support boxes.
Latest released kernel: linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (19 Apr 2024)
Latest released rootfs: Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (16 Dec 2023)
Note: If this is your first time installation, then you need rootfs Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (this has kernel 6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 already installed). Please scroll down to the 16 Dec 2021 section to install this rootfs. After you've booted the box with this rootfs, you can proceed to install the latest kernel.
Installation Instruction for specific boxes:
Zyxel NAS326 (Armada 380) Installation: see this thread.
WD My Cloud EX2100 (Armada 385) Installation: see this thread.
GlobalScale Technologies Mirabox (Armada 370) Installation: see this thread
Thecus N2350 (Armada 385) Installation: see this thread.
Synolgy RS816 (Armada 385) Installation: see Installation with USB rootfs (Section I). And see Installation with HDD rootfs (Section II).
Netgear RN102 and RN104 (Armada 370) Installation: see this thread
Synolgy DS116 (Armada 385) Installation: see Installation with USB rootfs (Section I). And see Installation with HDD rootfs (Section II)
HP Thin Client T5335z and Dell Wyse T10/T50 (Armada 510, aka Dove) Installation: see this thread for T5335z and also this thread for Wyse T10/T50.
WD MyCloud Gen2 (Glacier, Armada 375) Installation: see this post (work-in-progress)
Ctera C200 V2 (Armada 370) Installation & Kernel Upgrade: see this post.
Synology DS214 (Armada XP) Installation:see this post
Netgear RN2120 Installation: See this thread
Summary description:
The released tarball linux-x.xx.x-mvebu-tld-x-bodhi.tar.bz2 includes everything you need to build your own kernel from mainline kernel source tree (patches and config file are all that needed). The kernel image is included in it for users who just want to install kernel.
The released tarball Debian-x.xx.x-mvebu-tld-xx-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 is a basic armhf rootfs (a completed Debian system with kernel already installed) for Marvell EBU (MVEBU) boxes ready to be used. It is a basic system where you can build upon by installing packages. This rootfs was created by Debian debootstrap and then a few packages were installed for user’s convenience. This rootfs is dedicated for the purpose of upgrading and release distribution.
Credits:
- Thanks to rr4m, hean01, musv, Kirsch, and others who developed and tested in Zyxel NAS326 - Debian / Boot from USB thread. In this thread, a lot of good works have been done to build a basic kernel for Ubuntu server, Arch, and Gentoo.
- Thanks to saschadd and hmartin who have contributed in testing, and investigation in: Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100. The installation instruction for this box will be available in the future.
- Thanks to MM and Peacemaker who have developed and tested the mcm-daemon in: WD MyCloud Mirror Gen2 (BWVZ, GrandTeton). I plan to investigate and make use of MM and Peacemaker works, hopefully for all of WD Mycloud boxes.
- Thanks to mcmg2 and hmartin who have contributed in testing and investigation in: WD My Cloud Mirror Gen2 u-boot. The installation instruction for this box will be available in the future.
- Thanks to hmartin who has contributed in developing, testing, and investigation in: Debian on WD MyCloud EX2100. The installation instruction for this box is available in the top of this post.
- Thanks to Manuel (lordzahl) who has collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Thecus N2350 box in Debian Installation on Thecus N2350 (Marvell Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in developing, research, and testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse T50/T10 box in Debian on Dell Wyse T10 / T50.
- Thanks to Koen and Gravelrash who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the HP T5335z box in Debian on HP Thin Client T5335z.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the Chip PC LXD8941 box in Debian on Chip PC LXD8941.
- Thanks to Richard and Zifxify who have collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Synology RS816 box in Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
- Thanks fsonnlei for all the works in testing to bring up the Linksys WRT1900AC box.
- Thanks osa for working on the new DTS for this box to boot with the Glacier model variation for MyCloud Gen2.
- Thanks vzhilov, dtd.2512, CyberPK, mcmg2 for the works in testing to finalize the DTS for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra. And Storm for the finding about MBR vs GPT for the WD MyCloud Ex2 here.. Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra that nobody has encountered before.
- Thanks whitepawn and tme for all the testing efforts to bring up the Netgear RN102 box.
- Thanks bonk1990 for all the testing efforts to bring up the Synology DS116
- Thanks osa for installation efforts to bring up WD MyCloud Gen2 (Glacier, Armada 375)
- Thanks wacke for supporting RTNAS V3 (Armada 370) box. And also see the modified stock u-boot image here (needed to boot Debian).
- Thanks salahuddin for bring up the Synology DS218j.
- Thanks Mijzelf for the effort bring up the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
- Thanks chkdsk88 for the effort to bring up the Ctera C200 V2 (Armada 370). see this post .
- Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra that nobody has encountered before.
- Thanks Martin (lonestar) for the effort to bring up the Synology DS214.
- Thanks spiderdijon for the efforts to bring up the Netgear ReadyNAS RN2120.
- Thanks Robin for the efforts to bring up the Synology DS216.
- Thanks Mischif, kaze, and gravelrash, mmm, and ksuszka for doing all the testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse 3020.
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Updated 19 Apr 2024:
Kernel 6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for Synology DS216.
- Reconfigure SENSORS_W83795, NLS_ISO8859_1, NLS_ISO8859_2,Overlay_fs to loadable module to shrink kernel size
- Minor binding changes in DTS for Synology RS816, Synology DS218j, and Thecus N2350.
Credits:
- Thanks Robin for the efforts to bring up the Synology DS216.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: 5951038c3cc5c899ae703d6dafdde561 sha256: 8dea0631573192d130482d405ad9ad75c4e7d28fa0e184d8e79011a9b44d87e9
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.8.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-v-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 23 Feb 2024:
Kernel 6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for booting with eMMC rootfs.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: b8f151ecc4951cd5df0c5c24487cb34d sha256: 68828fdc348404f412a96359be69f4b71c16565ab9b2146356a6179bbc09a801
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.7.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 16 Dec 2023:
Rootfs Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian bookworm armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 295MB
- install size: 777MB
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see Note 5 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, libubootenv-tool, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: 009d315ebc813868344ce9221bcc3c70 sha256: 50ceb6465c46399901ab52406e15fd6406d53ec9d682d066f9fe9a87f779077f
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs. This step should be done at Linux command line using fdisk, mkfs.ext3 (don't use GUI or gparted). Once you have booted the box, then you could try GPT partition and/or Ext4 (Ext4 might work for some MVEBU box).
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. Go to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
cd /media/sdb1 tar -xjf Debian-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /media/sdb1/boot
cp -a uImage uImage.orig
cp -a zImage-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
4. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> LABEL=rootfs / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
5. Sync, umount, and Done.
sync sync umount /media/sdb1
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 3). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction are provided at the top of this thread for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Notes 1-7 below.
Note 1. (Strongly Recommended):
To keep the rootfs extremely basic and small, there is no swap space set up for it. The first thing you should do after the 1st boot is to set up a swap file to make the system run better. In fact, system upgrades oftently fail to run without swap. Please see here for instruction how to do that.
Note 2. (Optional):
The rootfs will automatically generate new SSH keys at 1st boot (see /etc/rc.local). However, if you would like to generate the keys again then do:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* ssh-keygen -A
Note 3. (Optional):
Update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates (if the installation is done at a much later date than the time of this release).
Check the system clock to make sure it is the current time before upgrade (boxes without RTC is using NTP so quite slow to update the clock).
dateAnd upgrade
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
cd /boot mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs 6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
Note 4. (Optional):
Some network environment is not very robust in propagating the host name advertised by avahi. If you cannot find the host name (debian.local) of this rootfs in your network, or you cannot find the other hosts by name, you need to install libnss-mdns.
apt-get install libnss-mdns
Note 5. (Optional):
Note 5.1. To boot with systemd
After loged into Debian, run:
apt-get install systemdAnd then add parameter init=/usr/bin/systemd to your u-boot env bootargs.
- For example,
fw_setenv set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts init=/usr/bin/systemd'
Note 5.2. To boot back to sysvinit
Reverse the env setting (there is no need to remove systemd, you can switch back and forth from/to sysvinit and systemd):
fw_setenv set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts'
Note 6. Persistent MAC address (Optional):
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
/root/set_persistent_mac_address
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then chmod this script to non-executable.
chmod -x /root/set_persistent_mac_address
Note 7. Shrink initramfs to smaller size (Optional):
In Debian bookworm, the default compression is zstd. However, to keep it simple, the initramfs (initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1) in this rootfs was compressed using gzip, which is perfectly OK. If you need to have a smaller initramfs (for example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition), see here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs.
Note 8. Ethernet Naming Issue (Optional):
In Debian 12.4, the ethernet "Predictable Names" scheme is enabled. So the ethernet device assigned is no longer "eth0", but is "end0". This "predictable naming" scheme broke a lot of existing applications that still relying on "eth0" is the network device name. So in this rootfs, the network is renamed to the way it was in /etc/network/interfaces.
cat /etc/network/interfaces
rename /end0=eth0 auto lo eth0 iface lo inet loopback iface eth0 inet dhcpBeware of software apps, such as OMV, that do not respect users' configuration and so wiping out this change during its installation! I'd suggest to make a backup of this file, so you can compare that with any new /etc/network/interfaces after installing OMV, and restore the rename command.
There are also many other ways to force the eth0 name. However, it is more cumbersome to do than just watching out for this file being changed by OMV or other major apps installation. Also, other methods might not survive a future Debian upgrade :)
========================================================================
Updated 21 Nov 2023:
Kernel 6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Fixed NAND driver problem for ZyXEL NAS326. This was the indirect cause for the random MAC address issue.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: da257c4ecbc3eb5e39c11728dc85bacd sha256: 394a3cb7a4dcd3b06fc22af68e2dc5734e1badac5ef3c09330ecdfe9dd61f326
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.6.2-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 21 Oct 2023:
Kernel 6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add GPIO SPI (CONFIG_GPIO_74X164) for Iomega ix4-300d
- Add eMMC and SD card for Chip PC LXD8941
Warning: If you have the ZyXEL NAS326 NAS please stay with kernel 6.4.11. There is some problem with NAND controller in this NAS326 box running this kernel.. Other MVEBU boxes seem to be fine. The problem is in mainline kernel, so I will fix this at a later kernel version. Update: I've fixed this problem for the NAS326, probably will release the kernel 6.6.x-mvebu-tld-1 a bit earlier than my usual time.
Credits:
-Thanks Ray for adding support for eMMC and SD card for Chip PC LXD8941
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: f972f4bf0e99859c9281bf67c361185d sha256: 57800d83ad7a6db4f96cfd7416f6cec9ece69b4f5e5bfd99052d1b978d8aebf3
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.5.7-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 21 Aug 2023:
Kernel 6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Added supports for docker (SECCOMP, SECCOMP_FILTER, CGROUP_BPF, BPFILTER).
- Removed support for running old binaries (OABI_COMPAT).
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: 821cb995d0f6e02c11c807a93ab38bd9 sha256: 74831e5b939b760e279f7a451921483600d89d6a536ce38a7542410063932475
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.4.11-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 02 Jun 2023:
Kernel 6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
Warning: PCI is broken (in mainline Linux) therefore it might be problematic (also USB 3.0 is broken only if it is on PCI bus). Also, for boxes with 4 SATA slots (2 slots are usually PCI, so 2 of the SATA slots wil not work). Please stay with kernel 6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 for now if you need these capabilities.
- General kernel upgrade. Some code and DTS rebase were needed in the patch.
- Add support for Mavell MMP3 SoC (CONFIG_ARCH_MMP and assiocated configs).
- Add support for Dell Wyse 3020. For the latest DTB (updated after this kernel has been released, see here).
-Add CONFIG_SENSORS_W83795 for Thecus N2350
Credits:
- Thanks Mischif for doing all the testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse 3020.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: 793348a81530d5055102a875ba3440c3 sha256: cd5c48073e65411b7f9702a1d590027366b99ff06a57f43f4b6336c5571310e3As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb linux-headers-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb zImage-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 config-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now.
5.a (Optional) Shrink your initramfs size.
For boxes that need to have a smaller initramfs. For example, you are trying to fit it in a limited sized NAND partition. See here for tutorial: HowTo Shrink initramfs
5.b You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 26 Mar 2023:
Kernel 6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Added LCD display capabilty for Netgear RN104 (thanks Trond for testing).
- Added USBIP
- Added 2nd SATA port for Synology RS816 (thanks emvivre for testing).
- Added SPI lock to mx25l3205d
- Moved FAT file ssytem to loadable module.
- Removed Marvell BERLIN SoC.
- Disabled FTRACE (stack trace is still enable).
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
8b11cb40c5c362d24a5981fd7020e348
sha256:
91e9c50a6c5173c3c086c3db48e6dec7e39b2333a8f297910afd768437363329
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1
config-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.2.8-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 25 Jan 2023:
Kernel 6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for Synology DS214.
- Added USER_NS and MEMCG
- Updated Globalscale D2Plug DTS to fix SPI flash initialization.
- Moved EXFAT_FS and UBIFS_FS to loadable module (if you are running UBIFS rootfs, please post feedbacks).
- Updated Netgear RN102 and RN104 DTS to add eSATA capability.
Credits:
- Thanks i5Js for testing and finding some quirks about the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
- Thanks Martin (lonestar) for the effort to bring up the Synology DS214.
- Thanks Trond Melen (tme) for working on eSATA booting on Netgear RN102 and RN104.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
3b72df24f6e934b6c950aa0bd6baa592
sha256:
8b7d0ed43d8b01b2aa8ad49629c8a82c8d386179da01fb0b55beb995d8000cc2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1
config-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.1.8-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 09 Nov 2022:
Kernel 6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 6.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
bfb1d7cf103f501b991e21b9886db4f6
sha256:
dcf50e17352f7d84ab606abdef374ec0d3db1c39b242c6ae7924b7283edc3ead
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1
config-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-6.0.7-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 22 Aug 2022:
Kernel 5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Please let me know if this link does not work for you at your location)
md5:
c84328b5def603e96d6cdc2c96719e96 linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
748f2dd419ae8a5399bce4276242d253cc1591b3e18b918259668882c3707e67 linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.19.2-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 27 Jun 2022:
Kernel 5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (please let me know if this link does not work for you from your location)
md5:
bf5dc3f7b62c1d8e5a3cb599235681e4 linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
300374e64c4eb4a8a8afe3b88d2fb43adf37a4dc0fcc5beaa0b225a1462b57e2 linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.18.6-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 20 Apr 2022:
Kernel 5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
533e94848a8f50d3b572c81f6d0fe3b4
sha256:
2a35fe907d438a16cd3a5b1dc5f942e34b63e18adb690d60ff2ee4af44522e3b
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem (if flash-kernel was not installed then you'll see some error output):
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.17.4-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Some older kernel were removed here.
========================================================================
Updated 28 Sept 2021:
Rootfs Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian bullseye armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 268M
- install size: 764M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see Note 5 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, libubootenv-tool, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Important Correction:
There was an obsolete source in /etc/apt/source.list. Please change the old security repo in the rootfs to:
deb https://security.debian.org/debian-security bullseye-security main contrib non-free
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Shorten bitly link)
Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 (Direct Dropbox URL)
md5:
ed620916e376a3b3fa58594e8efccaa1
sha256:
7579b8d41f8fac2cb030c0cfe9ecc91bf4dc90682b7a013683e0c28c5bdd8523
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs (Ext4 might work for some MVEBU box).
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
cd /media/sdb1 tar -xjf Debian-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /media/sdb1/boot
cp -a zImage-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
4. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> LABEL=rootfs / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
5. Sync, umount, and Done.
sync sync umount /media/sdb1
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 3). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction are provided at the top of this thread for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Notes 1-6 below.
Note 1 (Strongly Recommended):
To keep the rootfs extremely basic and small, there is no swap space set up for it. The first thing you should do after the 1st boot is to set up a swap file to make the system run better. In fact, system upgrades oftently fail to run without swap. Please see here for instruction how to do that.
Note 2 (Optional):
The rootfs will automatically generate new SSH keys at 1st boot (see /etc/rc.local). However, if you would like to generate the keys again then do:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* ssh-keygen -A
Note 3 (Optional):
Update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates (if the installation is done at a much later date than the time of this release).
Check the system clock to make sure it is the current time (boxes without RTC is using NTP so quite slow to update the clock).
dateAnd upgrade
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
cd /boot mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs 5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
Note 4 (Optional):
Some network environment is not very robust in propagating the host name advertised by avahi. If you cannot find the host name of this rootfs in your network, you might need to install libnss-mdns.
apt-get install libnss-mdns
Note 5 (Optional):
To boot with systemd, add parameter init=/bin/systemd to your u-boot env bootargs (beware that in later Debian distribution, the location of systemd binary might have changed).
- For example,
fw_setenv set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts init=/bin/systemd'
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
apt-get install systemd
Note 6 (Optional):
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
/root/set_persistent_mac_address
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then remove or rename this script.
========================================================================
Please see next post for older kernel releases.
======================================================================
-bodhi
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.9.0 MVEBU package and Debian rootfs January 19, 2017 02:34AM |
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Old kernel and rootfs releases.
========================================================================
Updated 11 Feb 2022:
Kernel 5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
- Add CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS as kernel loadable module.
Credits:
- Thanks Mijzelf for the effort bring up the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
898e1eeaade63ef7589fb3299003bec6 linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
7e8e2321f873717c636026e33845cf34c80256f874be553676bca3f7472479f2 linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
There are 6 files in this tarball:
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 09 Aug 2021:
Kernel 5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
0873a79a607b45403770cec7a3689a49
sha256:
fc0e6a6a6a840c7e9a74ee2cbe91b40e3d5d078d530127bcf920e38058d46013
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 10 Sep 2019:
Rootfs Debian-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian buster armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 258M
- install size: 680M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
3.a. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 4). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1, 2, and 3 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box..Note 3 is also important to read. Note 2 is optional.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
Note3:
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then remove or rename this script.
========================================================================
Updated 04 Dec 2021:
Kernel 5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- F2FS file system has been reconfigured as kernel loadable module.
- NTFS3 (as kernel loadable module)
- SMB_SERVER (as kernel loadable module)
Note: I've moved my build enviroment to Linux Mint in this build, so the system version will show:
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
16a085d9f817fcb1ea4f6585b36fe48d linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
91447d395135cb4b7771a5f58bbdbd4261f147fdfc520b7a84d42eeb689006e8 linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
There are 6 files in this tarball:
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 07 Oct 2021:
Kernel 5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Removed CONFIG_MVPP2_PTP from the kernel, since it is causing problem for Armada 37x boxes.
- Reconfigured Multi Media drivers to loadable modules.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
efba392e7d0a9961c98768337f8c3f54
sha256:
d2fbf755a0d114879f7d70cd5a0fb799cad5bd6cd2a240bec07c0352e17fe61c
There are 6 files in this tarball:
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 28 May 2021:
Kernel 5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Added supports for RTNAS V3 (Armada 370). Please also see the modified stock u-boot image here (needed to boot Debian). Thanks wacke!
- Patch Marvell DSA switch 6171 to fix jumbo frame issue (disable it). Thanks wacke!
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
f936d11501e2c9d0707fac221b92bb91
sha256:
fecf3e57a23a375aa77c0f93834d05011c564550f509d706c648ac3ba11e708a
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 19 Jan 2021:
Kernel 5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Moved JFFS2 and ORANGEFS to loadable modules.
- Fixed kernel regression in uncompression with debug on.
- Change kernel compression mode to use xz. The kernel image size was reduced by a few 100's MB.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
b597bd85289b2cfba1418fd993492b4d
sha256:
2ca7de26121211f5bcafb9cad73f569da55096b9a12bb885dba1bd71b096a624
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 07 Nov 2020:
Kernel 5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Patched mainline bug for "mvebu-pcie mbus resource collision" (at the moment, this Marvell SoC PCIe regression has not been fixed in mainline yet).
- This kernel version fixed the infamous BleedingTooth (Bluetooth security hole).
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e871fc13a2fe0088fa82dabf30c76d12
sha256:
69df161573379da076f3fa7a4d811c7d32f464ac80d4811f5766f8d62dce6d6f
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 01 Sept 2020:
Kernel 5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Enable BFQ as the default IO scheduler in the kernel.
- Enabled ISCSI_TARGET as loadable module.
NOTE: I've missed the DTB file for the WD Ex2 Ultra (armada-385-wd-ex2-ultra.dtb). Please see this post to download the DTB file if you're upgrading kernel for the WD EX2 Ultra): https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,106989#msg-106989.
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
c67819cee3ba5593989723e1a90400c4
sha256:
b52777e758730614ac680b27dc60b77e022597c9cc3536e45d3a4d29f5445579
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 01 July 2020:
Kernel 5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Added support for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
Credits:
Thanks vzhilov, dtd.2512, CyberPK, mcmg2 for the works in testing to finalize the DTS for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
cce0616ffea687246be7cf772a51274a
sha256:
39d1ca6cbfd089da99c84856b51fd60d1a125b7098526e3659e97f4b20b19e82
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
=========================
Updated 05 May 2020:
Kernel linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Incorporated changes to DTS to fix SATA regulator problem with the Zyxel NAS326 (Armada 380) and Synology RS816 (Armada 385).
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz
md5:
6bdfb5df2622291d11885ae7fb0b0535
sha256:
5e702aac1ce58b4eaf8cdc22ba27d9bd5be6ccfa5007a0dc6c35754c8936c96f
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 12 Oct 2019:
Kernel linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add supports for Linksys WRT1900AC v1
Credits:
- Thanks fsonnlei for all the works in testing to bring up the Linksys WRT1900AC box.
Important Note for all boxes: The new kernel zImage has increased in size significantly that it will no longer work to be used in booting with the Marvell u-boot typically installed in these Armada boxes. To make it more resilient (avoid messing with u-boot envs again when the kernel image size increases), we need to boot with uImage. Please see this post for an example how to adjust u-boot envs using the Thecus N2350, and see the updated NAS326 Installation Instruction Section E for another example.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (This tarball was re-uploaded on 01 Mar 2024)
md5:
d8cca0daa2d0bea676e9434050181a36
sha256:
7f99d11e8138d4e81adf46e6ffe49d796cef4122e6de5540240f478ff861f52
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 20 Aug 2019:
Kernel linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Keep MTD and NAND drivers as builtin kernel drivers (to overcome a mainline kernel regression for MTD and NAND).
- Pickup security patches from mainline.
Important Note for all boxes: The new kernel zImage has increased in size significantly that it will no longer work to be used in booting with the Marvell u-boot typically installed in these Armada boxes. To make it more resilient (avoid messing with u-boot envs again when the kernel image size increases), from this kernel version, we need to boot with uImage. Please see this post for an example how to adjust u-boot envs using the Thecus N2350
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e883ee1443bcdf099b5dfb124f114200
sha256:
f9c1592cfff478fe09a3eeed8e8795276e542606f5a164a5fd567345523e92b4
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 15 June 2019:
Kernel linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Pick up mainline fix for SSD and Device Mapper Data Loss bug previously in earlier kernel 5.1.x.
- Updated armada-385-synology-rs816.dtb
Note only for the Synology RS816: The rootfs Debian-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has kernel 4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 in it so it must be upgraded to kernel linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 before it can be used for this box. This kernel upgrade can be done offline using chroot. Also, I plan to release new Buster rootfs with the latest kernel in a few weeks, so users who wish to install Debian on this box can also wait until that time. Or wait for chroot instruction (if not sure how) that I'd planned to add to the Wiki thread.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e18a9df63e9de5e2c19265b21d081dcb
sha256:
87b283df02e34a6217f269f53d20816d885802e9148330455c15a788e38e891b
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 18 May 2019:
Kernel linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add supports for Synology RS816.
Note only for the Synology RS816: The rootfs Debian-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has kernel 4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 in it so it must be upgraded to kernel linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 before it can be used for this box. This kernel upgrade can be done offline using chroot. Also, I plan to release new Buster rootfs with the latest kernel in a few weeks, so users who wish to install Debian on this box can also wait until that time. Or wait for chroot instruction (if not sure how) that I'd planned to add to the Wiki thread.
Warning: if you use SSD and Device Mapper please see this mainline bug.
Credits:
- Thanks to Richard and Zifxify who have collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Synology RS816 box in Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
049259a2761769d0f14641f045ef8a48
sha256:
2a68beab3f662cd7bbb3412644e247b0ad8746fbedc54173fe7360b323209a69
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 08 Feb 2019:
Kernel linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5sum
675194d90832a71c1300129d931ab866
sha256sum
48ccd6bd009cc993afafb16c570d79d0a19a2e27341c34cefd4e074c17747f00
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 08 Nov 2018:
Kernel linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add HP T5335z supports. Installation instruction for this box is here. Note: we are still working on Display and Sound. This box should be stable as headless server.
- Add Chip PC LXD8941supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the future. Note: we are still working on Display, Sound, MMC. This box should be stable as headless server.
Credits:
- Thanks to Koen and Gravelrash who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the HP T5335z box in Debian on HP Thin Client T5335z.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the Chip PC LXD8941 box in Debian on Chip PC LXD8941.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
fa3c3a16ec570c12b0cd0ccd8c35b24d
sha256:
5e376aa14543c1c5b0fa8ac673aa360850557b70549006dddd16fd044b4acd99
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 01 Sept 2018:
Kernel linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add Dell Wyse T50/T10 supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the future. Note: we are still working on Display and Sound. This box should be stable as headless server.
- Upgraded the DTS to incorporated new DTS binding for Armada NAND chip.
Warning: there was an important change that has effected how the NAND MTDs being recognized by the kernel. If you are upgrading kernel only, you will loose the ability to see the MTDs, therefore access to u-boot envs (except for boxes that has u-boot in SPI flash). The mtdparts env must be modified to use the new label. Installation instruction for these support boxes should be revised: NAS326, WD EX2100/EX4100, Thecus N2350, and Dell Wyse T50/T10. Please see this post.
Credits:
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in developing, research, and testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse T50/T10 box in
Debian on Dell Wyse T10 / T50. Also thanks Bob and rayknight for helping in testing this box.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
d1e7f45c9f714a601bc27bdba53fd555
sha256:
28ee0b8fd5f66117991e58489bf85857effd12c67803ee3e22e1d1424df2c367
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
========================================================================
Updated 05 May 2018:
Kernel linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add Thecus N2350 supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future.
- Add NAS326 MAC address device-tree supports (no need to hardcode the MAC addess anymore, it will be automatically detected by the kernel using u-boot env ethaddr).
Credits:
- Thanks to Manuel (lordzahl) who has collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Thecus N2350 box in Debian Installation on Thecus N2350 (Marvell Armada 385).
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
b7fed768cbc02c27dc7e3f7d010a2e87
sha256:
75ca1ae7c3ad94d2055030205cdd249145a0354a275b54510e1a9959eb014843
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
4. Create zImage and uInitrd.
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
==============================================
Some older kernels were removed here
==============================================
Updated 04 Feb 2017:
This Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian jessie armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 160M
- install size: 554M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static.
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
dac69fb0c46d056ff96500f730e9d3d1
sha256:
0b9086dbb641c583eb1e10b7fd8d157abd4f1a1c5f7e772a6dffb75947620b20
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (SD card or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
3. Adjust fstab.
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for /dev/root.
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1 and Note2 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
==============================================
Updated 23 Jan 2017:
This Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 is my first release for the Marvell MVEBU boxes.
Basic minimal Debian armhf rootfs for most MVEBU NAS:
- tarball size: 133M
- install size: 481M
- a basic jessie armhf rootfs.
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static.
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
ecd4e7d384eea920d2def9aed95c9d48
sha256:
7f2ce42ca7fa1807fb0db2bc5946c91a19876739520ce8e2bd33bdb09cdbdf26
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (SD card or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. It is assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
3. Adjust fstab.
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for /dev/root.
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1 and Note2 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
=====================================================================================
Some old kernels were removed here.
=====================================================================================
End of Old kernel and rootfs releases.
-bodhi
===========================
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========================================================================
Updated 11 Feb 2022:
Kernel 5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Add support for the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
- Add CONFIG_USB_XHCI_PCI_RENESAS as kernel loadable module.
Credits:
- Thanks Mijzelf for the effort bring up the Shuttle Omninas KS10 (Armada 370).
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
898e1eeaade63ef7589fb3299003bec6 linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
7e8e2321f873717c636026e33845cf34c80256f874be553676bca3f7472479f2 linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.16.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 09 Aug 2021:
Kernel 5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
0873a79a607b45403770cec7a3689a49
sha256:
fc0e6a6a6a840c7e9a74ee2cbe91b40e3d5d078d530127bcf920e38058d46013
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.13.8-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 10 Sep 2019:
Rootfs Debian-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian buster armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 258M
- install size: 680M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static (x86 version).
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local, and /etc/init.d/halt
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5: ffa864878dd797241c0bea05d563239a sha256: 15d111a119aa1b1909b33178056c5d11d310a16f84d66f741f4dfd7c7e5d1b59And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
cd /media/sdb1 tar -xjf Debian-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
3. Create uImage with DTB appended. I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /media/sdb1/boot cp -a zImage-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
3.a. Adjust fstab (optional)
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for root device, it it is not Ext3.
# /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> LABEL=rootfs / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
sync sync umount /media/sdb1
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Note that from kernel version 5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1, we need to boot with uImage (as prepared by Step 4). Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1, 2, and 3 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box..Note 3 is also important to read. Note 2 is optional.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* ssh-keygen -A apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Warning: Watch the apt-get upgrade progress. If the apt-get upgrade results in a new initramfs, the log would shows this message:
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1
Then you need to regenerate the uInitrd boot file:
cd /boot mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
init=/bin/systemdFor example,
fw_setenv usb_set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts earlyprintk=serial init=/bin/systemd"'
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
apt-get install systemd
Note3:
To enable the network dynamic IP to stay consistent after each reboot, and also for faster boot. In this rootfs, a script is executed during kernel booting (in /etc/rc.local), to detect if a local MAC address was assigned during boot, and then set the persistent MAC address to what is currently defined in u-boot env ethaddr.
/root/set_persistent_mac_address
To keep using the kernel generated local MAC address (if local MAC address was generated in your box) then remove or rename this script.
========================================================================
Updated 04 Dec 2021:
Kernel 5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- F2FS file system has been reconfigured as kernel loadable module.
- NTFS3 (as kernel loadable module)
- SMB_SERVER (as kernel loadable module)
Note: I've moved my build enviroment to Linux Mint in this build, so the system version will show:
Quote
Linux version 5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 (root@tldDebianVM) (arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 7.5.0-3ubuntu1~18.04) 7.5.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.30) #1.0 SMP PREEMPT Wed Dec 1 16:26:36 PST 2021
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
16a085d9f817fcb1ea4f6585b36fe48d linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
sha256:
91447d395135cb4b7771a5f58bbdbd4261f147fdfc520b7a84d42eeb689006e8 linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.15.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 07 Oct 2021:
Kernel 5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- General kernel upgrade.
- Removed CONFIG_MVPP2_PTP from the kernel, since it is causing problem for Armada 37x boxes.
- Reconfigured Multi Media drivers to loadable modules.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
efba392e7d0a9961c98768337f8c3f54
sha256:
d2fbf755a0d114879f7d70cd5a0fb799cad5bd6cd2a240bec07c0352e17fe61c
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1.patch
As always, please check the hash of your download!
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.14.9-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 28 May 2021:
Kernel 5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Added supports for RTNAS V3 (Armada 370). Please also see the modified stock u-boot image here (needed to boot Debian). Thanks wacke!
- Patch Marvell DSA switch 6171 to fix jumbo frame issue (disable it). Thanks wacke!
- General kernel upgrade.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
f936d11501e2c9d0707fac221b92bb91
sha256:
fecf3e57a23a375aa77c0f93834d05011c564550f509d706c648ac3ba11e708a
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot
cp -a zImage-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt
cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage
mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.12.6-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 19 Jan 2021:
Kernel 5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Moved JFFS2 and ORANGEFS to loadable modules.
- Fixed kernel regression in uncompression with debug on.
- Change kernel compression mode to use xz. The kernel image size was reduced by a few 100's MB.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
b597bd85289b2cfba1418fd993492b4d
sha256:
2ca7de26121211f5bcafb9cad73f569da55096b9a12bb885dba1bd71b096a624
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.10.7-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 07 Nov 2020:
Kernel 5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New/Updated in this release:
- Patched mainline bug for "mvebu-pcie mbus resource collision" (at the moment, this Marvell SoC PCIe regression has not been fixed in mainline yet).
- This kernel version fixed the infamous BleedingTooth (Bluetooth security hole).
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e871fc13a2fe0088fa82dabf30c76d12
sha256:
69df161573379da076f3fa7a4d811c7d32f464ac80d4811f5766f8d62dce6d6f
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.9.3-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 01 Sept 2020:
Kernel 5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Enable BFQ as the default IO scheduler in the kernel.
- Enabled ISCSI_TARGET as loadable module.
NOTE: I've missed the DTB file for the WD Ex2 Ultra (armada-385-wd-ex2-ultra.dtb). Please see this post to download the DTB file if you're upgrading kernel for the WD EX2 Ultra): https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,106989#msg-106989.
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
c67819cee3ba5593989723e1a90400c4
sha256:
b52777e758730614ac680b27dc60b77e022597c9cc3536e45d3a4d29f5445579
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.8.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 01 July 2020:
Kernel 5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Added support for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
Credits:
Thanks vzhilov, dtd.2512, CyberPK, mcmg2 for the works in testing to finalize the DTS for the WD MyCloud Ex2 Ultra.
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
cce0616ffea687246be7cf772a51274a
sha256:
39d1ca6cbfd089da99c84856b51fd60d1a125b7098526e3659e97f4b20b19e82
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
NOTE: the following steps are for a general kernel upgrade. For initial installation, please see "Installation Instruction for specific boxes" in the thread description at the top of this release thread.
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.7.6-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
=========================
Updated 05 May 2020:
Kernel linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Incorporated changes to DTS to fix SATA regulator problem with the Zyxel NAS326 (Armada 380) and Synology RS816 (Armada 385).
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz
md5:
6bdfb5df2622291d11885ae7fb0b0535
sha256:
5e702aac1ce58b4eaf8cdc22ba27d9bd5be6ccfa5007a0dc6c35754c8936c96f
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.6.9-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 12 Oct 2019:
Kernel linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add supports for Linksys WRT1900AC v1
Credits:
- Thanks fsonnlei for all the works in testing to bring up the Linksys WRT1900AC box.
Important Note for all boxes: The new kernel zImage has increased in size significantly that it will no longer work to be used in booting with the Marvell u-boot typically installed in these Armada boxes. To make it more resilient (avoid messing with u-boot envs again when the kernel image size increases), we need to boot with uImage. Please see this post for an example how to adjust u-boot envs using the Thecus N2350, and see the updated NAS326 Installation Instruction Section E for another example.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 (This tarball was re-uploaded on 01 Mar 2024)
md5:
d8cca0daa2d0bea676e9434050181a36
sha256:
7f99d11e8138d4e81adf46e6ffe49d796cef4122e6de5540240f478ff861f52
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.3.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 20 Aug 2019:
Kernel linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Keep MTD and NAND drivers as builtin kernel drivers (to overcome a mainline kernel regression for MTD and NAND).
- Pickup security patches from mainline.
Important Note for all boxes: The new kernel zImage has increased in size significantly that it will no longer work to be used in booting with the Marvell u-boot typically installed in these Armada boxes. To make it more resilient (avoid messing with u-boot envs again when the kernel image size increases), from this kernel version, we need to boot with uImage. Please see this post for an example how to adjust u-boot envs using the Thecus N2350
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e883ee1443bcdf099b5dfb124f114200
sha256:
f9c1592cfff478fe09a3eeed8e8795276e542606f5a164a5fd567345523e92b4
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage, uImage, and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd uImage zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create uImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3). I am using the Zyxel NAS326 as an example here. Please replace armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb below with the appropriate DTB name for your box.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 zImage.fdt cat dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb >> zImage.fdt mkimage -A arm -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0x00008000 -e 0x00008000 -n Linux-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d zImage.fdt uImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.2.9-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new uImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 15 June 2019:
Kernel linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Pick up mainline fix for SSD and Device Mapper Data Loss bug previously in earlier kernel 5.1.x.
- Updated armada-385-synology-rs816.dtb
Note only for the Synology RS816: The rootfs Debian-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has kernel 4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 in it so it must be upgraded to kernel linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 before it can be used for this box. This kernel upgrade can be done offline using chroot. Also, I plan to release new Buster rootfs with the latest kernel in a few weeks, so users who wish to install Debian on this box can also wait until that time. Or wait for chroot instruction (if not sure how) that I'd planned to add to the Wiki thread.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
e18a9df63e9de5e2c19265b21d081dcb
sha256:
87b283df02e34a6217f269f53d20816d885802e9148330455c15a788e38e891b
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.1.7-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 18 May 2019:
Kernel linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add supports for Synology RS816.
Note only for the Synology RS816: The rootfs Debian-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has kernel 4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 in it so it must be upgraded to kernel linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 before it can be used for this box. This kernel upgrade can be done offline using chroot. Also, I plan to release new Buster rootfs with the latest kernel in a few weeks, so users who wish to install Debian on this box can also wait until that time. Or wait for chroot instruction (if not sure how) that I'd planned to add to the Wiki thread.
Warning: if you use SSD and Device Mapper please see this mainline bug.
Credits:
- Thanks to Richard and Zifxify who have collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Synology RS816 box in Debian on Synology RS816 (Armada 385). The installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future. In the mean time, see working thread for instruction.
Latest Linux kernel 5.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
049259a2761769d0f14641f045ef8a48
sha256:
2a68beab3f662cd7bbb3412644e247b0ad8746fbedc54173fe7360b323209a69
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
Quote
linux-image-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1
config-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
cd /boot cp -a zImage-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-5.1.2-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 08 Feb 2019:
Kernel linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5sum
675194d90832a71c1300129d931ab866
sha256sum
48ccd6bd009cc993afafb16c570d79d0a19a2e27341c34cefd4e074c17747f00
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
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linux-image-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1
config-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
cd /boot cp -a zImage-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-4.20.6-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 08 Nov 2018:
Kernel linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add HP T5335z supports. Installation instruction for this box is here. Note: we are still working on Display and Sound. This box should be stable as headless server.
- Add Chip PC LXD8941supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the future. Note: we are still working on Display, Sound, MMC. This box should be stable as headless server.
Credits:
- Thanks to Koen and Gravelrash who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the HP T5335z box in Debian on HP Thin Client T5335z.
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in research and testing in bringing up the Chip PC LXD8941 box in Debian on Chip PC LXD8941.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
fa3c3a16ec570c12b0cd0ccd8c35b24d
sha256:
5e376aa14543c1c5b0fa8ac673aa360850557b70549006dddd16fd044b4acd99
As always, please check the hash of your download!
There are 6 files in this tarball:
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linux-image-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1
config-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
cd /boot cp -a zImage-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-4.19.1-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 01 Sept 2018:
Kernel linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add Dell Wyse T50/T10 supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the future. Note: we are still working on Display and Sound. This box should be stable as headless server.
- Upgraded the DTS to incorporated new DTS binding for Armada NAND chip.
Warning: there was an important change that has effected how the NAND MTDs being recognized by the kernel. If you are upgrading kernel only, you will loose the ability to see the MTDs, therefore access to u-boot envs (except for boxes that has u-boot in SPI flash). The mtdparts env must be modified to use the new label. Installation instruction for these support boxes should be revised: NAS326, WD EX2100/EX4100, Thecus N2350, and Dell Wyse T50/T10. Please see this post.
Credits:
- Thanks to Koen who has contributed in developing, research, and testing in bringing up the Dell Wyse T50/T10 box in
Debian on Dell Wyse T10 / T50. Also thanks Bob and rayknight for helping in testing this box.
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
d1e7f45c9f714a601bc27bdba53fd555
sha256:
28ee0b8fd5f66117991e58489bf85857effd12c67803ee3e22e1d1424df2c367
There are 6 files in this tarball:
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linux-image-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
linux-headers-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
zImage-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1
config-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1
linux-dtb-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd (kernel file initrd.img-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 was generated by dpkg in step 3).
cd /boot cp -a zImage-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-4.18.5-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
========================================================================
Updated 05 May 2018:
Kernel linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded.
New in this release:
- Add Thecus N2350 supports. Installation instruction for this box will be available in the near future.
- Add NAS326 MAC address device-tree supports (no need to hardcode the MAC addess anymore, it will be automatically detected by the kernel using u-boot env ethaddr).
Credits:
- Thanks to Manuel (lordzahl) who has collaborated with me in developing, and testing in bringing up the Thecus N2350 box in Debian Installation on Thecus N2350 (Marvell Armada 385).
Latest Linux kernel 4.x general release information can be found at:
LinuxChanges log
Download at Dropbox
linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
b7fed768cbc02c27dc7e3f7d010a2e87
sha256:
75ca1ae7c3ad94d2055030205cdd249145a0354a275b54510e1a9959eb014843
There are 6 files in this tarball:
linux-image-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb linux-headers-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb zImage-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 config-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 linux-dtb-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1.patch
Installation
1. Backup your current zImage and uInitrd. In the /boot directory, these are files for your current kernel (xx.xx.xx is the version number):
uInitrd zImage-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx initrd.img-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx System.map-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx vmlinuz-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx config-xx.xx.xx-mvebu-xxx dts/
2. Extract the kernel and the DTB files in the archive:
cd /boot tar -xjf linux-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1-bodhi.tar.bz2 tar -xf linux-dtb-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1.tar
3. And install it with dpkg. Remove flash-kernel first to avoid potential problem:
cd /boot apt-get remove flash-kernel dpkg -i linux-image-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1_1.0_armhf.deb
4. Create zImage and uInitrd.
cd /boot cp -a zImage-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 zImage mkimage -A arm -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip -a 0x00000000 -e 0x00000000 -n initramfs-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 -d initrd.img-4.16.7-mvebu-tld-1 uInitrd
5. The new zImage and uInitrd files should be created in /boot directory now. You're ready to reboot the system:
sync sync sync shutdown -r now
==============================================
Some older kernels were removed here
==============================================
Updated 04 Feb 2017:
This Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 has been uploaded.
Basic Debian jessie armhf rootfs for most MVEBU Armada NAS:
- tarball size: 160M
- install size: 554M
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static.
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
dac69fb0c46d056ff96500f730e9d3d1
sha256:
0b9086dbb641c583eb1e10b7fd8d157abd4f1a1c5f7e772a6dffb75947620b20
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (SD card or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. Assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
cd /media/sdb1 tar -xjf Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 cd /media/sdb1/boot cp -a zImage-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12 zImage
3. Adjust fstab.
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for /dev/root.
/dev/root / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
sync sync umount /media/sdb1
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each MVEBU box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1 and Note2 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* ssh-keygen -A apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
init=/bin/systemdFor example,
fw_setenv usb_set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts earlyprintk=serial init=/bin/systemd"'
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
apt-get install systemd
==============================================
Updated 23 Jan 2017:
This Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 is my first release for the Marvell MVEBU boxes.
Basic minimal Debian armhf rootfs for most MVEBU NAS:
- tarball size: 133M
- install size: 481M
- a basic jessie armhf rootfs.
- The init system used in this rootfs is sysvinit . To boot with systemd, see note 2 below.
- Installed packages: openssh-server, nano, avahi, libnss-mdns, ntp, busybox-syslogd (log to RAM), htop, isc-dhcp-client, locales, dialog, bzip2, nfs-kernel-server, nfs-common, iperf, ethtool, sysvinit-core, sysvinit, and sysvinit-utils, mtd-utils, u-boot-tools, rsync, pmount, i2c-tools, qemu-arm-static.
- see LED controls in /etc/rc.local
- see some useful aliases in /root/.profile
- root password: root
Download at Dropbox:
Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2
md5:
ecd4e7d384eea920d2def9aed95c9d48
sha256:
7f2ce42ca7fa1807fb0db2bc5946c91a19876739520ce8e2bd33bdb09cdbdf26
And remember to check the hash of what you download, as always.
Installation:
Installation can be done on any Linux box, with a fresh USB drive (SD card or HDD would work fine too).
Important: all steps below must be done while logging in as root user (not sudo). If you are not the root user then don't continue, because the rootfs will not work.
1. Format a new USB drive with a single Ext3 partition, and label it rootfs.
2. Mount the drive on a Linux box. cd to top level directory and extract the rootfs. It is assuming the USB drive is mounted at /media/sdb1
cd /media/sdb1 tar -xjf Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2 cd ./boot cp -a zImage-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-9 zImage
3. Adjust fstab.
Edit /media/sdb1/etc/fstab entry for /dev/root.
/dev/root / ext3 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
4. Sync, umount, and Done.
sync sync umount /media/sdb1
Take this USB rootfs to your NAS and cold start. Depending on the flavor of MVEBU boxes you have, further u-boot envs setup is needed to boot this rootfs. Instruction will be provided here for each box, or a group of boxes that use the same u-boot.
After booted into Debian, see Note1 and Note2 below. It is very important that you do Note1 steps to secure your box.
Note1:
After logging in this rootf the first time, remember to generate new SSH key to make it your own unique rootfs. And also update your rootfs to get the latest Debian package security updates:
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host* ssh-keygen -A apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Note2:
To boot with systemd, add this parameter to your u-boot env bootargs:
init=/bin/systemdFor example,
fw_setenv usb_set_bootargs 'setenv bootargs console=$console root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts init=/bin/systemd'
If that's still not possible to run systemd, you might want to install it again:
apt-get install systemd
=====================================================================================
Some old kernels were removed here.
=====================================================================================
End of Old kernel and rootfs releases.
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The new rootfs and kernel package have been uploaded. Please see 1st post for download link and installation procedure.
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Instruction for Zyxel NAS326 Installation has been updated: added section B (setup without serial console).
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Kernel linux-4.10.9-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded. Please see 1st post for download link.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 11, 2017 02:27AM |
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Hi bodhi,
am i right that this kernel and rootfs could fit my WD MyCloud EX 4100 as it has an Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree).
cat /proc/version gives me the folliwing information
and cat /proc/cpuinfo gives me the following information
There is already someone who attempted to create a debian port for this device on this thread https://community.wd.com/t/clean-os-debian-openmediavault-and-other-firmwares/93714/1290
From this guy there are already files available there https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVVGdTRGl0RmRabVU
but unfortunately there are instructions missing and i am not able to figure out how to use those files securely without problems.
I would like to have this device booting the rootfs from an usb pen drive without touching the original firmware if possible but i am not fit enough to figure out what information is needed and how to get them.
Maybe you could point me in the right direction or let me know what information you need to verify that this device would work with your kernel and rootfs.
Unfortunately the original firmware has only a limited busybox available via ssh but i can sftp to the box for further investigation if needed.
-
happy hacking,
saschadd
am i right that this kernel and rootfs could fit my WD MyCloud EX 4100 as it has an Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree).
cat /proc/version gives me the folliwing information
Linux version 3.10.39 (kman@kmachine) (gcc version 4.6.4 (Linaro GCC branch-4.6.4. Marvell GCC Dev 201310-2126.3d181f66 64K MAXPAGESIZE ALIGN) ) #2 SMP Fri Aug 12 15:59:39 CST 2016 2014T30p5 Build-git9e099f3
and cat /proc/cpuinfo gives me the following information
processor : 0 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 3188.32 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x4 CPU part : 0xc09 CPU revision : 1 processor : 1 model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l) BogoMIPS : 3188.32 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 7 CPU variant : 0x4 CPU part : 0xc09 CPU revision : 1 Hardware : Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree) Revision : 0000 Serial : 0000000000000000
There is already someone who attempted to create a debian port for this device on this thread https://community.wd.com/t/clean-os-debian-openmediavault-and-other-firmwares/93714/1290
From this guy there are already files available there https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVVGdTRGl0RmRabVU
but unfortunately there are instructions missing and i am not able to figure out how to use those files securely without problems.
I would like to have this device booting the rootfs from an usb pen drive without touching the original firmware if possible but i am not fit enough to figure out what information is needed and how to get them.
Maybe you could point me in the right direction or let me know what information you need to verify that this device would work with your kernel and rootfs.
Unfortunately the original firmware has only a limited busybox available via ssh but i can sftp to the box for further investigation if needed.
-
happy hacking,
saschadd
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 11, 2017 03:59AM |
Admin Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 18,580 |
saschadd,
> Hi bodhi,
>
> am i right that this kernel and rootfs could fit m
> y WD MyCloud EX 4100 as it has an Marvell Armada 3
> 80/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree).
>
> cat /proc/version gives me the folliwing informati
> on
>
>
> and cat /proc/cpuinfo gives me the following infor
> mation
>
>
> There is already someone who attempted to create a
> debian port for this device on this thread https:/
> /community.wd.com/t/clean-os-debian-openmediavault
> -and-other-firmwares/93714/1290
>
> From this guy there are already files available th
> ere https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ
> _H0PxVVGdTRGl0RmRabVU
>
> but unfortunately there are instructions missing a
> nd i am not able to figure out how to use those fi
> les securely without problems.
>
> I would like to have this device booting the rootf
> s from an usb pen drive without touching the origi
> nal firmware if possible but i am not fit enough t
> o figure out what information is needed and how to
> get them.
> Maybe you could point me in the right direction or
> let me know what information you need to verify th
> at this device would work with your kernel and roo
> tfs.
> Unfortunately the original firmware has only a lim
> ited busybox available via ssh but i can sftp to t
> he box for further investigation if needed.
Yes, most definitely will boot with my released basic rootfs (I looked at this box specs before). You just need to choose the correct DTB in /boot/dts/. And then adjust the env for dtb in serial console. Test boot that adjustment without saving envs. Once you have booted into Debian and verified everything works, then save the env with fw_setenv.
If you cant find the exact DTB for EX4100 in /boot/dts, please list more info about this WD such as : USBs, HDDs, ethenet LAN chip model, I2C, SPI, RAM size, boot log, ... we can figure this out together.
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> Hi bodhi,
>
> am i right that this kernel and rootfs could fit m
> y WD MyCloud EX 4100 as it has an Marvell Armada 3
> 80/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree).
>
> cat /proc/version gives me the folliwing informati
> on
>
>
> Linux version 3.10.39 (kman@kmachine) (gcc version > 4.6.4 (Linaro GCC branch-4.6.4. Marvell GCC Dev 20 > 1310-2126.3d181f66 64K MAXPAGESIZE ALIGN) ) #2 SMP > Fri Aug 12 15:59:39 CST 2016 2014T30p5 Build-git9e > 099f3 >>
> and cat /proc/cpuinfo gives me the following infor
> mation
>
>
> processor : 0 > model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l) > BogoMIPS : 3188.32 > Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp > neon vfpv3 tls > CPU implementer : 0x41 > CPU architecture: 7 > CPU variant : 0x4 > CPU part : 0xc09 > CPU revision : 1 > > processor : 1 > model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l) > BogoMIPS : 3188.32 > Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp > neon vfpv3 tls > CPU implementer : 0x41 > CPU architecture: 7 > CPU variant : 0x4 > CPU part : 0xc09 > CPU revision : 1 > > Hardware : Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/3 > 88 (Device Tree) > Revision : 0000 > Serial : 0000000000000000 >>
> There is already someone who attempted to create a
> debian port for this device on this thread https:/
> /community.wd.com/t/clean-os-debian-openmediavault
> -and-other-firmwares/93714/1290
>
> From this guy there are already files available th
> ere https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ
> _H0PxVVGdTRGl0RmRabVU
>
> but unfortunately there are instructions missing a
> nd i am not able to figure out how to use those fi
> les securely without problems.
>
> I would like to have this device booting the rootf
> s from an usb pen drive without touching the origi
> nal firmware if possible but i am not fit enough t
> o figure out what information is needed and how to
> get them.
> Maybe you could point me in the right direction or
> let me know what information you need to verify th
> at this device would work with your kernel and roo
> tfs.
> Unfortunately the original firmware has only a lim
> ited busybox available via ssh but i can sftp to t
> he box for further investigation if needed.
Yes, most definitely will boot with my released basic rootfs (I looked at this box specs before). You just need to choose the correct DTB in /boot/dts/. And then adjust the env for dtb in serial console. Test boot that adjustment without saving envs. Once you have booted into Debian and verified everything works, then save the env with fw_setenv.
If you cant find the exact DTB for EX4100 in /boot/dts, please list more info about this WD such as : USBs, HDDs, ethenet LAN chip model, I2C, SPI, RAM size, boot log, ... we can figure this out together.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 11, 2017 06:43AM |
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saschadd,
One the 2 links has the DTS which seems promising.
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One the 2 links has the DTS which seems promising.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 11, 2017 07:33AM |
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bodhi,
sounds good so far.
Could you "read" from the DTS if this box can be bootet from usb?
At the moment i have no serial console access to this box and havent yet figured out if and where there is a serial connector.
To switch the boot mode serial console access is needed, right?
Or could i change env data without serial console access?
I know about there was a way for the nsa325v2 where you have to put some files on a pen drive and boot from that to switch env settings.
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happy hacking,
saschadd
sounds good so far.
Could you "read" from the DTS if this box can be bootet from usb?
At the moment i have no serial console access to this box and havent yet figured out if and where there is a serial connector.
To switch the boot mode serial console access is needed, right?
Or could i change env data without serial console access?
I know about there was a way for the nsa325v2 where you have to put some files on a pen drive and boot from that to switch env settings.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 11, 2017 10:33AM |
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saschadd,
This is a new box so you need serial console, to be safe. We dont know what commands this stock uboot supports. So it is unwise to change any of the envs in Linux to boot usb. Serial console is a must have.
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This is a new box so you need serial console, to be safe. We dont know what commands this stock uboot supports. So it is unwise to change any of the envs in Linux to boot usb. Serial console is a must have.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 14, 2017 12:31AM |
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saschadd,
When I have some free time, I will post how to boot the new rootfs on USB.
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When I have some free time, I will post how to boot the new rootfs on USB.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 15, 2017 07:39AM |
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saschadd,
Please start a new tthread:
Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100
And repost the starting content such as in your post:
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,34046#msg-34046
(I never have much luck with this forum thread split function so I might mess it up again :).
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Please start a new tthread:
Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100
And repost the starting content such as in your post:
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,34046#msg-34046
(I never have much luck with this forum thread split function so I might mess it up again :).
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs May 15, 2017 08:37AM |
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Done!
See here http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,34103
bodhi Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> saschadd,
>
> Please start a new tthread:
>
> Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100
>
> And repost the starting content such as in your po
> st:
> http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,34046#msg
> -34046
>
> (I never have much luck with this forum thread spl
> it function so I might mess it up again :).
See here http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,34103
bodhi Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> saschadd,
>
> Please start a new tthread:
>
> Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100
>
> And repost the starting content such as in your po
> st:
> http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146,34046#msg
> -34046
>
> (I never have much luck with this forum thread spl
> it function so I might mess it up again :).
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs June 03, 2017 03:26AM |
Hello.
I try to install the debian to usb. And after the reboot my NAS not boot. USB sometimes blinking but i can't access to my NAS. When I remove the usb and reboot it starts with orginal OS. I don't have TTL interface to look at the bootlog. I created the ext3 partition labeled "rootfs" on the usb and extracted the image Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2. So i have question. I connect USB to the front panel port it is good?
I try to install the debian to usb. And after the reboot my NAS not boot. USB sometimes blinking but i can't access to my NAS. When I remove the usb and reboot it starts with orginal OS. I don't have TTL interface to look at the bootlog. I created the ext3 partition labeled "rootfs" on the usb and extracted the image Debian-4.9.0-mvebu-tld-12-rootfs-bodhi.tar.bz2. So i have question. I connect USB to the front panel port it is good?
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs June 03, 2017 02:29PM |
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Dzanar,
> OK. It's working
Cool!
> But why interface only working o
> n 1 Gbit? When i connect the device to the 100 Mbp
> s port it not connected. And another question what
> i need to compile new kernel?
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> OK. It's working
Cool!
> But why interface only working o
> n 1 Gbit? When i connect the device to the 100 Mbp
> s port it not connected. And another question what
> i need to compile new kernel?
Please post a new Debian topic for problem like this.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 29, 2017 05:08PM |
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The Zyxel NAS326 went on sale this past week. The price cut was good enough that I'm guessing this forum will see more activity soon. I've landed here in my own search for better control of the device I just bought.
I read quite a bit of both threads and getting this working was quite the journey!
Also, OpenMediaVault has become popular. It has a web interface much like the one in stock Zyxel firmware. Since bodhi's MVEBU kernal comes with Debian, is it possible to install this and then just install the OpenMediaVault packages?
Thanks!
I read quite a bit of both threads and getting this working was quite the journey!
Also, OpenMediaVault has become popular. It has a web interface much like the one in stock Zyxel firmware. Since bodhi's MVEBU kernal comes with Debian, is it possible to install this and then just install the OpenMediaVault packages?
Thanks!
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 29, 2017 05:50PM |
Admin Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 18,580 |
Hi nastynas,
> The Zyxel NAS326 went on sale this past week. The
> price cut was good enough that I'm guessing this f
> orum will see more activity soon.
Good news! Where is this on sale?
I have not kept up for this box, because I did not see a lot of interests. It still costs way more than the older plugs.
> Also, OpenMediaVault has become popular. It has a
> web interface much like the one in stock Zyxel fir
> mware. Since bodhi's MVEBU kernal comes with Debia
> n, is it possible to install this and then just in
> stall the OpenMediaVault packages?
Yes. That's what a lot of people do. Once you run the latest kernel in Debian, it is easy to run OMV.
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> The Zyxel NAS326 went on sale this past week. The
> price cut was good enough that I'm guessing this f
> orum will see more activity soon.
Good news! Where is this on sale?
I have not kept up for this box, because I did not see a lot of interests. It still costs way more than the older plugs.
> Also, OpenMediaVault has become popular. It has a
> web interface much like the one in stock Zyxel fir
> mware. Since bodhi's MVEBU kernal comes with Debia
> n, is it possible to install this and then just in
> stall the OpenMediaVault packages?
Yes. That's what a lot of people do. Once you run the latest kernel in Debian, it is easy to run OMV.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 29, 2017 06:45PM |
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 29, 2017 09:44PM |
Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7 |
Just gave it a try. I'm not sure if it's my USB flash drive, or the hardware issues I'm having my Ubuntu laptop.. But I don't trust either one of them now, so I have a couple more USB drives on order from Amazon... One to create a Live USB on my Windows desktop, which I'll then use to prepare the 4.10.9 MVEBU package on the other.
Fortunately for your env trick, I can just take the stick out and boot back into Zyxel NAND. But the problem I'm having is that the firmware is reset every time it reboots. I have to create a new password and enable SSH every time. Also, all my users and settings disappear every time. Until I get the new USB drives, is there a way to stop it from resetting the firmware every time? It also now sometimes crashes on boot (all lights on the front panel go out).
Edit: NAS326 firmware is 5.21 on this one.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2017 10:05PM by nastynas.
Fortunately for your env trick, I can just take the stick out and boot back into Zyxel NAND. But the problem I'm having is that the firmware is reset every time it reboots. I have to create a new password and enable SSH every time. Also, all my users and settings disappear every time. Until I get the new USB drives, is there a way to stop it from resetting the firmware every time? It also now sometimes crashes on boot (all lights on the front panel go out).
Edit: NAS326 firmware is 5.21 on this one.
Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/29/2017 10:05PM by nastynas.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 29, 2017 10:00PM |
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nastynas,
Thanks about the sales info!
> Fortunately for your env trick, I can just take th
> e stick out and boot back into Zyxel NAND. But the
> problem I'm having is that the firmware is reset e
> very time it reboots. I have to create a new passw
> ord and enable SSH every time. Also, all my users
> and settings disappear every time. Until I get the
> new USB drives, is there a way to stop it from res
> etting the firmware every time?
Let me take a look at the envs. It might be that there is one more env needed to be set to get back totally on stock behavior. The current setup is mainly so that it stock NAND can be used as rescue system, so it is just "working well enough" to do that.
Since we can't boot with kwboot yet, I'm extra careful about changing it. I have to test it thoroughly before modifying the instruction.
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Thanks about the sales info!
> Fortunately for your env trick, I can just take th
> e stick out and boot back into Zyxel NAND. But the
> problem I'm having is that the firmware is reset e
> very time it reboots. I have to create a new passw
> ord and enable SSH every time. Also, all my users
> and settings disappear every time. Until I get the
> new USB drives, is there a way to stop it from res
> etting the firmware every time?
Let me take a look at the envs. It might be that there is one more env needed to be set to get back totally on stock behavior. The current setup is mainly so that it stock NAND can be used as rescue system, so it is just "working well enough" to do that.
Since we can't boot with kwboot yet, I'm extra careful about changing it. I have to test it thoroughly before modifying the instruction.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 30, 2017 06:13AM |
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nastynas,
Please boot up without USB, interrupt serial console and
And post the entire serial console log here.
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Please boot up without USB, interrupt serial console and
printenv boot
And post the entire serial console log here.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.10.9 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 30, 2017 01:38PM |
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I don't have a serial cable, so I used your B1.Installation method onwards.
The firmware reset itself overnight again, so I had to enable SSH again, and here is the output of printenv:
As part of your instruction set in the B section, you recommended printenv after making changes. I did that and saved to notepad as follows:
The firmware reset itself overnight again, so I had to enable SSH again, and here is the output of printenv:
SSH_CLIENT=192.168.0.124 50688 22 MAIL=/var/mail/root USER=root LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/lib:/usr/lib:/usr/lib/private HOME=/root SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/0 LOGNAME=root TERM=xterm-256color PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/firmware/sbin:/usr/local/zy-pkgs/bin:/firmware/htp SHELL=/bin/sh PWD=/root SSH_CONNECTION=192.168.0.124 50688 192.168.0.100 22
As part of your instruction set in the B section, you recommended printenv after making changes. I did that and saved to notepad as follows:
CASset=max
CONTRY_TYPE=FF
FEATURE_BIT=00
MALLOC_len=5
MODEL_ID=B303
MPmode=SMP
PRODUCT_NAME=STG-328
VENDOR_NAME=MitraStar Technology Corp.
autoload=no
baudrate=115200
boot_order=hd_scr usb_scr mmc_scr hd_img usb_img mmc_img pxe net_img net_scr
bootargs=console=ttyS0,115200 ubi.mtd=4,2048 rootfstype=ubifs root=ubi0:rootfs1 rw rootdelay=2
bootargs_dflt=$console $nandEcc $mtdparts $bootargs_root nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath ip=$ipaddr:$serverip$bootargs_end $mvNetConfig video=dovefb:lcd0:$lcd0_params clcd.lcd0_enable=$lcd0_enable clcd.lcd_panel=$lcd_panel
bootargs_end=:10.4.50.254:255.255.255.0:Armada38x:eth0:none
bootargs_root=root=/dev/nfs rw
bootcmd=nand read 0x2000000 0x08700000 0xF00000 && bootz 0x2000000
bootcmd_auto=stage_boot $boot_order
bootcmd_fdt=tftpboot 0x2000000 $image_name;tftpboot $fdtaddr $fdtfile;setenv bootargs $console $nandEcc $mtdparts $bootargs_root nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath ip=$ipaddr:$serverip$bootargs_end $mvNetConfig video=dovefb:lcd0:$lcd0_params clcd.lcd0_enable=$lcd0_enable clcd.lcd_panel=$lcd_panel; bootz 0x2000000 - $fdtaddr;
bootcmd_fdt_boot=tftpboot 0x2000000 $image_name; setenv bootargs $console $nandEcc $mtdparts $bootargs_root nfsroot=$serverip:$rootpath ip=$ipaddr:$serverip$bootargs_end $mvNetConfig video=dovefb:lcd0:$lcd0_params clcd.lcd0_enable=$lcd0_enable clcd.lcd_panel=$lcd_panel; bootz 0x2000000 - $fdtaddr;
bootcmd_fdt_edit=tftpboot $fdtaddr $fdtfile; fdt addr $fdtaddr; setenv bootcmd $bootcmd_fdt_boot
bootcmd_lgcy=tftpboot 0x2000000 $image_name; setenv bootargs $bootargs_dflt; bootm 0x2000000;
bootdelay=3
cacheShare=no
console=console=ttyS0,115200
core_checksum_1=df7b308098b062aa540cc501199a78f6
core_checksum_2=2773b03df8b32c243f8b84dcefa79efb
device_partition=0:1
disaMvPnp=no
eeeEnable=no
enaClockGating=no
enaCpuStream=no
enaFPU=yes
enaMonExt=no
enaWrAllo=no
eth1addr=00:50:43:38:32:25
eth1mtu=1500
eth2addr=00:50:43:38:a6:25
eth2mtu=1500
eth3addr=00:50:43:32:a6:38
eth3mtu=1500
ethact=egiga0
ethaddr=60:31:97:C4:A6:0B
ethmtu=1500
ethprime=egiga0
fdt_addr=2040000
fdt_skip_update=no
fdtaddr=0x1000000
fdtfile=armada-38x-modular.dtb
fwversion_1=V5.11(AAZF.4)
fwversion_2=V5.21(AAZF.1)
ide_path=/
image_name=uImage
img_checksum_1=dd71a9007667c985e235988ffdbeee57
img_checksum_2=5356a1c083dfd6bc8c74bfd231aa15a6
initrd_name=uInitrd
ipaddr=10.4.50.170
kernel_addr=${kernel_addr_1}
kernel_addr_2=0x08700000
kernel_addr_r=2080000
kernel_mtd_1=3
kernel_mtd_2=5
lcd0_enable=0
lcd0_params=640x480-16@60
lcd_panel=0
loadaddr=0x02000000
loads_echo=0
modelid_1=B303
modelid_2=B303
mtdids=nand0=armada-nand
mtdparts=mtdparts=armada-nand:2m(u-boot),2m(env),2m(config),15m(kernel1),110m(rootfs1),15m(kernel2),-(rootfs2)
mvNetConfig=mv_net_config=4,(00:50:43:11:11:11,0:1:2:3),mtu=1500
mv_pon_addr=00:50:43:25:a6:38
nandEcc=nfcConfig=4bitecc
netbsd_en=no
netmask=255.255.255.0
netretry=no
pcieTune=no
pexMode=RC
pxe_files_load=:default.arm-armadaxp-db:default.arm-armadaxp:default.arm
pxefile_addr_r=3100000
ramdisk_addr_r=2880000
revision_1=49970
revision_2=50984
romfile_checksum_1=BBFF
romfile_checksum_2=A762
rootpath=/srv/nfs/
sata_delay_reset=0
sata_dma_mode=yes
script_addr_r=3000000
script_name=boot.scr
serial_number=S160Y38014026
serverip=10.4.50.38
standalone=fsload 0x2000000 $image_name;setenv bootargs $console $nandEcc $mtdparts root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw ip=$ipaddr:$serverip$bootargs_end; bootm 0x2000000;
stderr=serial
stdin=serial
stdout=serial
sysimg_mtd_1=4
sysimg_mtd_2=6
usb0Mode=host
usbActive=0
usbType=2
vxworks_en=no
yuk_ethaddr=00:00:00:EE:51:81
zld_checksum_1=260fc23f51fa9ecf008291a56046b7ef
zld_checksum_2=102d2dc16f397df0dddc4f1ad6380e52
curr_bootfrom=1
next_bootfrom=1
load_dtb_addr=0x1000000
load_initrd_addr=0x2900000
load_image_addr=0x02000000
usb_init=mw.l f1018100 20420000; mw.l f1018140 003E8800; sleep 3; usb start
set_bootargs_stock=setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200 ubi.mtd=4,2048 rootfstype=ubifs root=ubi0:rootfs1 rw rootdelay=2"
bootcmd_stock_1=run set_bootargs_stock; echo Booting from NAND kernel 1 ...; nand read 0x2000000 0x00E00000 0xF00000 && bootz 0x2000000
bootcmd_stock_2=run set_bootargs_stock; echo Booting from NAND kernel 2 ...; nand read 0x2000000 0x08700000 0xF00000 && bootz 0x2000000
usb_set_bootargs=setenv bootargs "console=ttyS0,115200 root=LABEL=rootfs rootdelay=10 $mtdparts earlyprintk=serial"
usb_bootcmd=echo Booting from USB ...; setenv fdt_skip_update yes; run usb_init; ext2load usb 0:1 $load_image_addr /boot/zImage; ext2load usb 0:1 $load_dtb_addr /boot/dts/armada-380-zyxel-nas326.dtb; ext2load usb 0:1 $load_initrd_addr /boot/uInitrd; run usb_set_bootargs; bootz $load_image_addr $load_initrd_addr $load_dtb_addr
bootcmd_custom=if run usb_bootcmd; then; else if run bootcmd_stock_1; then; else run bootcmd_stock_2; reset; fi; fi
kernel_addr_1=0x00000000; run bootcmd_custom;
change_boot_part=1
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nastynas,
To run stock OS permanently:
Later, when you want to run Debian just set it up again using section B.
Note that section C4 can be done in stock OS, too.
- Check your u-boot envs is working the same way:
Does it look the same as before?
- If the output looks good, proceed to do section C4.
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To run stock OS permanently:
Quote
C4. Reverse to stock OS permanently
To reverse the setup, and boot back to stock NAND kernel permanently, execute the following instructions at the Debian command line:
Later, when you want to run Debian just set it up again using section B.
Note that section C4 can be done in stock OS, too.
- Check your u-boot envs is working the same way:
fw_printenv
Does it look the same as before?
- If the output looks good, proceed to do section C4.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.12.4 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 31, 2017 02:36AM |
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Kernel linux-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 package has been uploaded. Please see 1st post for download link.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.12.4 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 31, 2017 05:41AM |
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bodhi Wrote:
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> Kernel linux-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 package has been u
> ploaded. Please see 1st post for download link.
Attached here is the DTB for WD My Cloud EX4100, which I forgot to include in the new kernel linux-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 package.
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> Kernel linux-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 package has been u
> ploaded. Please see 1st post for download link.
Attached here is the DTB for WD My Cloud EX4100, which I forgot to include in the new kernel linux-4.12.4-mvebu-tld-1 package.
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.12.4 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs July 31, 2017 05:50AM |
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@saschadd,
What is the EX4100 fan behavior in u-boot? does it spin at nomal speed?
And how about inside stock OS? does it spin slower, and is there a fan control tool that you can run in the Web interface or at command line?
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What is the EX4100 fan behavior in u-boot? does it spin at nomal speed?
And how about inside stock OS? does it spin slower, and is there a fan control tool that you can run in the Web interface or at command line?
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.12.4 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs August 06, 2017 02:05AM |
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Re: Linux Kernel 4.12.4 MVEBU package and Debian armhf rootfs August 06, 2017 02:24AM |
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Thanks ottok,
Let me take a look.
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Let me take a look.
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