Works fine for me for several years now on Sid, and on my router. I love nginx! Apache is way too much of a pig. It barely runs on plugs, and won't work at all on a router. You need to be using php-fpm. You have to configure nginx and php before they will work together. It's not just a matter of installing the packages. There are countless tutorials out there on how to do it. The nby gnexus - Debian
This post applies to any ARM sources you are cross-compiling. Not just Debian. Not just GNU (it applies for Android also). It mostly applies to the ARMv7 SoC. That means it doesn't really apply to Kirkwood. That also means it doesn't really apply to much of anything here. . . But the information here is relevant for ANYTHING you are cross-compiling for ARM. So if you are readingby gnexus - Debian
QuoteIf I boot from NAND I cant use fw_printenv Your fw_env.config configuration is incorrect. The file is located in /etc. You need the following settings to get it to work for Jeff's Uboot: # Configuration file for fw_(printenv/saveenv) utility. # Up to two entries are valid, in this case the redundant # environment sector is assumed present. # for Marvell Kirkwood # (get cby gnexus - uBoot
QuoteUSB EHCI 1.00 scanning bus for devices... EHCI timed out on TD - token=0x80008c80 3 USB Device(s) found scanning bus for storage devices... 0 Storage Device(s) found ** Block device usb 0 not supported QuoteIt seems as though the new usb debian install does not boot because the usb harddrive is not recognised. Correct. 0 Storage Device(s) found means Uboot is not even seeing thby gnexus - Debian
QuoteMaybe it now does actually work? Maybe it has always worked, save for journaling? Thought so at the time. But davy got me thinking since he's pretty sharp on Uboot ;) I know mounting ext4 as ext3 (and converting from ext3 to 4) works fine. I was thinking that ext4 was also compatible with ext2, and since that is what Uboot uses it would work. I was also thinking that I was using eby gnexus - uBoot
QuoteI'm not 100% sure it will work like that w/ a standard kernel. My guess is probably not. @davy Yeah. It works. Ext4 is backwards compatible to ext2. Uboot works from ext4 just fine. His kernel would have to be VERY old not to support ext4. But even if it didn't it would still see it as ext3/ext2 depending on how old it was. Using as native ext4 is another story. You need at lby gnexus - uBoot
Quotecreated a symlink ln -s . boot (so uBoot can find all the stuff in a boot directory on the first partition) That won't work, as you found out. You can't use symlinks in bootloaders. You need to modify the Uboot environment to boot from a separate boot partition. Jeff's environment will not boot from a separate boot partition without modification, just like a standard distby gnexus - uBoot
QuoteI think p-ata and s-ata are two different kind of IDE. (I'm possibly wrong here) You are correct. That is why it is called the IDE subystem. But our devices only have SATA. QuoteMy problem is not booting from s-ata, it's booting from USB when I have a s-ata drive plugged in. When a s-ata drive is plugged in the goflex Home, it take the place of sda, and usb_scan is setting theby gnexus - uBoot
Wiki idea is nice. It would help many people if they did not need to spend a lot of time searching the site here for information. An easy way to get it started would be to simply link the existing information in Jeff's articles and in the forum on a single page. The information on this site has really proved valuable to me and many others. The Uboot information here is the best on theby gnexus - Debian
kernel 3.5!! Now THAT'S bleeding edge! edit: I just noticed on kernel.org that 3.5rc is mainline now. They are moving fast! So that makes this thread relevant. I just got 3.4 installed on my fedora machines, and my GoFlex's are using the standard old debian kernels. I've successfully built a few kernels for my kirkwood devices. But I don't really see the point to do itby gnexus - Debian
QuoteIs it for finding the good drive to boot from ? Yes. The name is self explanatory really (Thanks Jeff!). QuoteCan we modify it to detect if a s-ata drive is on /dev/sda and then using /dev/sdb1 automatically instead of /dev/sda1 ? No. usb_scan scans the USB (thus the name) ports and boots from the drive at usb_device, and the partition set in usb_root. It does not do anything to allby gnexus - uBoot
This is nice! I can use this to test my uBoot builds! Only wish it worked for the Dockstar, and that Allwinner A10 had similar utility. Maybe now that A10 is wildly popular Marvell will get off their butts and make a newer SoC like A10 that can use this utility. But Marvell is going to be hurting badly after introduction of A10/A13. They probably lost a few contracts already. Why would anby gnexus - uBoot
@davy Quote I want to look at code and see what is up. AFAICR, I didn't hard code in the MAC/hw address, but I'll double check. EDIT: just checked - it isn't in the code . And as far as I can see, that isn't a Dockstar... here's why... It probably came from other uboot then. Prior to using Jeff's I was using OpenWRT uboot. Doesn't matter. It was just a bit oddby gnexus - uBoot
@ davygravy On my GoFlex I noticed that my MAC address had changed and was not the same as on the base of the device. I don't know where this MAC came from: 02:50:43:d9:f4:xx The OIU (first half of MAC - not IEEE registered) is the same as the Dockstar. It is not the GoFlex (00:10:75:xx:xx:xx). I can only assume that MAC came from the compiled U-boot defaults. That was resetby gnexus - uBoot
@ bodhi A LOT a year or so when I was trying to get the uboot parameters correct for my USB and SATA partitions! Not so much now. . . ;) I know it's a stupid thing to bring up. It probably is only a distraction to just me, and of course you usually never see the bootloader anyway. . . But, for me personally, it was always a distraction (actually even the "Dockstar>" biby gnexus - uBoot
The best option for using a newer kernel is to use a current u-boot such as davy's with a current kernel such as Debian's. I am now using davy's Dockstar and GoFlex Net u-boot's with the latest kernels and they work flawlessly. But we still need an easy way to manipulate/save/restore the uboot environment variables. Unfortunately fw_printenv will only print or save the envby gnexus - uBoot
@davy I have been lurking here on Jeff's site since right the Dockstar was released. I never felt the need to login or post anything until now. But I created an account here just now to thank you for your new uboot. So. . . THANKS! Like you, I have previously messed around several times with compiling uboot. Unfortunately, however, I never could get them to chain load like Openwrt&by gnexus - uBoot
@ davy After reading the stuff here on Jeff's site since it began I finally made an account to thank you for your new u boot. . . But then I mistakenly landed in this old thread due to your recent post. . . At first I thought that Jeff had upped one on you and released a new uboot! But then I saw the dates. . . I think it would have been better just to let this old thread pass peacefby gnexus - uBoot