Post by cattledogit on Jan 9, 2008 6:02:46 GMT 7
Most users can use the Debian installer, but for those who want to compile a kernel on the N2100 the instructions below provided by Martin Michlmayr (www.cyrius.com) worked for us:
Download
ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.23.orig.tar.gz
ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.23-1.diff.gz
Unpack the tar ball, go into the directory, apply the patch, do
chmod +x debian/rules
then edit debian/config/arm/config.iop32x to change the config
then edit debian/config/arm/defines and comment out all flavors except for iop32x
Then build with dpkg-buildpackage -B -aarm -rfakeroot
You'll get a .deb package that you can install and flash-kernel will
automatically write it to flash.
Martin's comments about RedBoot may also be of interest:
RedBoot has a boot script that determines what it will do upon boot, but essentially you can only have it load a kernel via tftp/http or flash. The script loads the kernel from flash. So you need to replace the kernel and ramdisk in flash. Take a look at flash-kernel.
Download
ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.23.orig.tar.gz
ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-2.6/linux-2.6_2.6.23-1.diff.gz
Unpack the tar ball, go into the directory, apply the patch, do
chmod +x debian/rules
then edit debian/config/arm/config.iop32x to change the config
then edit debian/config/arm/defines and comment out all flavors except for iop32x
Then build with dpkg-buildpackage -B -aarm -rfakeroot
You'll get a .deb package that you can install and flash-kernel will
automatically write it to flash.
Martin's comments about RedBoot may also be of interest:
RedBoot has a boot script that determines what it will do upon boot, but essentially you can only have it load a kernel via tftp/http or flash. The script loads the kernel from flash. So you need to replace the kernel and ramdisk in flash. Take a look at flash-kernel.