From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:12:39 +0100 (BST) Received: from qw-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.92.146]:57874 "EHLO qw-out-1920.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S20025581AbZD1RMc (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:12:32 +0100 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 9so570717qwj.54 for ; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:12:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=aDiENktRGw9wbxpJ48blwLu4sRvHWwidqhnkCJ5UQvY=; b=OaoQDBF146dzMsFOMjPiyWgZp0NEqhS415XCAOUBbVrwTnIsqmtqLEJPc0amnjQFeK qM9WAQAJfZnIOrwPfpC+PFF5Cod9vJLxKJ/TA6ctvvkReNs17mzp87iDF1lqIMFlHj0s OmHdK1aoYeBUNAmfqFAE9vERz/NMbPIYql67Y= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=ZbcyO4YUSxDpQ/DX579QCmUQDnH9a7OQTn0cVXaBLda1rUKAYo1Ilp3Y7oAXVPbuEf ygNkwRUP0nGxa9BI0KXlHxlMWf5iTPUvNawSA4zoRs6urpd8jgYuqrq/7OkMk8bErf28 LaV/a+mY7izusav1p510xpijOidOFTjrtNdS0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.95.75 with SMTP id c11mr13833388vcn.1.1240938750168; Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:12:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200904281501.37811.florian@openwrt.org> References: <200904281501.37811.florian@openwrt.org> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:12:30 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Linux on Linksys PSUS4? From: Andrew Wiley To: Florian Fainelli Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0016e6470b0864579e0468a091d1 Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 22520 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: debio264@gmail.com Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips --0016e6470b0864579e0468a091d1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Florian Fainelli wrot= e: > Le Tuesday 28 April 2009 13:58:38 Andrew Wiley, vous avez =E9crit : > > I stumbled onto this website while doing some research on a Linksys > > printserver I retired a while back (the firmware kept crashing, but I > don't > > think it was a hardware problem), and I'm wondering if it would be > possible > > to install Linux on it. It has an ADM5120P, and the hardware seems to b= e > > supported, but how would I go about installing anything? Is there a > serial > > port header that I need to use? Would using it equate to soldering a > serial > > port to it? > > Soldering a seria port is not an option if you want to do something serio= us > with it. Then how would it normally be done? I'm hoping to do this more for the experience than for the final product, if only because there's a chance tha= t the reboot problem is hardware related, and the whole box is fairly useless right now. > > > > Is it even feasible to have a linux system running on 1MB of flash and = 4 > MB > > of RAM? > > That's too small you would need at least 2MB Flash and 8MB RAM. Could 2MB hold a full kernel? If I can compile in the right USB drivers, I can put the rootfs on a flash drive in the USB port (this is a printserver, so it has one), right? Andrew Wiley --0016e6470b0864579e0468a091d1 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Florian Fainell= i <florian@open= wrt.org> wrote:
Le Tuesday 28 April 2009 13:58:38 Andrew Wiley, vous avez =E9crit=A0:
> I stumbled onto this website while doing some resear= ch on a Linksys
> printserver I retired a while back (the firmware kept crashing, but I = don't
> think it was a hardware problem), and I'm wondering if it would be= possible
> to install Linux on it. It has an ADM5120P, and the hardware seems to = be
> supported, but how would I go about installing anything? Is there a se= rial
> port header that I need to use? Would using it equate to soldering a s= erial
> port to it?

Soldering a seria port is not an option if you want to do something s= erious
with it.

Then how would it normally be done? I'm h= oping to do this more for the experience than for the final product, if onl= y because there's a chance that the reboot problem is hardware related,= and the whole box is fairly useless right now.
=A0


> Is it even feasible to have a linux system running on 1MB of flash and= 4 MB
> of RAM?

That's too small you would need at least 2MB Flash and 8MB RAM.

Could 2MB hold a full kernel? If I can compile in the r= ight USB drivers, I can put the rootfs on a flash drive in the USB port (th= is is a printserver, so it has one), right?


Andrew Wiley

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