Development for DS107+ (and other Marvell ARM based systems)

[ed_x]

I've got coreutils, grep, binutils, ncurses, vim, zlib and python. Only python doesn't work properly; still giving the same errors as the ELDK compiler did. It all compiles, but is not usable. Long int in python doesn't seem to be convertible to float... something I didn't encounter when setting it up on the DS-106e. Weird.

I'd like to try to get a Java virtual machine running on it, but which machine is good to use? The Sun JDK is not open source (yet), neither is the IBM JDK (there are powerpc versions though).

[edit] Sun JDK 6u2 source seems to be available, let's try that! It would be cool to get Ninan up and running[/edit]

[Lurch81]

New GPL sources are now available!

[ed_x]

Yup, one copy is coming my way

[Illerian]

Why isn't anyone making their tool chain downloadable for others? Is there a legal issue?

[Franklin]

Topic moved to "Marvel mv5281 Development Room"

[m.aicardi]

PS: So far i've compiled expat, termcap, zlib, berkely db. Next is apr-util and apr and after that (maybe) subversion. But i cannot spend many time on that "hobby".

Will there be any chance for someone building NFS for x07? I'd neeed it (and some other progs).

If someone give me some more info on how to build for the x07 I'll do my best to give a hand for creating a new IPKG repo... We NEED it

Marco

[sitetree]

I was able to compile nfs.ko and exports.ko:

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DiskStation> lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P 
nfsd                   72288  0
exportfs                4672  1 nfsd
usbhid                 26052  0
usblp                  11680  0
usb_storage            32036  0
uhci_hcd               28720  0
ohci_hcd               15204  0
ehci_hcd               30280  0
ds107+_synobios        10132  0
quota_v2                9056  2
usbcore               115048  7 usbhid,usblp,usb_storage,uhci_hcd,ohci_hcd,ehci_hcd
sg                     30464  0
ntfs                  115700  0
vfat                   10720  0
fat                    48444  1 vfat
appletalk              32952  20
psnap                   2852  1 appletalk
llc                     5876  1 psnap


I'm still looking for a simple nfs server source. Anybody an idea?

[m.aicardi]

I was able to compile nfs.ko and exports.ko:

Great!

Do you need any tester?

Cheers.

Marco

[mindbender]

Hello guys.

I am an admin from the community of http://www.linkstationwiki.net

I just wanted to mention that we (especially jonli447/lb_worm) are working on a vanilla kernel patch for the mv88f5281 boards since September 2006.

[mindbender]

the DS107+ also is one.

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ARM (armv5tejl) based Disk-, Cube- and Rackstations:

Model:         CS-407      RS-407      DS-107+     DS-107+.128
--------------------------------------------------------------
CPU family          Marvell (arm5tejl)
CPU model      88F5281     88F5281     88F5281     88F5281
CPU speed      500 MHz     500 MHz     500 MHz     500 MHz
RAM            128 MB      128 MB       64 MB      128 MB
internal HDD   4 x SATA    4 x SATA    1 x SATA    1 x SATA
USB            2+0+?       2+0+?       2+1+?       2+1+?
eSATA          no          no          1x          1x

[mindbender]

now we got 2.6.22 working on the Buffalo Linkstation Pro (LS Pro) and the Maxtor shared storage ii (MSS-II).

We would like to invite all C-coders/kernel-hackers to look at our announcement here:

Board index » Hardware » ARM9 Based » LS Pro/Live » Need Experienced Users to Test New arm9 Kernels

If you are interested in getting 2.6.22 working on the DS107+ you most likely need only to port the drivers for the special stuff (microcontroller, LEDs and so on) if it isn`t already inside the kernel-port.

(please forgive my 3 postings in a row. i needed 2 posting so i was allowed to post links)

best regards
-- mindbender
http://www.linkstationwiki.net

[polarbear]

I am interested to compile a few utilities for the DS-107+.

Are there any more detailed pointers what is needed to build the toolchain,
or even better, as you already built the toolchain would you be prepared to share the binaries?

I have seen the link to crosstools and CodeSourcery ARM gcc. I downloaded the latter and compiled a hello.c, which coredumps. So I assume the CodeSourcery ARM gcc I tried to use is the wrong one.

[yinka]

polarbear, everything you need is in the scratchbox download area.

Install scratchbox + qemu + toolchain using the following combination:

scratchbox-core-1.0.8-i386.tar.gz
scratchbox-devkit-cputransp-1.0.2-i386.tar.gz
scratchbox-libs-1.0.8-i386.tar.gz
scratchbox-toolchain-arm-linux-ct401-2.3-1.0.4-i386.tar.gz ( this is crosstool 0.42).

The GCC version is 4.0.1 but the library is the correct version (2.3.2). This combination works for me. Be careful to select the right qemu emulation! (arm, not armeb).

I have compiled a few working utilities, but I am stuck with Perl

HTH

I am interested to compile a few utilities for the DS-107+.

Are there any more detailed pointers what is needed to build the toolchain,
or even better, as you already built the toolchain would you be prepared to share the binaries?

I have seen the link to crosstools and CodeSourcery ARM gcc. I downloaded the latter and compiled a hello.c, which coredumps. So I assume the CodeSourcery ARM gcc I tried to use is the wrong one.

[Mike]

Can report that I followed yinkas information and the basic tutorial on Scratchbox. Althoug I had to go into the First chapter as well and run sb-menu to find the right q-emu as the string from the tutorial didn't work. I choose the qemu-arm-0.8.0-m2 . Not a clue if it is right or not

But the bottom line is IT WORKS!!

had to move the libs from /usr/local/lib to /lib but after that Midnight commander is working.

Moving on to rar now

Must say it's a bit tedious as im a total beginner on linux but i'm also quite proud having compiled my first linux file

//Mike

[polarbear]

This is good to hear. My attempts where on a Windows box with cygwin and as I mentioned I did not get far. Over the next few days I will try to get scratchbox installed on a Linux box. I have used it before for some Bulverde development.

I like to compile cvs so I can use the DiskStation as CVS server.