Fedora Core 2 running on the Linksys NSLU2

[Lennert Buytenhek]

Hi all,

FYI: the Fedora Core 2 ARM port appears to run on the Linksys NSLU2
(http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=35&scid=43&prid=640),
an ARM-based network storage device that goes for under $100.

The box is a tad bit slow, but at least you can hook a hard drive up
to it.


cheers,
Lennert


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Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:45:26 -0000
Subject: [nslu2-linux] *** KUDOS *** to Lennert for a Preliminary Fedora 2 Core on the
NSLU2 !!!!

Ok fellow NSLU2-linux'ers -- Please sit down

Our newly-found best friend (Lennert Buytenhek)'s Fedora 2 core for
the arm5b runs on my NSLU2!

Here are a few commands:

bash-2.05b# cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>

main()
{
          printf ("Hello World!\n");
}
bash-2.05b# gcc -o test test.c
bash-2.05b# ls
test  test.c
bash-2.05b# ./test
Hello World!
bash-2.05b# ls
test  test.c
bash-2.05b# uname -a
Linux LKG0F8CB8 2.4.22-xfs #377 Fri Jul 2 09:02:32 CST 2004 armv5b
armv5b armv5b GNU/Linux
bash-2.05b# objdump -a test

test:     file format elf32-bigarm
test

bash-2.05b#

bash, vi, mount, gcc, are all running.

I *really* wanted that native arm compiler :).

I haven't tried networking and I used my busybox-rc3 to chroot into
the bunzip2, untarred fs.

THREE CHEERS and CONGRATS to Lennert !!!

I"m sure I'll be posting more or drop by the #nslu2-linux channel at
freenode.net

[g2]
Tommy B.


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[John W. Linville]

Lennert Buytenhek wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> FYI: the Fedora Core 2 ARM port appears to run on the Linksys NSLU2
>
>   
>  
Very cool!  Did the target require custom kernel porting?  Or is it 
"close enough" to an existing target to work?

-- 
John W. Linville
linville(a)redhat.com

[Lennert Buytenhek]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 04:32:43PM -0400, John W. Linville wrote:

>  >FYI: the Fedora Core 2 ARM port appears to run on the Linksys
> NSLU2
>
>  Very cool!  Did the target require custom kernel porting?  Or is it 
>  "close enough" to an existing target to work? 
I originally developed the port on an Intel IXP2400, to which I ported
the 2.6.8-rc1 kernel.  The Linksys NSLU2 runs a modified 2.4.22 kernel
by default, which appears to suffice for running most of the FC2 stuff
on.

People are looking into porting 2.6 over to the NSLU2 as we speak.


cheers,
Lennert