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Monthly Archives: March 2008
OpenWrt Gemini 0.2
Paolo Scaffardi just released version 0.2 of his OpenWrt port for SL3516 based devices. The main change from the 0.1 release is that he switched to the OpenWrt trunk as base. The great benefit of this decision is that there … Continue reading
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Webif^2 tutorial part 02
Last time we created a simple “hello world” page. Not very useful. For our NAS box we need a way to input/select configuration data. Web interfaces implement user input using HTML forms. Webif^2 provides some features to make it easier … Continue reading
Webif^2 tutorial part 01
This article tries to explain how you can extend Webif^2 with your own functionality. I am myself new to Webif^2. The reason i am writing this article is to get acquainted enough with the code so i can decide if … Continue reading
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Webif^2 on a NAS box
Webif^2 aka. X-Wrt is a kick ass web interface used on OpenWrt systems. I really like it but as the main focus of OpenWrt is routers and related devices it is missing a lot of functionality which would be needed … Continue reading
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Up and running!
I managed to build and install the 0.1 release of OpenWrt for SL3516 based devices. It needed some small tweaks to make it compile but nothing too serious. The only pitfall was that you need to change the gcc version … Continue reading
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Crippled Redboot
From working with evaluation boards for the intel ixp4xx and ixp24xx i have some previous experience with Redboot and i always liked its power and flexibility. Given this i really don’t like the Redboot found on the NAS-4220 (and other … Continue reading
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dm_crypt on the NAS-4220
According to Harald Welte who had a look at the GPL sources released by RaidSonic, the hardware crypto acceleration is not integrated with dm_crypt. It supports only the older and now deprecated crypto loop system. That is bad news. Getting … Continue reading
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OpenWrt for SL3516 based devices
I was not the only one who thought that OpenWrt might be a good choice to create a better firmware image for the NAS-4220. This guy has already started a port based on the Kamikaze branch (OpenWrt stable). The project … Continue reading
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OpenWrt
I’ve been wondering which system to use for building a custom firmware for the NAS-4220. I’ve worked with ptxdist and buildroot in the past so i was inclined to simply use buildroot. On the other hand i have heard a … Continue reading
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Sausalito
The NAS-4220 is using internally something called Sausalito. Spending some time with google reveals that this is a web-based (only?) system management system originally developed for the Cobalt RaQ. After Sun terminated the Cobalt Raq product line the software was … Continue reading
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