This document explains how to use deboostrap foreign to build from scratch and install a minimal debian system on the sheevaplug but it is equally applicable to many other embedded systems. This root image is preconfigured for the sheevaplug, including a line in etcinittab that spawns getty on the serial console. Collier after a bit of work, i got the sheeva plug working the way i wanted it to. The sheevaplug is a plug computer, and designed to run networkbased software services. Connect the device to your computer using the supplied usb cable. This table contains the results of 3 separate tests. You will have to use vanilla kernel sources to apply this patch. At the debian prompt, log on with the root account you created while. Feb 24, 2009 marvell have been talking up their sheevaplug reference design, a wallwart power plug that actually hides an entire linux pc. Sep 07, 2010 debian on sheeva plug internal nand flash posted on september 7, 2010 by c. May 16, 2009 sat, 16 may 2009 installing debian on the sheevaplug. Feb 25, 2009 this little wall plug is actually a full computer with 1. We created ubifs images containing only this single file using using the mkfs.
Be sure to type version before and after to be sure that it took. There are many different variants of plug computers so please check which models are supported by debian. Debian on plug computers sheevaplug, guruplug martin. Plug computers, like the sheevaplug and guruplug, are powerful and affordable devices that can be combined with debian to perform a variety of tasks, such as acting as a file or media server. Anyone who has worked with nand ecc support, i have a. Usb device gets not attached to devttyusb0 what is missing. With our ubifs version, we have configured the plug to boot debian squeeze 6. On setting up the sheevaplug linux embedded computer. Bootlog for multiboot, customised newit sheevaplug sold from 20091209 now uboot version 3. Form time to time boot fails usually after power shorts with final message. This patch conflicts with the lsm patch, they both change the same things so the patches cant both apply. First i boot up with usb stick and debian installer images on it get debian installed and running on usb stick run the commands below to get it moved to flash. Ext4 has supported linux filesystem encryption since v4. Anything you commit should be on top of the development tree see here, rather than against a clean tree from linus.
These images support the following latest uboot features among others. Patch will take a patch file containing any of the four forms of difference listing produced by the diff program and apply those differences to an original file, producing a patched version. How to convert a sheevaplug from jffs2 to ubiubifs via. Hi, although im running sheevaplug my question is generallinux one. For other os it should be possible, you just have to put openwrtkirkwooduimage and openwrtkirkwoodgenericjffs2nand2048128k. Reasons are documented in readme contained within the package. Our unit will accept 100240 volts ac input 50hz60hz. It has 512 mb nand flash, and is very similar to the marvell sheevaplug reference design. Hi, mounting a ubifs redboot partition located on a nor flash as root filesystem fails. Hei guys, i bought the debian ubifs sheevaplug recently and there were some things wrong i could overcome dhcp lease.
Anyone who has worked with nand ecc support, i have a questioni have a platform running the 2. It doesnt look like the current uboot supports ubifs recovery it still only mounts ubifs filesystems in readonly mode. Jun 21, 2017 debian 9 stretch has been released on 17th june 2016, and you may be now looking for upgrading your previous version, i. This post will guide you through the steps to upgrade your system from debian 8 jessie to debian 9 stretch. Ubifs memory technology device mtd subsystem for linux.
The file contained various arm libraries, executables from bin and sbin, and files from etc. Squeeze is still used on many servers, so a group of debian developers decided to provide security patches for a longer timespan for this release. The sheevaplug is a plug computer designed to allow standard computing features in as small a space as possible. Sheevaplug a debian home server in a wallwart personally i have always been interested in unusual hardware.
My uboot is using 4bit nand ecc to write the kernel and ramdisk to flash. As the sheevaplug is powered by an arm cpu armv5tel, the arch of choice is the new abi also known as armel. Four months is a pretty short time to catch all the regressions and add new features etc. Questions tagged ubifs ask question ubifs unsorted block image filesystem is a file system for use with raw flash memory media. Unless you have purchased a preconfigured ubifs or sd card booting model, there are a couple of configuration errors with the preinstalled ubuntu. Building and installing a new kernel for a sheevaplug i have several hardwarecontrol projects that need a little more horsepower than an arduino. Fighting ubifs failure after power surge on sheevaplug. Im using a premade debian squeeze root filesystem from mark gillespies debian on sheevaplug resources which ive saved as squeezerootfs.
I have use debian 7 host for all my test, then the exemple is for gnulinux system. Oct 10, 2009 recompiling a new kernel for the sheevaplug there are many reasons why you would want to use a custom kernel on the plug. Sep 08, 2010 okay, so basically just like martin says, you download the latest compiled uboot for sheevaplug, rename it uboot. Recompiling a new kernel for the sheevaplug there are many reasons why you would want to use a custom kernel on the plug. Uboot environment variables for sheevaplug multiboot version. Patch with patches to debian installer to enable building with a custom kernel, make partman handle mtd and ubi, and pinning the custom udebs for inclusion in the di build process. Recompiling a new kernel for the sheevaplug blogger. To use fscrypt, you must have a filesystem with encryption enabled and a kernel that supports readingwriting from that filesystem. I have a bunch of pcs connected via wireless to my router and internet works fine. Sheevaplug with debian wheezy our technical narrative. Debian on plug computers sheevaplug, guruplug plug computers, like the sheevaplug and guruplug, are powerful and affordable devices that can be combined with debian to perform a variety of tasks, such as acting as a file or media server.
The specs on these babies say they have gpio lines, though there isnt much support or documentation for using them. On the sheevaplug i upgraded from the original marvell uboot to the version here. The df utility usually reports less free space than users may actually write to the filesystem, but it never reports more space. The authors of ubi have pointed some memory usage scalability problems but if a second version of ubi were written, filesystems on top of it would not need to be modified. The compact computer now gets integrated wifi and bluetooth, rather than just wired e. Creating and using a ubifs filesystem is not as easy as with jffs2 but ubi ubifs is designed to be more robust and ubi will ease the development of new filesystems. Ubifs cannot precisely predict how much data the user will be able to write to the filesystem. On setting up the sheevaplug linux embedded computer 2009. In order to proceed, you will therefore need either a usb stick or disk, an sd card or an external disk with an esata port. Martin michlmayr has a lot of resources on the sheevaplug, which ill use in the installation steps below. With our ubifs version, we have configured the plug to boot debian sque ex vat.
It always works fine without the sync mount option, but i really need to disable writeback. Depending on your configuration and device, you may have to specify a different boot partition. Jan 05, 2010 marvell have announced a new version of their sheevaplug alwayson microserver, the marvell plug computer 3. The debian installer doesnt currently support installations to onboard flash storage, but you can use it to install to usb, sd or esata. Please refer to the explanation on how to find out your boot partition in case your device does not boot with 0. Coming from a background in electronics, i tend to find standard computer hardware rather boring and always like to experiment with stuff that is off the beaten path. Ubifs flash space accounting is quite challenging and it is not always possible to report accurate amount of free space. Before it was merged upstream, ryzen users would have to use the npt patch. Creating and flashing ubi ubifs images bootlins blog. Currently, ext4, f2fs, and ubifs support linux filesystem encryption. And those quirks dont begin to address the many different package managers and package formats. Sheevaplug development kit configuring the kernel with lsp.
If i do that, original ubuntu on nand flash factory installation doesnt recognize the current soc because arcnumber 2678 is a patch from debian in original installation, esata is activated by default. The sheevaplug is a plug computer designed to allow standard computing features in as small a space as possible as one of the first such computers on the market, the device has a 1. Debian details of package linuxpatchgrsecurity2 in jessie. As one of the first such computers on the market, the device has a 1. Debian send ip address on startup sheevaplug ask question asked 9 years, 10 months ago. How to patch a kernel in debian the passthrough post. This page stemmed from the following discussion on debiandevel in january 2008. I have a sheevaplug with uboot and ubifs root file system on nand flash. If or when you get stuck, it may be helpful to use sheevaplug and or ubuntu in your search terms. How to patch a kernel in debian there are many reasons that you might want to patch your kernel.
As of 2010, the sheevaplug part of the development kit ships with ubuntu 9. When creating git trees with patches you intend to be pushed upstream, please try to ensure that we end up with as few merges as possible. An alternative to a readonly rootfs is to use a recovery system, either in nand or on a usb stick. Furthermore, this patch will not apply to debian kernels. It comes with versions of linux, ported for its arm processor. Roughly every four months linus releases a new kernel. Installing debian gnulinux in the nand flash of a dockstar debian gnulinux on not next to a dockstar.
Feb 24, 2010 bart trojanowski i am running on a sheevaplug. If i do that, original ubuntu on nand flash factory installation doesnt recognize the current soc because arcnumber 2678 is a patch from debian in. After looking a bit into debian s kernel, it seems that esata interface is activated only if arcnumber is set to 2678. Debian installer for plug computer martin michlmayr. Building and installing a new kernel for a sheevaplug. The original sheevaplug plug computer the outofthefactory configuration, which boots ubuntu 9. Sheevaplug development kit is a plug computing device that runs networkbased software services that normally require a dedicated personal computer. The original sheevaplug development kit end of life notice the outofthefactory configuration, ex vat. As far as i am concerned, the lack of ext4 and ntfs support in the kernel provided with the otherwise excellent sheevaplug installer 1. A software development kit for the platform is also available. Unfortunately for you i have use a tftp server for inject both kernel and rootfs image on the sheevaplug nand.
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