minor notes

1 files changed, 109 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/electronics/soekris.page b/electronics/soekris.page
index 7ef4ff1..2daf643 100644
--- a/electronics/soekris.page
+++ b/electronics/soekris.page
@@ -26,12 +26,11 @@ Boot drives:
 7. external USB connector (JP3)
 8. internal USB connector (JP5)
 
-
 Ethernet chipset is Intel 82574L, using e1000e driver on linux (not e1000).
 
 miniPCIe WiFi card I have is the Intel 4965AGN.
 
-Kernel needs ext2 and SATA ACPHI (?) support at boot time to load root
+Kernel needs ext2 and SATA ACHI (?) support at boot time to load root
 filesystem.
 
 ### OpenWRT installation
@@ -74,6 +73,56 @@ http://superuser.com/questions/357401/how-to-install-openwrt-on-an-x86-computer-
 
 http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#SERIAL_port_.5B.5Bbaudrate.5D_flowcontrol.5D
 
+[this part does work]
+
+temporary re-install instructions for soekris device:
+
+boot up in debian
+    scp openwrt-x86-generic-rootfs.tar.gz openwrt-x86-generic-vmlinuz <debian>
+    mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
+    cd /mnt
+    tar xvf ~/openwrt-x86-generic-rootfs.tar.gz .
+    cp ~/openwrt-x86-generic-vmlinuz /mnt/boot/vmlinuz # CAREFUL!
+    cd
+    umount /mnt
+
+after boot up openwrt, for basic network config, edit /etc/config/network:
+
+# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+
+config interface loopback
+        option ifname   lo
+        option proto    static
+        option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
+        option netmask  255.0.0.0
+
+config interface wan
+        option ifname   eth0
+        option proto    dhcp
+
+config interface lan
+        option ifname   eth1
+        option type     bridge
+        option proto    static
+        option ipaddr   192.168.5.1
+        option netmask  255.255.255.0
+
+edit /etc/resolve.conf and add 8.8.8.8 (google) (or, just start dnsmasq?)
+
+edit /etc/opkg.conf, change fetch patch to x86_generic (not x86)
+
+then scp over all built .ipkgs, install build-essential (which means gcc, make,
+binutils, patch, diffutils).
+
+Add /usr/local/bin to PATH:
+
+    #.profile: PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/bin; export PATH
+    source ~/.profile
+
+copy crap over:
+    scp ./staging_dir/toolchain-i386_gcc-4.1.2_uClibc-0.9.30.1/lib/uclibc_nonshared.a root@192.168.5.1:
+    mv ~/uclibc_nonshared.a /usr/lib/
+
 ##### Recompiling openwrt kernel for LXC support
 
 To enable gcc et al in OpenWRT backfire:
@@ -86,7 +135,7 @@ Kernel flags (also network setup):
 LXC userspace tools:
     http://lxc.sourceforge.net/download/lxc/
 
-So...
+So... this is all with backfire 10.03.1, kernel 2.6.32 or so
 
 in menuconfig, disable binary stripping (under global build settings).
 
@@ -96,6 +145,42 @@ save and do:
 back in menuconfig, select devel/build-essentials as built-in (so don't need to
 do package install).
 
+enable AHCI SATA support in kernel menu
+
+ended up just appending in kernel flags from above link to x86 kernel
+configuration file.
+
+if you get errors making, try going single threaded.
+
+may need to apply this patch: 
+    https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/8646
+    (apply to ./toolchain/gcc/patches/4.1.2/300-libstdc++-pic.patch)
+
+### Recompiling OpenWRT Attitude Adjustment for Soekris net6501 w/LXC
+
+make sure packages actually get updated and installed correctly
+
+disable stripping
+
+enable a bunch of stuff in menuconfig, including SATA support
+
+select gcc 4.7 (not some random "linaro 4.6" crap)
+
+if compiling build-essentials, might need:
+
+
+    bnewbold@ziggy:~/code/openwrt_trunk$ cat /home/bnewbold/code/openwrt_trunk/toolchain/gcc/patches/4.7.0/209-automake-bullshit.patch
+    --- a/config/override.m4
+    +++ b/config/override.m4
+    @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
+    
+    dnl Ensure exactly this Autoconf version is used
+    m4_ifndef([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION],
+    -  [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.64])])
+    +  [m4_define([_GCC_AUTOCONF_VERSION], [2.68])])
+    
+    dnl Test for the exact version when AC_INIT is expanded.
+    dnl This allows to update the tree in steps (for testing)
 
 ### Debian
 
@@ -379,7 +464,26 @@ http://www.macfreek.nl/memory/FreeBSD_9_on_Soekris_net6501
 
 http://blog.vx.sk/archives/22-Tutorial-Debian-GNUkFreeBSD-in-a-FreeBSD-jail.html
 
-### Random links
-
 "m0n0deb" and how monowall got small:
     http://www.docunext.com/blog/2007/07/m0n0deb.html
+
+### LXC package notes
+
+edited package/lxc/Makefile
+
+did package update/install on just lxc
+
+### ERRORS (for reference)
+
+gcc wanted GMP?
+
+i486-openwrt-linux-uclibc-gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../../src   -I/home/bnewbold/code/openwrt_trunk/staging_dir/target-i386_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -I/home/bnewbold/code/openwrt_trunk/staging_dir/target-i386_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include -I/home/bnewbold/code/openwrt_trunk/staging_dir/toolchain-i386_gcc-4.7.0_uClibc-0.9.33.2/usr/include -I/home/bnewbold/code/openwrt_trunk/staging_dir/toolchain-i386_gcc-4.7.0_uClibc-0.9.33.2/include  -fPIC -DPIC -I../../src -O2 -pipe -march=i486 -fno-caller-saves -fhonour-copts -Wno-error=unused-but-set-variable -MT liblxc_so-utmp.o -MD -MP -MF .deps/liblxc_so-utmp.Tpo -c -o liblxc_so-utmp.o `test -f 'utmp.c' || echo './'`utmp.c
+utmp.c:41:19: fatal error: utmpx.h: No such file or directory
+compilation terminated.
+
+
+======
+attr makefile and patch
+lxc makefile
+install perl, file, vim
+debootstrap --arch=i386 wheezy /lxc/debian/ http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian