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Hi Alexey and co,<br>
<br>
I up-ported Solos open code to Openwrt with Linux 2.6.30. I think
the only missing module was ADSL.<br>
<br>
Anyway, compiling was successful but I can't tell if it was
functional.<br>
<br>
Mainly 2 big issues:<br>
<ul>
<li>No knowledge how to build the image (I wanted to have a
self-lzma image in order to save room)</li>
<li>My Solos based router, Xavi 7968, is a bitchy one. I found no
way to easily upload firmware into flash. It took me hours to
make 1 trial.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
I'll be glad to share the code with whoever need it and maybe we can
take those old routers back to a better world.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Jorge<br>
<br>
El 17/05/2012 17:29, Alexey Zaytsev escribió:
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<pre wrap="">On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 6:57 PM, Arnd Bergmann <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:arnd@arndb.de"><arnd@arndb.de></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Wednesday 16 May 2012, Alexey Zaytsev wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hey.
With all the ARM tree rework, I'm wondering, what would be a good (and
simple) sub-architecture on which to base new ports. The target is a
somewhat dated chip used in ADSL routers, so no DT, or multiplatform.
I'm looking at ixp4xx, because I'm somewhat familiar with the
platform, but is it a good reference?
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Thanks for the reply.
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<pre wrap="">For a new subarchitecture, using DT is required, but it should not make
your work harder. spear3xx/6xx is a good example of an older platform
that was recently converted (take the arm-soc tree as a base, it contains
the latest version).
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Will do. Thanks for the arm-soc pointer.
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<pre wrap="">Another good one would be highbank, but that contains a lot of stuff you
don't need.
ixp4xx is not very actively maintained, so I would not use that as
a base.
What platform are you talking about? I know of a few people that are
working on getting older platforms ported to Linux, so maybe someone
is already working on a port.
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It's a 'Solos' soc from Connexant. They released kernel code for
2.6.11, and I'm up-porting it to the current kernel. I know at least
two other people interested in the port, adding them to CC. If you
know anyone else, it would be great to share the effort.
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jorge Amorós Argos</pre>
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