Thanks for your reply. You've given me some genuinely useful information.

If all I need to do is edit the fex file in some way to get wired 
networking working then it might be worth persevering. I should point out 
however, that I've already tried the script.bin file that came with the 
stock Android image.

Anyway, I'll upload the fex file and the u-boot batches this weekend, 
assuming of course that Luc hasn't locked my account by that time.

Regards,

Jason

On Wednesday, September 10, 2014 10:31:30 PM UTC+1, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> > I had another go at this over the weekend and made some progress. 
> > I managed to extract the DRAM configuration parameters from the board 
> and 
> > used them to compile a new version of u-boot for my device. 
>
> Great.  Now try to get the script.bin file from flash (while booted in 
> Android).  It should be in the  /dev/block/nanda device. 
>
> > Firstly, I'm not sure what networking chipsets are build into my device. 
>
> The Ethernet is built into the SoC, so there's not much to discover on 
> this front.  The wifi is separate, so it can vary.  To figure out which 
> you have, you can look for the info in "dmesg", or you can look at the 
> chips on the motherboard. 
>
> > I've found the manufacturer of my device (www.rshtech.cn) but there are 
> no 
> > specs on their website. Is there some command I can run within Linux to 
> > find out what chipsets are being used? 
>
> "dmesg" often includes that somewhere. 
>
> > Assuming I can get this information, would someone here be able to tell 
> me 
> > what compiler parameters I'll need to set to create a suitable kernel 
> > image? 
>
> Usually you don't need any special kernel parameters: just use 
> a run-of-the-mill image for Allwinner.  The only thing you need is to 
> script.fex/script.bin file (which you extracted above). 
>
> > Oh, and to preempt one possible response from a certain person here, 
> I've 
> > already read the "New Device Howto". In fact I've read it repeatedly, 
> and 
> > attempted to follow it to the letter. However, it glosses over the above 
> > points. 
>
> If you can point to specific parts of the NDH you don't understand, that 
> would help.  Better yet, after you figured it out, you can fix the 
> NDH to make it more understandable. 
>
>
>         Stefan 
>
>

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