On Wed, 2015-02-25 at 06:49 +0100, Genghis Khan wrote: > Should I begin with ramdisk images first, maybe? > Yes, definitely > > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 11:29 PM > > From: "Ben Mulvihill" <[email protected]> > > To: "Genghis Khan" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "OpenWrt User List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Installing OpenWrt 14.07 on a Siemens Gigaset 604 IL (IL) > > > > (Resent because list was missing first time) > > > > Hi, > > > > > I am about to install OpenWrt Barrier Breaker 14.07 on a Siemens > > > Gigaset 604 IL device, following installation procedure of BT HomeHub > > > 2.0 Type B http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/bt/homehub_v2b#installation > > > which I am not sure I understand. > > > > > > > You are going to have to be prepared to do some development work, not > > just installation. Even if the two boards are very similar, an > > image compiled for the Home Hub is unlikely to work perfectly out > > of the box on the Siemens. In order even to attempt this you are > > going to need to be comfortable digging into the code and > > rebuilding openwrt. > > > > What sort of modifications do I need to preform? Don't know yet. Let's have a look at the bootlog first. > > > You will also need to solder a serial console onto your board, as I > > very much doubt that the version of the uboot bootloader installed > > on the Siemens has netconsole enabled. Do you have a serial console? > > If so can you get the uboot prompt on it? > > > > What is a serial console and where is it? Oh dear, you've got a lot to learn ;-) I won't try to explain what it is here. You'll get more and better explanations by googling. Where it is on the Siemens is explained on the wiki page:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/siemens/gigaset604il Solder wires onto the pads, and then connect them to a USB-TTL adaptor like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-2-0-to-TTL-UART-6PIN-CP2102-Module-Serial-Connector-Converter-Adaptor-Wire-/371175265028?hash=item566bc51304 It plugs into the USB port on your PC and enables you to talk to the device. With a bit of luck you'll be able to interact with the bootloader, and then with openwrt once it has booted. Are you sure you wouldn't rather just buy a device that is better supported? > > > Once you have a serial console you can install tftpd on your system > > (exactly which packages you need depends on what system you have - > > you'll find plenty of advice by Googling). The tftpboot folder referred > > to in the wiki is the directory on your system where you place files > > you wish to be able to download to your device via tftp (depends on > > which version of tftpd you have). > > > > I have tftp-hpa-5.2-i486-1 of Slackware 14.1 installed. Good. > > > Once all that is set up you will be in a position to test openwrt > > builds. > > > > I wouldn't flash any images yet. Start with ramdisk images > > loaded into the memory of your device via tftp and executed from there. > > Before building your own you could try the precompiled ramdisk image > > for the Home Hub. Ie (from the uboot prompt): > > > > tftpboot 81000000 openwrt-lantiq-xway-BTHOMEHUBV2B-uImage-initramfs > > bootm 81000000 > > > > If you get that far post the bootlog. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ben > > > > P.S. By the way, there is something wrong with the links in your mail. > > > > Do you refer to the hyperlinks in Site Map? No, the links in the text of your email. They point to a 192.168.1.1 address, ie on the reader's lan, which can't be right. Ben _______________________________________________ openwrt-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openwrt.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openwrt-users
