[Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby technosf » Thu Apr 30, 2015 4:34 am

I would love to know if you got arch running on this box???

And if you did, if it could be supported on archlinuxarm.

I love my NSA325, but a dual core with two eth's would work well... too well to pass up. And I have a relo in the UK who's visiting soon who could bring me one (as we don't have them in the US).

I know a lot of the core ALARM guys are Brits... What does the magic 8 ball say?

Good info here: http://zyxel.nas-central.org/wiki/Category:NAS540

mucho gracias

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[size=85] MochaBin 5G || NSA325 [/size]
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby WarheadsSE » Thu Apr 30, 2015 2:09 pm

Uhm. No, most of the "core alarm guys" are US citizens.
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby bobafetthotmail » Thu May 28, 2015 9:58 am

This is interesting for me also.
Does changing that flag in the kernel sources allow to make a kernel that works?
Are there DTBs in the source release?
Can the sources be used to compile a kernel to run full Debian or full Arch?
Just asking for info, if you say it is possible I'm buying one asap to hack it. :D
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby bobafetthotmail » Thu May 28, 2015 10:44 am

heh, posted too soon.

Zyxel seems to have understood that going 64k pages was not a good choice because it would break FFP packages.
From a "never evar" here http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/s ... clnk&gl=it
(using webcache because for some reason it asks me a login to see the links)

They lasted a month or so, then they said they are reverting their kernel and firmware back to 4k pages so that FFP package system can run.
I guess someone higher got the word, and shouted "u mad bro? u break FFP? Wy? Fix it NAO." at whoever decided that.

http://www.zyxelforum.de/viewtopic.php?f=240&t=8820

Does getting the source work by going to the Zyxel site and giving them the data about the NAS, and waiting for an answer?
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby WarheadsSE » Thu May 28, 2015 2:39 pm

I had to go through some hoops, I will see if I had to email them. This should all be visible from their website, but hey.
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby bobafetthotmail » Thu May 28, 2015 5:52 pm

Btw, above I meant this page of their site http://www.zyxel.com/form/gpl_oss_software_notice.shtml

There is the NAS540 too in the list.

I find mildly weird that they need mac address and device serial, and they need to know who I am and my email to give me sources....

I mean it's not like i can put fake name/country and use a mac and serial I asked a guy over the internet, so I don't know what they are trying to protect with that. :?
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby WarheadsSE » Thu May 28, 2015 6:34 pm

They are overly concerned that someone is going to repurpose their work in some way
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby bobafetthotmail » Fri May 29, 2015 12:16 pm

No, what I find weird is that the procedure does not protect them in any way, and are just annoying.
I mean let's say a competitor wants to look at their sources... they just need to buy a Zyxel Nas and give a fake name. :?
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby WarheadsSE » Fri May 29, 2015 2:14 pm

Yeah, I know.
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Re: [Offtopic] Cross compiling a native toolchain

Postby Mijzelf » Mon Jun 29, 2015 1:39 pm

You can download the gpl sources and toolchain here:
ftp://downloader:Af13-ssg6Lk8@ftp.zyxel ... 0c0.tar.gz

1.7GB. No joke.
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