looks like http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=221768 might be tha answer..... I'm about to try it right now...... On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Igor Videc <igor.videc at gmail.com> wrote: > Hy, > > a friend of mine has managed to compile a kernel with this patch, old > stable version of kernel, the same as yours. > I had a usb disk from the last test so I just flashed the upgraded > WL-500gp(128MB) and tried to boot....... > At first all was coming well but at one point I can see the following > messages on the console(serial) port: > > Configuring network interfaces...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device > eth0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > Failed to bring up eth0. > Set name-type for VLAN subsystem. Should be visible in /proc/net/vlan/config > Device "eth0" does not exist. > eth0 does not exist, unable to create eth0.100 > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/vlan exited with return code 1 > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > SIOCSIFNETMASK: No such device > SIOCSIFBRDADDR: No such device > eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > eth0.100: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device > Failed to bring up eth0.100. > > after that I tried clearing nvram and this time it booted up > recognizing 64MB(to see full 128MB some nvram variables need to be > changed from defaults) and nothing changed... > Than I tried flashing your firmware version and still the same error, > needless to mention that right now I have no network but on the bright > side I have a system with 128MB of ram. > > Do you have any idea what might be the cause of this error ? > > Thanks > > Igor > > > On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote: >> Igor Videc schrieb: >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Igor Videc schrieb: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hy all, >>>>> >>>>> I have setup a wl500gP with debian as per instructions on >>>>> http://wpkg.org/Running_Debian_on_ASUS_WL-500G_deluxe . >>>>> It runs great with a 2.5'' notebook hdd on usb2.0. >>>>> As I started adding more services I noticed that ram usage went above >>>>> 32MB and swap was getting used a lot. >>>>> If you read http://wl500g.info/showthread.php?t=12962 it sounds >>>>> perfectly possible to upgrade to 128MB of ram which would make wl500gP >>>>> one fantastic small debian system. >>>>> For the 128MB support it is neccessary to have this patch >>>>> http://oleg.wl500g.info/wl500gp/kernel-mvista-mem.patch (or maybe not >>>>> ?). >>>>> Is that patch already included ? >>>>> If not, can it be ? >>>>> I'm not that much into kernel compiling(not at all) and have no idea >>>>> if that is applicable to 2.6.19.2 in use at the moment(the newer >>>>> kernels are not stable?) ? >>>>> I would rather know in advance before I disassemble my router :-) >>>>> >>>> No, this patch is not included. >>>> >>>> But as you download it, you will see it's really trivial and should >>>> apply >>>> without problems. >>>> >>>> You're brave to do these intrusive things to your router ;) >>> >>> I got 5 of these routers pretty cheap(second hand, 30€) so for the >>> sake of experimenting I think it is worth it :-) >>> >>> If I understand correctly according to >>> http://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=14560 if I add >>> wget --no-check-certificate -q -m -nd -O - >>> >>> "https://dev.openwrt.org/attachment/ticket/3177/detect-128mb-ram.diff?format=raw" >>> | patch -p0 >>> right after svn checkout --revision 6850 >>> https://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk/ according to your instructions >>> then that should apply the patch ? >>> As I have never before even tried compiling the kernel I have no idea >>> if this is the right step to make ? >> >> Look inside that patch - you will see which files it changes. >> >> "-" means the lines it removes, "+" means the lines it adds. >> >> Before you apply any patch, you have to do at least one build - otherwise, >> kernel source won't be downloaded and unpacked. >> >> If you've never compiled Linux kernel before, it may be a bit hard, I guess. >> >> >> -- >> Tomasz Chmielewski >> http://wpkg.org >> > |