Re: Support for the D-Link DNS-320?
thanks! we all learn a lot of concepts. and here in São Paulo, Brazil
we have one street name Santa Ephigenia that have these cheap dns3xx.
thanks for your references too.
2012/2/25, Jamie Lentin <jm@lentin.co.uk>:
> On Tue, 21 Feb 2012, Matt Palmer wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 10:40:35AM -0200, Rogério Brito wrote:
>>> I just saw a guy selling a D-Link DNS-320 and, according to D-Link
>>> themselves, these devices run Linux. Looking on the Linux kernel tree
>>> I see that there is a file called dns323-setup.c (for the 323), but
>>> there is no mention of the 320.
>>
>> Well, the hardware's somewhat different to the 323, but not hugely so --
>> looking at http://jamie.lentin.co.uk/devices/dlink-dns325/ (down in
>> "Userland configuration") it looks like the LEDs are already supported,
>> which suggests someone's got most of the important bits squared away.
>
> The DNS-320 and DNS-325 should be fully supported after applying the
> kernel patch on that page. My NASes are stable and few other people have
> tried with success too. I have submitted it to the linux-arm mailing list
> in the hopes of getting something in mainline, but it's not generating
> much interest.
>
>> Looking at the specs at http://jamie.lentin.co.uk/devices/dlink-dns325/,
>> I'd
>> go the 325 if it's not absurdly more expensive -- it's closer to the 323
>> in
>> anciliary hardware (eg fan controller, which took some driver hacking to
>> get
>> working on the 323, but now it works fine), and has more RAM and CPU
>> speed.
>
> The DNS-325 is generally absurdly more expensive, up to double the
> price---I got mine cheap, fortunately. Most of this goes towards a fancier
> case. The only real difference in ancillary hardware is the temperature
> sensor, which is attached to ttyS1 on the DNS-320.
>
>>> So, my question is: are there successful reports of people using the
>>> DNS-320? Some googling seems to indicate so, but I don't know which
>>> kernel would be appropriate, if everything works correctly etc.
>>
>> It's always a bit of an adventure. In my experience, you'll get a pile of
>> dud advice on the Internet, the only way forward is to buy one and give it
>> a
>> try.
>
> I'm happy with both of them, especially given how cheap they are. You will
> need to be reasonably happy wielding a soldering iron and compiling
> kernels to get Debian installed, but that's all part of the fun :)
>
> Hopefully my advice isn't entirely dud, but I wouldn't be surprised if
> I've missed out various important points on the way. Let me know if you do
> get one and decide to try.
>
>>
>> - Matt
>>
>
> --
> Jamie Lentin
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