Debian on WD MyCloud EX 4100 (2 replies)

Hi folks,

this thread is intended for upgrading the WD MyCloud EX 4100 with a debian system.

Because this box has an Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree) processor we can use bodhis Kernel and rootfs from there http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?2,32146
and here in this thread we can discuss possibly needed modifications and how to do things with this box.

Here are some infos about the WD MyCloud EX 4100

cat /proc/version gives

Linux version 3.10.39 (kman@kmachine) (gcc version 4.6.4 (Linaro GCC branch-4.6.4. Marvell GCC Dev 201310-2126.3d181f66 64K MAXPAGESIZE ALIGN) ) #2 SMP Fri Aug 12 15:59:39 CST 2016 2014T30p5 Build-git9e099f3

and cat /proc/cpuinfo gives

processor       : 0
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 3188.32
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x4
CPU part        : 0xc09
CPU revision    : 1

processor       : 1
model name      : ARMv7 Processor rev 1 (v7l)
BogoMIPS        : 3188.32
Features        : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant     : 0x4
CPU part        : 0xc09
CPU revision    : 1

Hardware        : Marvell Armada 380/381/382/385/388 (Device Tree)
Revision        : 0000
Serial          : 0000000000000000

There is already someone who attempted to create a debian port for this device on this thread https://community.wd.com/t/clean-os-debian-openmediavault-and-other-firmwares/93714/1290

From this guy there are already files available there https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_6OlQ_H0PxVVGdTRGl0RmRabVU

but unfortunately there are instructions missing and i am not able to figure out how to use those files securely without problems.

I would like to have this device booting the rootfs from an usb pen drive without touching the original firmware if possible but i am not fit enough to figure out what information is needed and how to get them.