Hi,
back again. As I have finished my tests with the ds214 and it working as my "productive" NAS now I wanted to see whether I can get my ds218play working. This is a bit different, as it uses an Realtek rtl1296 cpu.
I managed to connect the UART to it and stop at u-boot. Attached you will find some logs for that one.
I can load files via tftp, but at the moment I am searching for a matching kernel + device tree + initrd + rootfs. Any ideas where to start?
There is some branch in u-boot which looks promising for the dts: https://github.com/afaerber/linux/blob/rtd1295-next/arch/arm64/boot/dts/realtek/rtd1296-ds418.dts The ds418 has the same cpu on it.
Very interestingly it uses a 2-staged bootloader with two different u-boots. Looks like a trusted-firmware system, but apparently the device is not locked.
And yes - I know that fiddling around with the device can brick it ;)
BTW: is there a similar way to boot via serial as on the kirkwood devices?
regards,
Martin
back again. As I have finished my tests with the ds214 and it working as my "productive" NAS now I wanted to see whether I can get my ds218play working. This is a bit different, as it uses an Realtek rtl1296 cpu.
I managed to connect the UART to it and stop at u-boot. Attached you will find some logs for that one.
I can load files via tftp, but at the moment I am searching for a matching kernel + device tree + initrd + rootfs. Any ideas where to start?
There is some branch in u-boot which looks promising for the dts: https://github.com/afaerber/linux/blob/rtd1295-next/arch/arm64/boot/dts/realtek/rtd1296-ds418.dts The ds418 has the same cpu on it.
Very interestingly it uses a 2-staged bootloader with two different u-boots. Looks like a trusted-firmware system, but apparently the device is not locked.
And yes - I know that fiddling around with the device can brick it ;)
BTW: is there a similar way to boot via serial as on the kirkwood devices?
regards,
Martin