F2-NAS2 and NSA325 contributions

[Tony Dinh]

Hi Henry,

On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 6:53 PM Tony Dinh <mibodhi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Heny,
>
> On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 6:01 PM Henry Smith <henrybsee at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a hobbyist that has been playing with Linkstation LS-WVL years
> > ago. After frying UART on that, I got Terramaster F2-NAS2 later and
> > got u-boot from the main tree to work on it.
> >
> > Both landed in the closet until I dug up F2-NAS2 recently. My original
> > source code modifications and images were nowhere to be found so I
> > started from scratch.
> >
> > First tried to compile and run every defconfig available that uses Kirkwood SoC:
> > u-boot # for config in $(grep -i kirkwood ./configs -r | cut -d ":"
> > -f1 | cut -d "/" -f3 | sort -u); do make clean; make distclean;
> > ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- make $config && ARCH=arm
> > CROSS_COMPILE=arm-none-eabi- make -j64; echo $config; read; done
> >
> > Unfortunately, that didn't work. Then I saw the following:
> > "...By the way this box is a close cousin of the NSA325 (Kirkwood)..."
> > Source:
> > https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,49804,49964#msg-49964
> >
> > With that in mind, I've found the first compiled version I could lay
> > my hands on:
> > https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,12381
> > Actual file:
> > https://bitly.com/2xnfGmv
> >
> > The file worked, here is the source:
> > https://github.com/mibodhi/u-boot-kirkwood
> >
>
> That is my Kirkwood u-boot GitHub for 2017.07. So it would not compile
> with current u-boot.
>
> > The thing didn't compile and threw errors about libfdt:
> > https://github.com/hardkernel/u-boot/issues/73
> >
> > This is when I started porting it to the main u-boot tree from that
> > fork. I got it to boot on Terramaster F2-NAS2.
> >
> > To continue, I have 2 questions:
> > 1) Original changes ported to the original tree were for NSA325. Can
> > somebody test them on their own box or that's not something you would
> > do?
>
> I've planned to add support to mainline u-boot for ZyXEL NSA325 board.
> But I've been busy for a while so have not got time to do it. I've
> already released the u-boot 2023.04. binary in doozan forum.
>
> https://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,12381
> "2023.04 U-Boot Kirkwood - ZyXEL NSA325. This version adds the
> capability of booting with the rootfs attached to the USB 3.0 port in
> the front, among other capabilities"
>
> > 2) I have changes for Terramaster F2-NAS2 derived from #1 as well. How
> > do I submit them since the PR pointed me to the mailing list:
> > https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot/pull/326
>
> Perhaps, you could wait until I send the NSA325 patch to this ML. And
> then use that as a template to create the patch for F2-NAS2? We only
> submit patches using the mailing list. And the patch will be reviewed
> by Stefan and/or others. Of course it's up to you, but I think it
> might be best that we could collaborate.
>
> All the best,
> Tony
>
> >
> > Please do not look at the changes in the PR, they are old and
> > irrelevant. I will close or update it, depending on what I hear back.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> >  - Henry

Sorry I've misspelled your name previously :)  And also just to let
you know that I'll be quite occupied with work in the next several
weeks, so I might not be able to follow up right away.

All the best,
Tony