"Plug Computing"

Tue Apr 7 17:34:04 MST 2009

I was looking at these and have a question... does this model have a sata II
connecter?  the block diagrams seem to say it does, so I am thinking you
could interface a faster HD interface (raid???)

Steve

On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 4:20 PM, Charles Jones <
charles.jones at ciscolearning.org> wrote:

> I received my SheevaPlug computer on Friday. Here are some pics of what
> I got: http://www.the-ownage.com/?p=830
> I have noticed that there are several other companies now using this
> exact same model, and basically re-selling them as fancy NAS devices.
> Here is some more info on that:
> http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9634061300.html  (the list of similar
> products is near the bottom).
>
> I havn't really gotten a chance to put it through its paces yet, as I
> have been slowed down by trying to compile the uvcvideo module so that I
> can plug in a usb 2.0 web cam for testing some video-security
> applications I am working on.
>
> Since I'm ssh'd into it now, I will just cut and paste some stuff:
>
> root at debian:~# uname -a
> Linux debian 2.6.22.18 #1 Thu Mar 19 14:46:22 IST 2009 armv5tejl GNU/Linux
>
> root at debian:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> Processor       : ARM926EJ-S rev 1 (v5l)
> BogoMIPS        : 1192.75
> Features        : swp half thumb fastmult edsp
> CPU implementer : 0x56
> CPU architecture: 5TE
> CPU variant     : 0x2
> CPU part        : 0x131
> CPU revision    : 1
> Cache type      : write-back
> Cache clean     : cp15 c7 ops
> Cache lockdown  : format C
> Cache format    : Harvard
> I size          : 16384
> I assoc         : 4
> I line length   : 32
> I sets          : 128
> D size          : 16384
> D assoc         : 4
> D line length   : 32
> D sets          : 128
>
> Hardware        : Feroceon-KW
> Revision        : 0000
> Serial          : 0000000000000000
>
> root at debian:~# cat /proc/mtd
> dev:    size   erasesize  name
> mtd0: 00400000 00020000 "uImage"
> mtd1: 1fb00000 00020000 "rootfs"
>
> root at debian:~# df -h
> Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> rootfs                507M  329M  179M  65% /
> tmpfs                 252M     0  252M   0% /lib/init/rw
> varrun                252M   36K  252M   1% /var/run
> varlock               252M     0  252M   0% /var/lock
> udev                  252M  8.0K  252M   1% /dev
> tmpfs                 252M     0  252M   0% /dev/shm
> tmpfs                 252M     0  252M   0% /var/cache/apt
> (Note that when I received the unit the FS was only about 23% full, I
> have since then installed kernel-source and other packages).
>
> Here are the options available in the "uboot" pre-boot environment:
> Marvell>> ?
> ?       - alias for 'help'
> base    - print or set address offset
> boot    - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
> bootd   - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
> bootext2    dev:boot_part1,boot_part2 addr boot_image linux_dev_name
> bootm   - boot application image from memory
> bootp   - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
> bubt    - Burn an image on the Boot Nand Flash.
> chpart  - change active partition
> cmp     - memory compare
> cmpm    - Compare Memory
> cp      - memory copy
> cpumap - Display CPU memory mapping settings.
> crc32   - checksum calculation
> date    - get/set/reset date & time
> dclk    - Display the MV device CLKs.
> dhcp    - invoke DHCP client to obtain IP/boot params
> diskboot- boot from IDE device
> echo    - echo args to console
> eeprom  - EEPROM sub-system
> erase   - erase FLASH memory
> ext2load- load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem
> ext2ls  - list files in a directory (default /)
> fatinfo - print information about filesystem
> fatload - load binary file from a dos filesystem
> fatls   - list files in a directory (default /)
> fi      - Find value in the memory.
> flinfo  - print FLASH memory information
> fsinfo  - print information about filesystems
> fsload  - load binary file from a filesystem image
> g       - start application at cached address 'addr'(default addr 0x40000)
> go      - start application at address 'addr'
> help    - print online help
> icrc32  - checksum calculation
> ide     - IDE sub-system
> iloop   - infinite loop on address range
> imd     - i2c memory display
> imm[.b, .s, .w, .l]     - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
> imw     - memory write (fill)
> inm     - memory modify (constant address)
> iprobe  - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
> ir      - reading and changing MV internal register values.
> loop    - infinite loop on address range
> ls      - list files in a directory (default /)
> map     - Diasplay address decode windows
> md      - memory display
> me      - PCI master enable
> mm      - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
> mp      - map PCI BAR
> mtdparts- define flash/nand partitions
> mtest   - simple RAM test
> mv_diag - perform board diagnostics
> mv_diag
>        - display all available tests
> mv_diag all
>        - run all available tests
> mv_diag test1
>        - run specified test
> mw      - memory write (fill)
> nand                   - NAND sub-system
> nboot   - boot from NAND device
> nbubt   - Burn a boot loader image on the Boot Nand Flash.
> nm      - memory modify (constant address)
> pci     - list and access PCI Configuration Space
> phyRead - Read PCI-E Phy register
> pciePhyWrite    - Write PCI-E Phy register
> phyRead - Read Phy register
> phyWrite        - Write Phy register
> ping    - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
> printenv- print environment variables
> protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
> rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
> rcvr    - Satrt recovery process (Distress Beacon with TFTP server)
> reset   - Perform RESET of the CPU
> resetenv        - Return all environment variable to default.
> run     - run commands in an environment variable
> saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
> se      - PCI Slave enable
> setenv  - set environment variables
> sflash  - read, write or erase the external SPI Flash.
> sg      - scanning the PHYs status
> sp      - Scan PCI bus.
> tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
> usb     - USB sub-system
> usbboot - boot from USB device
> version - print monitor version
>
>
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