QNAP TS-231P

[basti]

Hello list,
Hello Martin,

I have buy an QNAP TS-231P I can use this for testing for ne next 2 or 3
weeks.

An initial dtsi can found here [1].

What infos do you need or in other words is it possible to build an dtsi
file from the original QTS System? Which tools would be useful ( hwclock
etc pp.)?


[1]
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/arch/arm/boot/dts/alpine.dtsi

Best Regards,
Basti

[Martin Michlmayr]

Post by basti
I have buy an QNAP TS-231P I can use this for testing for ne next 2 or 3
weeks.

This device isn't supported in Debian and there are no plans:

TS-x31+ series (TS-231+ and TS-431+) and TS-x31P series (TS-131P,
TS-231P and TS-431P) use an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-212 chip. There
has been some work by consulting company Bootlin on Alpine but
currently support is too basic.

If you have time, you can investigate if Alpine support upstream has
come further in the meantime.

[Uwe Kleine-König]

Hello,

Post by Martin Michlmayr

Post by basti
I have buy an QNAP TS-231P I can use this for testing for ne next 2 or 3
weeks.

TS-x31+ series (TS-231+ and TS-431+) and TS-x31P series (TS-131P,
TS-231P and TS-431P) use an Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-212 chip. There
has been some work by consulting company Bootlin on Alpine but
currently support is too basic.
If you have time, you can investigate if Alpine support upstream has
come further in the meantime.

when looking at the device tree, it might have enough to run mainline
linux and access the hard disks. There is no USB or ethernet support
though (unless ethernet was connected via pcie).

If you are able to access a root shell on the vendor OS the interesting
bits are:

- the output of

uname -a

- the (pseudo) file /sys/firmware/fdt

- is the serial console accessible? If so, do you have matching
hardware to connect it to another machine?

Best regards
Uwe