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\subsubsection{Amount of flash memory} |
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Linux can hardly fit in a 2MB flash device, once you have open the device and |
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located the flash chip, try to find other the Internet its characteristics. If |
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Linux can hardly fit in a 2MB flash device, once you have opened the device and |
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located the flash chip, try to find its characteristics on the Internet. If |
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your flash chip is a 2MB or less device, your device is most likely to run a |
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proprietary OS such as WindRiver VxWorks, or a custom manufacturer OS like Zyxel ZynOS. |
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OpenWrt does not currently run on devices which have equal or less than 2MB of |
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flash memory. This limitation will probably not be worked around since those |
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devices are most of the time micro routers, or Wireless Access Points, which are |
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not the main OpenWrt target. |
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OpenWrt does not currently run on devices which have 2MB or less of flash memory. |
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This limitation will probably not be worked around since those devices are most |
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of the time micro-routers, or Wireless Access Points, which are not the main |
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OpenWrt target. |
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\subsubsection{Pluging a serial port} |
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\subsection{Finding and using the manufacturer SDK} |
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Once you are sure your device run a Linux based firmware, you will be able to start |
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hacking on it. If the manufacturer respect the GPL, it will have release with the |
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device, a Sample Development Kit. |
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hacking on it. If the manufacturer respected the GPL, it will have released a Sample |
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Development Kit with the device. |
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\subsubsection{GPL violations} |
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