Debian @ Dlink DNS-327L: The guide

If you’re following my blog, you might’ve read my post about Dlink’s substandard engineering, and how I’ve got debian running on the damn thing. Well, since that time I’ve made a few improvements, namely:

  • Power button’s now correctly rigged as well as the rest of the buttons.
  • Upstream 3.18, 3.19 kernels now works flawlessly and don’t ever freeze. I update kernels with each new kernel release
  • Goodies like Marvell’s DMA engine, mv_xor, watchdog and mv_cesa are all enabled for the win and are working awesomely
  • There’s now a huge guide about ‘cooking’ the damned thing into a useable state in five easy steps. And you are reading it.
  • Power measurements are all there as well!

BIG FAT WARNING: I take no whatsoever responsibility if you screw up your device following these instructions. Proceed at your own risk, use your own head. This will also void warranty, btw.

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