Posts by mortal

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    Do you think it is possible to use the current kernel to run the enigma2 root?

    As I have the following partitions:

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    dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00040000 00020000 "boot"
mtd1: 00020000 00020000 "boot config"
mtd2: 004a0000 00020000 "kernel"
mtd3: 01a00000 00020000 "root"
mtd4: 02100000 00020000 "var"
mtd5: 03fc0000 00020000 "firmware"
mtd6: 04000000 00020000 "nor"

    If I rewrite the root blocks with a e2jffs2.img file, should it run correctly?

    And do you know what is the purpose of the var partition?

    And what should the firmware partition contain: kernel ,var and root, or only root and kernel or something else?

    NOR partition should contain the whole nor memory right? If I messed up something (most probably), I should be able to restore the nor from that image (wisely I backed up all these partitions to bin files :)), right?

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    I tried at least 10 different kernel images but always I get the same error:


    It looks like the kernel could not recognize the NOR memory (that was my biggest concern).

    Is it possible to solve this over the u-boot arguments? Or could you suggest a kernel image supporting NOR memory also?

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    There is no printenv command at all. I did not try to load anything via the network for the moment.

    My aim is to use usb drive so I could use the receiver anywhere. So could you please help me with the commands that should set boot of the kernel and root from a usb drive? More or less I managed to load the kernel (uImage), but still I have problems with the root. Should I have the folders tree ready on the usb drive, or I could provide directly the root image (e2jffs2.img)?

    I will be grateful if you may help me with the required commands.

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    I use two usb drives - one for the kernel and one for the root dir (with one usb drive and two partitions it didn't work for me).

    But for the moment I couldn't manage to start the root dir.

    I think it is a problem concerning the u-boot and the presence only of NOR memory.

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    I can't say really what is installed at the moment on it. It seems like some modified (with very little functionality) firmware. For sure it is not spark or enigma.

    At the moment I am trying to boot the kernel from an usb and I achieved a little success:


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    Loading Ramdisk to 80da0000, length 0025f98f ... OK
fulanid: Couldn't find stb_id, use default: 03:00:04:00:00:06:b7fulanid: Couldn't find mac address, use default: 00-00-0F-00-96-B7  Unknown Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query version 1.5.physmap-flash physmap-flash: map_probe failedRAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 4194304Root-NFS: No NFS server available, giving up.VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, trying floppy.Kernel panic - not syncingRebooting in 3 seconds..


    And here is the output from the original u-boot and kernel:



    After the "Starting httpd" there is no more output in the console.

  • sti7111 based unknown clone

    Hi everyone,


    I have an unknown Chinese satellite receiver with sti7111 CPU, 256 RAM and 64 NOR.

    Can anyone tell if it possible to install spark/enigma on a receiver only with NOR? It seems like the current sti7111 u-boot images (available for download in the forum) are built for reading from nand memory.

    The final aim is to install enigma2/spark if possible.


    Here are some logs (the printenv and help commands are not available :()


    Thanks in advance.