DNS-321

The DNS-321 is often considered the little brother of the DNS-323. It has a slightly slower CPU (400 vs 500), no USB port, but it does have more flash (16mb vs 8mb). Here is some info gathered from a unit with hardware version A2 running firmware 1.03. Please note that it appears that units labeled version A2 on the outside are labled as A1 on the motherboard itself.

A serial port is available for advanced troubleshooting and flash recovery. A simple cable can be made using a nokia ca-42 cable as described here. The cables can be purchased on eBay quite cheap. Other options for building a serial cable are available here.

Pinout:

Serial breakout code: 5784468
U-boot autoboot stop: <Space> + <1>

Some info was taken from here: The following is done with Ubuntu 12.04

1. Install the splitdns323fw package.

 $ sudo apt-get install dns323-firmware-tools

2. Then download the 1.03 FW package from D-Link:

 ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Multimedia/dns321/Firmware/

3. Unzip it. Then split the firmware (in the directory you unzipped it):

 $ splitdns323fw -k 103kernel -i 103initrd -d 103defaults dns321_fw_103

4. If kermit is not installed do it now:

 $ sudo apt-get install ckermit

5. Setup your kermit config file, save the following as a .kermrc file in your home folder (note: the line “set line” will need to be set to your serial port):

 $ gedit ~/.kermrc

 set line /dev/ttyACM0
 set speed 115200
 set carrier-watch off
 set flow-control none
 set handshake none
 set prefixing all
 set streaming off
 set parity none

6. Run kermit, start this initally with the dns-321 box already running and your cable connected:

 $sudo kermit

7. Once inside kermit hit the <c> key to get to the console. Hit <enter> a couple times.

 !!if you are running stock firmware type 5784468 and hit <enter>!!

8. You should now be at a # prompt:

 #

9. Now enter the reboot command. Be prepared to do the next step quickly as you will only have 3 or so seconds to complete it..

 # reboot

10. You will now see something similar to this

 USB 0: host mode
 USB 1: host mode
 Net:   egiga0 [PRIME]
 Hit any key to stop autoboot:

press <space> + <1> this will exit the autoboot sequence.

11. At this point you should be at a boot prompt similar to the following:

 Marvell>> 

12. Now you can enter a multitude of commands here (? shows all commands available). For recovery purposes we only need three commands, see #13, #15 and #17.

13. Flash the kernel image via uboot:

 Marvell>> loadb k

you will get this in response:

 ## Ready for binary (kermit) download to 0x00400000 at 115200 bps..

at this point you will need to hit

 <ctrl>+<\> then <c>

then you will need to upload the kernel file

 send 103kernel

you should now see a screen showing transfer status. Once it completes (it will take a good 5 minutes or so) move on to #14 .

14. Verify that the kernel was sent successfully: hit <c> to go to the console and make sure the image in 13 was accepted ok. You should see

 Kernel Size = 1554936
 Copy to Flash... done   

note: Size might be different!

15. Flash the ramdisk image via uboot:

 Marvell>> loadb r

you will get this in response:

 ## Ready for binary (kermit) download to 0x00400000 at 115200 bps..

at this point you will need to hit

 <ctrl>+<\> then <c>

then you will need to upload the ramdisk file

 send 103initrd

you should now see a screen showing transfer status. Once it completes (it will take a good 15 minutes or so) move on to #16 .

16. Verify that the ramdisk was sent successfully: hit <c> to go to the console and make sure the image in 15 was accepted ok. You should see:

  Ramdisk Size = 8935844
  Copy to Flash... done

note: Size might be different!

17. Congrats your now back to stock! To start booting you new flash image type:

  Marvell>> boot

Alt-f, an alternative firmware available for the DNS-323, now has experimental support for the DNS-321. For more information please check the thread on the google groups for Alt-f (link blocked). Search for “flashed DNS-321”.

 ** LOADER **
 ** MARVELL BOARD: DB-88F5182-DDR2 LE 

U-Boot 1.1.1 (Feb 20 2009 - 16:05:55) Marvell version: 2.2.2.Chopper.04

U-Boot code: 00200000 -> 0026FFF0  BSS: -> 0027BC90

Soc: 88F5182 A2 (DDR2)
CPU running @ 400Mhz 
SysClock = 200Mhz , TClock = 166Mhz 

DRAM CS[0] base 0x00000000   size  64MB 
DRAM Total size  64MB 
[16384kB@ff000000] Flash: 16 MB
Addresses 4M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (4M - 3M): Done
advanced 
CPU : ARM926 (Rev 0)
88F5182 A2 streaming disabled 

USB 0: host mode
USB 1: host mode
Net:   egiga0 [PRIME]
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
Marvell>>

## Booting image at ff040000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-2.6.22.7
   Created:      2009-08-10   9:41:56 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    1554872 Bytes =  1.5 MB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK
## Loading Ramdisk Image at ff1c0000 ...
   Image Name:   Ramdisk
   Created:      2009-08-17   2:18:25 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
   Data Size:    8935780 Bytes =  8.5 MB
   Load Address: 00800000
   Entry Point:  00800000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux...................................................................................................... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.6.22.7 (jack@SWTEST1) (gcc version 3.4.4 (release) (CodeSourcery ARM 2005q3-2)) #15 Mon Aug 10 17:41:46 CST 2009
CPU: ARM926EJ-S [41069260] revision 0 (ARMv5TEJ), cr=a0053177
Machine: Feroceon
Using UBoot passing parameters structure
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
CPU0: D VIVT write-back cache
CPU0: I cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 1, 32 byte lines, 1024 sets
CPU0: D cache: 32768 bytes, associativity 1, 32 byte lines, 1024 sets
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 16256
Kernel command line: root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0,115200 :::DB88FXX81:egiga0:none
PID hash table entries: 256 (order: 8, 1024 bytes)
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Dentry cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Memory: 64MB 0MB 0MB 0MB = 64MB total
Memory: 52912KB available (2908K code, 193K data, 120K init)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
NET: Registered protocol family 16
Sys Clk = 200000000, Tclk = 166666667

CPU Interface
-------------
SDRAM_CS0 ....base 00000000, size  64MB 
SDRAM_CS1 ....base 10000000, size 256MB 
SDRAM_CS2 ....base 20000000, size 256MB 
SDRAM_CS3 ....base 30000000, size 256MB 
PEX0_MEM ....base e0000000, size 128MB 
PEX0_IO ....base f2000000, size   1MB 
PCI0_MEM ....base e8000000, size 128MB 
PCI0_IO ....base f2100000, size   1MB 
INTER_REGS ....base f1000000, size   1MB 
DEVICE_CS0 ....no such
DEVICE_CS1 ....no such
DEVICE_CS2 ....no such
DEV_BOOCS ....base ff000000, size  16MB 
CRYPT_ENG ....base f0000000, size  64KB 

  Marvell Development Board (LSP Version 3.0.5_NAS_GDP_p9)-- DB-88F5182-DDR2  Soc: 88F5182 A2

 Detected Tclk 166666667 and SysClk 200000000 
Marvell USB EHCI Host controller #0: c10b1600
Marvell USB EHCI Host controller #1: c10b1400
PCI: bus0: Fast back to back transfers enabled
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
Time: orion_clocksource clocksource has been installed.
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 2048)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd
Freeing initrd memory: 8726K
RTC registered
Use the XOR engines (acceleration) for enhancing the following functions:
  o RAID 5 Xor calculation
  o kernel memcpy
  o kenrel memzero
  o copy user to/from kernel buffers
Number of XOR engines to use: 2
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
squashfs: version 3.3 (2007/10/31) Phillip Lougher
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xf1012000 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
serial8250.0: ttyS1 at MMIO 0xf1012100 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 18432K size 1024 blocksize
loop: module loaded
Marvell Ethernet Driver 'mv_ethernet':
  o Uncached descriptors in DRAM
  o DRAM SW cache-coherency
  o TCP segmentation offload enabled
  o Checksum offload enabled
  o Marvell ethtool proc enabled
  o Rx desc: 128
  o Tx desc: 256
  o Loading network interface 'egiga0' 
PPP generic driver version 2.4.2
PPP Deflate Compression module registered
PPP BSD Compression module registered
PPP MPPE Compression module registered
NET: Registered protocol family 24
Intergrated Sata device found
scsi0 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter
scsi1 : Marvell SCSI to SATA adapter
NFTL driver: nftlcore.c $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $, nftlmount.c $Revision: 1.1.1.1 $
flash VppMin = "181" , VppMax = "197"
cfi_flash_0: Found 1 x16 devices at 0x0 in 8-bit bank
 Amd/Fujitsu Extended Query Table at 0x0040
cfi_flash_0: CFI does not contain boot bank location. Assuming top.
number of CFI chips: 1
cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to code brokenness.
Creating 6 MTD partitions on "cfi_flash_0":
0x00000000-0x00020000 : "MTD1"
0x00020000-0x00040000 : "MTD2"
0x00040000-0x001c0000 : "Linux Kernel"
0x001c0000-0x00bc0000 : "File System"
0x00f80000-0x01000000 : "u-boot"
0x00bc0000-0x00f80000 : "Module"
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.4523: Marvell Orion EHCI
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.4523: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.4523: irq 17, io base 0xf1050100
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.4523: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.167817: Marvell Orion EHCI
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.167817: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.167817: irq 12, io base 0xf10a0100
ehci_marvell ehci_marvell.167817: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 1 port detected
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
md: linear personality registered for level -1
md: raid0 personality registered for level 0
md: raid1 personality registered for level 1
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
dm_crypt using the OCF package.
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
md: autorun ...
md: ... autorun DONE.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Freeing init memory: 120K
init started:  BusyBox v1.00-pre1 (2009.02.11-09:07+0000) multi-call binary
init started:  BusyBox v1.00-pre1 (2009.02.11-09:07+0000) multi-call binary
Starting pid 261, console /dev/ttyS0: '/etc/rc.sh'
** Mounting /etc/fstab
umount: proc: not mounted
umount: proc: not mounted
umount: /image.cfs: not mounted
umount: /image.cfs: not mounted
Check MTD block device V2.05.12242008
	MTDC: Mount MTD1 done.
	MTDC: Mount MTD2 done.
	Error: Can't open file /sys/mtd1/version.txt in mtd1.
	MTDC: Backup files from MTD1 to MTD2.
** copy mtd1 files
cp: /sys/mtd1/firmwareupdate: No such file or directory
cp: /sys/mtd1/MountError: No such file or directory
cp: /sys/mtd1/exports: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/udhcpd.leases: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/firmwareupdate: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/restore: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/format_ok: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/pls_sync: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/pls_chmod_a2: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/pls_chmod_b2: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/spare_dsk: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/std_raid1: No such file or directory
mv: /sys/mtd1/old_prescan_version: No such file or directory
cp: /sys/mtd1/ftpgroup: No such file or directory
cp: /sys/mtd1/ez-ipupdate.cache: No such file or directory
** link lib **
** link web **
** link /usr/bin **
** link /usr/sbin **
cp: /sys/crfs/default/server-key-nopassword.pem: No such file or directory
    mode:         16384
-o  offset:       0
-f  frequency:    0
    maxerror:     16384000
    esterror:     16384000
    status:       64 ( UNSYNC )
-p  timeconstant: 2
    precision:    1
    tolerance:    33554432
-t  tick:         10000
    time.tv_sec:  1351718500
    time.tv_usec: 964351
    return value: 5 (clock not synchronized)
<rtc>: getRTC time= 12/10/31 21:21:41
** set loopback interface
MAC = <removed>
egiga0: mac address changed
Jumbo Fram enable
Set mtu 9000
egiga0: Ilegal MTU value 9000,  rounding MTU to: 9004 
egiga0: change mtu 1500 (buffer-size 1520) to 9004 (buffer-size 9024)
** Activate Gigabit Interface
egiga0: link down
** execute rc.init.sh
Setting hostname .... NASbox
egiga0: link up, full duplex, speed 1 Gbps
hd verify v1.21.08122009
can not detect hd
normal mode
Set Timezone=08
cmd =cp /sys/crfs/sbin/zoneinfo/08Mountain /etc/localtime
get IP = 192.168.5.5
crond[622]: crond 2.3.2 dillon, started, log level 8

check button V2.67.07242009
1.03(1.19.0817.2009)
08/17/2009

SIOCADDRT: File exists

mfg_search version 1.01.1103.2008

mfg_search
kill -9 `pidof mfg_Chopper` 2>/dev/null
local ip c0a80505 (192.168.5.5)
netmask  ffffff00 (255.255.255.0)
init socket OK
kill: Usage: kill [-s sigspec | -signum | -sigspec] [pid | job]... or
kill -l [exitstatus]

DLINK321 UPnP AV / MediaServer v2.03 (2009-08-11 10:58:39 CST)

No CodePage
UUID[uuid:39457473-0645-7145-5ec9-00265a7a9a5e]
** Get MAC Addr
set_fan_speed()-->h
Set fan to high speed
op_server v2.01.06012006
crond[665]: crond 2.3.2 dillon, started, log level 8

Starting pid 676, console /dev/ttyS0: '/bin/sh'


BusyBox v1.00-pre1 (2009.02.11-09:07+0000) Built-in shell (ash)
Enter 'help' for a list of built-in commands.

crond[714]: crond 2.3.2 dillon, started, log level 8

Processor	: ARM926EJ-S rev 0 (v5l)
BogoMIPS	: 266.24
Features	: swp half thumb fastmult edsp 
CPU implementer	: 0x41
CPU architecture: 5TEJ
CPU variant	: 0x0
CPU part	: 0x926
CPU revision	: 0
Cache type	: write-back
Cache clean	: cp15 c7 ops
Cache lockdown	: format C
Cache format	: Harvard
I size		: 32768
I assoc		: 1
I line length	: 32
I sets		: 1024
D size		: 32768
D assoc		: 1
D line length	: 32
D sets		: 1024

Hardware	: Feroceon
Revision	: 0000
Serial		: 0000000000000000

MemTotal:        61828 kB
MemFree:         18800 kB
Buffers:         21152 kB
Cached:          11176 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:           8596 kB
Inactive:        28588 kB
SwapTotal:           0 kB
SwapFree:            0 kB
Dirty:               4 kB
Writeback:           0 kB
AnonPages:        4892 kB
Mapped:           1488 kB
Slab:             4572 kB
SReclaimable:      892 kB
SUnreclaim:       3680 kB
PageTables:        132 kB
NFS_Unstable:        0 kB
Bounce:              0 kB
CommitLimit:     30912 kB
Committed_AS:    11816 kB
VmallocTotal:   450560 kB
VmallocUsed:     17012 kB
VmallocChunk:   425980 kB

dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00020000 00020000 "MTD1"
mtd1: 00020000 00020000 "MTD2"
mtd2: 00180000 00020000 "Linux Kernel"
mtd3: 00a00000 00020000 "File System"
mtd4: 00080000 00020000 "u-boot"
mtd5: 003c0000 00020000 "Module"