Re: [ts-7000] TS-7800 Running Debian etch on this board?

[Andrew Taylor <>]

On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 09:39:01PM -0300, Ronald Gomes wrote:
>    The debian-etch-eabi-armel file we have available is a test
>    distribution using EABI binaries (future debian port called armel).
>    Therefore, many debian applications will not be available through
>    apt-get.
>    For those interested in etch (non-eabi binaries), we just released a
>    PRELIMINARY version at:
>    ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/ts-7800-linux-sd/distributions/debian-etch-old
>    abi-jan222008.tar.gz
>    This distribution should be good for both TS-72xx (running 2.6) and
>    TS-7800.

Except some non-eabi binaries will not work on an EABI kernel (which
is what TS ships right?) - the compatability mode apparently
does not handle some ioctls: http://wiki.debian.org/ArmEabiPort
I met this problem with Alsa.

If anyone has  Alsa working on a ts7800  please let me know.

Andrew