Linux on Soekris net4521

Jochen Voss, last updated 2011-09-02

Summary

The Soekris net4521 is a small computer with an i386 compatible CPU for use in embedded devices. It also makes a very nice toy! Linux support for the device is excellent.

Linux Kernel

Linux kernel config file: config-2.6.22.5
This is a near-minimal config file to support the net4521 hardware. This config file has all drivers compiled in instead of using modules. In addition to the drivers necessary for the board I selected support for a few PCMCIA wireless cards. Customise this for your own needs.
Boot messages: dmesg-2.6.22.5
These are the kernel boot messages obtained by booting a kernel image generated from the config given above.

References

the Soekris net4521 product page
the Soekris Wiki
AMD's product page for the Elan SC520 processor
hostapd

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