Linux on Soekris net4521

By Jochen Voss, last updated September 2, 2011.

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