Infos about the Linkstation Quad (LS-QL)

mindbender · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2008 8:59 am

hi guys

I got some infos about the Linkstation Quad from my contact at Buffalo Technology.

ACP-Commander works obviously!

Code:

BUFFALO INC. LinkStation series

LS-QL04F login: root
No mail.
root@LS-QL04F:~# uname -r
2.6.22.7

root@LS-QL04F:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
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


root@LS-QL04F:~# mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
/dev/root on / type xfs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
/dev/ram1 on /mnt/ram type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw,data=ordered)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/md4 on /mnt/array1 type xfs (rw,noatime,sunit=128,swidth=256)

root@LS-QL04F:~# cat /proc/mtd
dev:    size   erasesize  name
mtd0: 00040000 00001000 "cfi_flash_0"


root@LS-QL04F:~# cd /proc/
root@LS-QL04F:/proc# cat partitions
major minor  #blocks  name

   8     0  244198584 sda
   8     1    1004031 sda1
   8     2    5004247 sda2
   8     4          1 sda4
   8     5    1004031 sda5
   8     6  236332183 sda6
   8    16  244198584 sdb
   8    17    1004031 sdb1
   8    18    5004247 sdb2
   8    20          1 sdb4
   8    21    1004031 sdb5
   8    22  236332183 sdb6
   8    32  244198584 sdc
   8    33    1004031 sdc1
   8    34    5004247 sdc2
   8    36          1 sdc4
   8    37    1004031 sdc5
   8    38  236332183 sdc6
   8    48  244198584 sdd
   8    49    1004031 sdd1
   8    50    5004247 sdd2
   8    52          1 sdd4
   8    53    1004031 sdd5
   8    54  236332183 sdd6
  31     0        256 mtdblock0
   9     0    1003904 md0
   9    10    1003904 md10
   9     1    5004160 md1
   9     2  236332096 md2
   9     3  236332096 md3
   9     4  472664064 md4

root@LS-QL04F:/proc# ls
1            1238         1847         288          50           6908         9424         execdomains  misc         sysvipc
1028         1372         1904         3            51           836          9425         filesystems  modules      timer_list
1034         1415         1905         32           52           8549         buddyinfo    fs           mounts       tty
1040         1438         2            4            529          880          buffalo      interrupts   mtd          uptime
1059         1577         2059         4096         53           884          bus          iomem        mv_xor       version
1061         1580         2120         4215         530          885          cmdline      ioports      net          vmstat
1063         1630         2132         429          54           886          cpu          irq          partitions   zoneinfo
1065         1660         2181         45           5688         887          cpuinfo      kallsyms     scsi
1070         1686         2284         455          6037         8936         crypto       kmsg         self
1074         1687         242          459          6632         908          devices      loadavg      slabinfo
1078         1688         243          46           6646         912          diskstats    locks        stat
10819        1690         28075        49           6647         9188         dma_copy     mdstat       swaps
1097         1708         28085        5            6844         9415         driver       meminfo      sys

root@LS-QL04F:/proc# cd buffalo/
root@LS-QL04F:/proc/buffalo# ls
PowerSWInt_en  booting        debug          firmware       kernevnt
board_info     cpu_status     enet           gpio           power_sw

root@LS-QL04F:/proc/buffalo# cat enet
MAC=00:1D:73:A5:00:4F
link=1000Mbps
duplex=full
jumboframe=enable
mtu=1500
register9 value=0x0300
mode.config=auto:slave
model.actual=slave

root@LS-QL04F:/proc/buffalo# cat board_info
BoardId=f0
BoardName=BUFFALO_BOARD
BoardStrap=31

root@LS-QL04F:/proc/buffalo# cat firmware
SERIES=LinkStation
PRODUCTNAME=LS-QL(NINTOKU)
VERSION=0.16
SUBVERSION=FLASH 0.00
PRODUCTID=0x00004000
BUILDDATE=2008/09/02 23:16:14
BOOTVER=1.22

Pics: http://buffalo.jp/download/photo/leaf.p ... -Q1.0TL/R5
unfortunately no internal pics available currently. i guess smallnetbuilder.com will post some as always.

lb_worm · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2008 9:35 pm

Neat, these are cheap too (1TB) ~350 euros.

ahagge · **Joined:** Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:35 am **Posts:** 22

lb_worm wrote:

Neat, these are cheap too (1TB) ~350 euros.

For those of us in the USA, it's not all that cheap. Fry's just had the 500 GB Linkstation Live for $130.00. Replace the 500 GB drive with a 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint from Newegg for $120.00 and you've got a lower-power 1 TB drive for $250.00 (US). And spend another $20.00 for a USB case and you've got a 500 GB backup drive too.

These things are cool! :up:

davy_gravy · **Joined:** Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:15 am **Posts:** 2606

@mindbender : Is this the first case of Buffalo producing/issuing something that is running something later than 2.6.16.x?

It is the first I"ve seen...

Methanoid · **Joined:** Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:49 am **Posts:** 289

viewtopic.php?f=37&t=12491

Another first for me

goat · **Posted:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 5:15 pm

methanoid, I'm going to move that thread to this new forum.

colchaodemola · **Joined:** Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:48 pm **Posts:** 130

how many memory does this thing have ?

lb_worm · **Posted:** Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:17 pm

Looks like its the same as the PRO, 128MB and 1 FLASH memory (although split up).

shorty · **Posted:** Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:35 pm

Fry's has a 2TB quad on sale last Monday for $529. I didn't realize what a good deal it was and didn't take advantage of it. I'm hoping they put it on sale again this coming weekend.

Does anyone have any more information about this beastie? Can we do the same things with it that we can do with the other Linkstations ... and has anyone actually tried? I just managed to get Squeezecenter installed on my Pro and am so happy with it that I'm seriously considering adding the Quad.

lb_worm · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:36 pm

Anything is possible. These are based on the same platform both hard and soft. I would expect that most stuff here for the ARM9 will work on it.

shorty · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:04 pm

Sorry, it's been a LONG time since I've done any hacking on my LSPRO and the wiki isn't so easy to navigate anymore so bear with me. Acp_commander should work and I should be able to enable sshd if it's included in the stock firmware? Well, I guess I'll give it a try. Is there any information I can provide that would be of use to the community?

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