Missing complete alpine installation support (3x DiskStation models with 7.2)

[RSfuchs]

uname -m
armv7l

platform_name
alpine

[RSfuchs]

(DS715)
DS1517
(DS1515)
DS1817
are AL-314 ARMhf CPUs!
(ARM hard float) port was developed to support the floating-point unit found on most modern 32-bit ARM boards.

The Annapurna Labs Alpine AL-314 is a quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 processor.
Architecture: Armv7-A

$ readelf -A /proc/self/exe | grep VFP
Tag_FP_arch: VFPv2
Tag_ABI_VFP_args: VFP registers
(The command returns blank if it’s an ARMel system or a Tag_ABI_VFP_args tag if it’s ARMhf.)

readelf is provided by "SynoCli Development Tools" package

Also questionable is:
(DS215+ | AL-212)
DS416 | AL-212
(DS2015xs | AL-514)

[RSfuchs]

cat /proc/cpuinfo

processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 4 (v7l)
Speed : 1.4GHz
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3 tls vfpv4 idiva idivt
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x2
CPU part : 0xc0f
CPU revision : 4

[007revad]

Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

The '15 and '16 series cannot use DSM 7.2.2 so the only affected models are the DS1517, DS1817 and DS416.

DS1817 platform_name="alpine"
DS1517 platform_name="alpine"
DS416 platform_name="alpine4k"

When I look at the spk download urls from https://www.synology.com/en-global/support/download for those 3 models the url is for the armv7 spk file.
https://global.synologydownload.com/download/Package/spk/VideoStation/3.1.1-3168/VideoStation-armv7-3.1.1-3168.spk

So I need to translate "alpine" and "alpine4k" to "armv7".

[007revad]

What does uname -m return for DS1517, DS1817 and DS416 ?

[RSfuchs]

Hi Dave,
the headline already tells us that it is only about the 3 models. I have already written and explained in detail that it is about supporting the hard float, which armv7 does not do because we have armv7l. I was able to create a workaround as armv7 by adding "armv7l" and setting cputype="armv7".

My request is not read at all!?

[RSfuchs]

What does uname -m return for DS1517, DS1817 and DS416 ?
That's also what it says in the first line here. I don't have a DS416.

[007revad]

I read all your comments. I didn't see any request.

To install the armada38x package on a Synology with an alpine CPU would require:

1. Unpacking the .spk file (easy to do).
2. Editing the INFO file to change arch="armada38x" to arch="alpine armada38x" (easy to do).
3. Repacking the .spk file so DSM 7.x package center doesn't reject it.

I've not been able to successfully do step 3. I tried for my first version of my ContainerManager_for_all_armv8 and the spk file caused a "Invalid file format. Contact the package developer." error.

The alternative would be to:

1. Temporarily make package center think the NAS has an armada38x CPU by changing platform_name="alpine" or platform_name="armarda38x" in /etc.default/synoinfo.conf and /etc/synoinfo.conf (after backing them up).
2. Download and install the armada38x video station package.
3. Edit video station's INFO file to arch="alpine armada38x".
4. Change the CPU type back to the correct platform name.

My ContainerManager_for_all_armv8 does the same thing, except it's only changing the NAS model and not the platform name.

In step 1 I may also have to change unique="synology_alpine_ds1817" to unique="synology_armad38x_ds1817".

[RSfuchs]

I read all your comments. I didn't see any request.

To install the armada38x package on a Synology with an alpine CPU would require:

1. Unpacking the .spk file (easy to do).
2. Editing the INFO file to change arch="armada38x" to arch="alpine armada38x" (easy to do).
3. Repacking the .spk file so DSM 7.x package center doesn't reject it.

I've not been able to successfully do step 3. I tried for my first version of my ContainerManager_for_all_armv8 and the spk file caused a "Invalid file format. Contact the package developer." error.

The alternative would be to:

1. Temporarily make package center think the NAS has an armada38x CPU by changing platform_name="alpine" or platform_name="armarda38x" in /etc.default/synoinfo.conf and /etc/synoinfo.conf (after backing them up).
2. Download and install the armada38x video station package.
3. Edit video station's INFO file to arch="alpine armada38x".
4. Change the CPU type back to the correct platform name.

My ContainerManager_for_all_armv8 does the same thing, except it's only changing the NAS model and not the platform name.

In step 1 I may also have to change unique="synology_alpine_ds1817" to unique="synology_armad38x_ds1817".

Yes, that's right, I know all of this before.
Due to your expertise in the two projects mentioned, I wanted to ask you to apply the know-how here together, based on my above requirement:
packages to download/install must be
armada38x (like mine DS116)

Please also implement your alternative.

[RSfuchs]

How can I just install the Videostation and Media Extensions?

found it myself:
=> 4) Skip Media Server

[007revad]

First run these is as root or sudo

#!/bin/bash

# Backup synopackageslimit.conf if needed
if [[ ! -f /etc.defaults/synopackageslimit.conf.bak ]]; then
    cp -p /etc.defaults/synopackageslimit.conf /etc.defaults/synopackageslimit.conf.bak
fi

# Make DSM let us install the Video Station version we want
/usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc.defaults/synopackageslimit.conf VideoStation "3.1.0-3153"
/usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc/synopackageslimit.conf VideoStation "3.1.0-3153"

# Make DSM let us install the Media Extensions version we want
/usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc.defaults/synopackageslimit.conf CodecPack "3.1.0-3005"
/usr/syno/bin/synosetkeyvalue /etc/synopackageslimit.conf CodecPack "3.1.0-3005"

Then do a manual package install of these:

• https://archive.synology.com/download/Package/CodecPack/3.1.0-3005
• https://archive.synology.com/download/Package/VideoStation/3.1.0-3153

Next we need to edit their version numbers to prevent package center trying to update them. Run as root or sudo.

sudo synosetkeyvalue /var/packages/CodecPack/INFO version "30.1.0-3005"
sudo synosetkeyvalue /var/packages/VideoStation/INFO version "30.1.0-3153"