I have a new Chumby 8.
I followed the instructions here: http://wiki.chumby.com/index.php/Hackin … for_chumby
to build a new kernel with ipv6 enabled as a module. I then copied the ipv6.ko (and all the others, i.e. for IPv6 iptables, etc) into /lib/module/`uname -r`/kernel/net, then did depmod, then used modload ipv6 to load it. It failed to load because of symbols not found.
OK, so maybe the missing symbols are in the main kernel, and you need to have the kernel from the module build to get the modules to load. So then I followed the rest of the instructions on the page above to install the kernel I made in /boot, and that bricked my Chumby. :(
The recovery process is not documented on the "how to replace your kernel" wiki, which was a little scary. The solution was to power up the Chumby touching the screen, then do an upgrade, using the firmware from here: https://developer.chumby.com/index.php/ … e#Firmware
So ok, I've got my Chumby fixed, but still no IPv6. And it seems like the instructions for how to build a kernel are not quite up to date.
I'm really interested in pushing forward with this, because the Chumby is a low-power, always-on Linux machine that I can hack, so I can use it as my tunnel endpoint, instead of my main Linux server.
-jeff