Valve Steam Link (valve-steamlink)
| Manufacturer | Valve |
|---|---|
| Name | Steam Link |
| Codename | valve-steamlink |
| Released | 2015 |
| Type | set-top box |
| Hardware | |
| Chipset | Marvell DE3005-A1 |
| CPU | ARMv7 Single-core 1.0 GHz |
| GPU | Vivante GC1000 |
| Display | None, HDMI output |
| Storage | 4 GB |
| Memory | 1 GB |
| Architecture | armv7 |
| Software | |
| Original software | Linux |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
| Flashing | |
|---|---|
| USB Networking | |
| Internal storage | |
| SD card | |
| Multimedia | |
| 3D Acceleration | |
| Audio | |
| Camera Flash | |
| IR RX | |
| Connectivity | |
| WiFi | |
| Bluetooth | |
| Ethernet | |
| Miscellaneous | |
| FDE | |
| USB-A | |
| USB OTG | |
| HDMI/DP | |
| Haptics | |
Contributors
Users owning this device
Installation
This page is under construction.
I am not quite sure about the code name.
It should be possible to provide a rootfs on external storage, as well as a newer kernel, and kexec into the newer kernel. This requires compiling a kexec kernel module for the built-in kernel (version 3.8.13), as well as the userspace application.
It should also be possible to make it persistent.
Information regarding the built-in OS
It is quite easy to gain root ssh access to the built-in OS:
- Find a fat32 or vfat-formatted usb stick
- create an empty file at
/steamlink/config/system/enable_ssh.txt - Boot the steamlink with the USB stick plugged in
- You can ssh as
root, password issteamlink123(don't forget to change it) - This persists across reboots until you manually delete
/etc/init.d/startup/S01config/enable_ssh.txtor factory reset.
# uname -a
Linux steamlink-1CCE 3.8.13-mrvl #157 PREEMPT Thu Sep 28 21:33:24 PDT 2023 armv7l GNU/Linux
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
model name : ARMv7 Processor rev 0 (v7l)
BogoMIPS : 995.32
Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp thumbee neon vfpv3 tls
CPU implementer : 0x41
CPU architecture: 7
CPU variant : 0x3
CPU part : 0xc09
CPU revision : 0
Hardware : MV88DE3108
Revision : 0000
Serial : 0000000000000000
# cat /proc/cmdline
console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock5 rootfstype=yaffs2 ro root_part_name=rootfs init=/sbin/init mtdparts=mv_nand:1M(block0),8M(bootloader),11M(env),512M(sysconf),32M(factory_setting),32M(bootimgs),128M(recovery),32M(fts),384M(factory),1G(rootfs),1924M(cache),8M(bbt) initrd=0x1a00000,0x4ba58 macaddr=00:0C:52:XX:XX:XX steamlink.boardid=-1 steamlink.boardid_count=XXXX