On Wednesday 19 Jul 2017 18:57:50 [email protected] wrote: > Hi, > > My Buspirate v36a needs a newer firmware. > Unfortunately the flasher software is only > available in 32bit and I run a 64bit modern > Gentoo.
$ uname -m
x86_64
$ which linux32
/usr/bin/linux32
$ linux32 --help
Usage:
linux32 [options] [<program> [<argument>...]]
Change the reported architecture and set personality flags.
Options:
-B, --32bit turns on ADDR_LIMIT_32BIT
-F, --fdpic-funcptrs makes function pointers point to descriptors
-I, --short-inode turns on SHORT_INODE
-L, --addr-compat-layout changes the way virtual memory is allocated
-R, --addr-no-randomize disables randomization of the virtual address space
-S, --whole-seconds turns on WHOLE_SECONDS
-T, --sticky-timeouts turns on STICKY_TIMEOUTS
-X, --read-implies-exec turns on READ_IMPLIES_EXEC
-Z, --mmap-page-zero turns on MMAP_PAGE_ZERO
-3, --3gb limits the used address space to a maximum of 3 GB
--4gb ignored (for backward compatibility only)
--uname-2.6 turns on UNAME26
-v, --verbose say what options are being switched on
-h, --help display this help and exit
-V, --version output version information and exit
For more details see setarch(8).
> The flasher is a commandline tool and needs
> no fancy movie player or fat surround sound.
>
> If there is no way (I fear) to setup a tiny
> quick'n' dirty 32bit environment on my Gentoo
> just to flash the firmware I woyld install
> a tiny quick'n'dirty 32bit Linux for my
> Virtual Box.
>
> Does one knows of a simple straight-forward
> distro, which knows of /dev/ttyUSB<n> and
> is not a BEAST to download?
Damn Small Linux used to be fairly small. I don't know if it is still alive.
> Thanks a lot in advance for any help!
> Cheers
> Meino
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Regards,
Mick
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