On Wednesday 19 Jul 2017 18:57:50 tu...@posteo.de 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 -- Regards, Mick
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