Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-16 Thread Dave B
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Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread Jussi Eloranta
On 02/15/2015 09:19 PM, David Fleming via Elecraft wrote: Let me try that again with fewer typos. Sometimes my typing outruns my brain. It should be possible. I'm not sure how well a Qemu x86 VM would perform on a mini ARM rig like a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone. Qemu can only run on one core. Th

Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread David Fleming via Elecraft
Let me try that again with fewer typos. Sometimes my typing outruns my brain. It should be possible. I'm not sure how well a Qemu x86 VM would perform on a mini ARM rig like a Raspberry Pi or Beaglebone. Qemu can only run on one core. That is, it can emulate multiple CPUs, but it does this in a s

Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread David Fleming via Elecraft
15 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM? This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with.  I did nearly the same thing here using Virtua

Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread Harry Yingst via Elecraft
I used to use Virtual Box to build VMs for task specific machines. I'm considering going back to Linux and doing that again. From: Nate Bargmann To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2015 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

Re: [Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
This is just a thought, but it may be possible to use Qemu to create an i386 virtual machine and install a minimal desktop distro that you can use the Elecraft utilities with. I did nearly the same thing here using VirtualBox on my amd64 (x86_64) desktop machine running Debian. The VM is running

[Elecraft] K3 firmware updates under Linux/ARM?

2015-02-15 Thread Jussi Eloranta
Hi, As the current Linux/Intel desktop at my station decided take its last breath, I am exploring the option of replacing it with an ARM based system; either Banana Pi (ARM based computer; about $45) or Raspberry Pi2 (about the same for $35). I have figured out everything else (dual monitor s