ARM Libvirt/KVM virtualization (8)
For 32-bit ARM, whether you want an old school or UEFI virtual machine in Libvirt/KVM, and automated or ‘manual’ creation, here there are docs.
Developing software and firmware for ARM-based hardware
ARM development
Note that the photo above depicts both ARM and MIPS hardware. They are a Raspberry PI and a Netgear WNDR3800 router, respectively.
Cross-compile for armel using an ARM HF VM
This method of compiling for armel (e.g. ARMv5, earlier, and some ARMv6) uses pbuilder in an ARM hardFloat VM
Fast builds of armel software on Linux x64
The fastest and most practical way to build software for armel is to cross-compile on an x86_64 machine even for a Linux 2.6-series kernel
Swap Devuan for Android on a Craig CLP281
This article describes using Devuan Jessie as the firmware on an originally Android-based Craig CLP281 netbook.
Building for armel on Linux x64 using Docker
The cross-compilation toolchains builtin to most modern Linux distributions do not support older versions of GCC. This article describes setting up a virtual ARM environment for doing armel (ARMv5) compilation using docker containers
(Almost) modern Debian for a Craig CLP281
Around 2011 Android devices based on the WonderMedia 8xxx-series SoC (ARM v5) were being sold as netbooks. This article describes how to get Devuan Jessie running from SD card on one such: a Craig CLP281 Netbook.