Topics in firmware design and development (software built into hardware)
Whether you want old school ARM (32-bit) or a shiny new UEFI ARM (32-bit) virtual machine in Libvirt/KVM, and automated or ‘manual’ creation, there is a way to get what you want. This post introduces the four ARMs and will point to the four posts as they are added.
Create a non-EFI (old school) ARM hardfloat virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using a traditional interactive Debian install.
Create an UEFI (newish) ARM hardfloat (32-bit) virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using a traditional interactive Debian install.
Create a non-EFI (old school) ARM hardfloat virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using packer to automate a repeatable process.
Create an UEFI (newish) ARM hardfloat (32-bit) virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using automated image build using Packer.
As part of his work for Ambient Activity Daniel experimented with building Electron under Yocto in order to build a new firmware for the ABBY. This turns out to be impractical for a small development team, but he developed some useful bits in the process.