Topics in firmware design and development (software built into hardware)
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.
This article describes using Devuan Jessie as the firmware on an originally Android-based Craig CLP281 netbook.
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
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.
Create an UEFI (newish) ARM Hard Float (32-bit) image and boot files for Libvirt/KVM using automated image build using Packer.
Create an UEFI (newish) ARM hardfloat (32-bit) virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using automated image build using Packer.
Use an UEFI (newish) ARM Hard Float (32-bit) image for Libvirt/KVM using automated image.
Create a non-EFI (old school) ARM Hard Float virtual machine image and boot files for Libvirt/KVM.
Create a non-EFI (old school) ARM hardfloat virtual machine for Libvirt/KVM using packer to automate a repeatable process.
Use an non-EFI (old school) ARM Hard Float image for Libvirt/KVM.
