[Trlog] Linux version on ARM processors

[w9cf at arrl.net]

Sorry I'm so late in answering. I have now slightly rearranged the source
code to work with both x86 and Arm compilations.

The readme.md file on github <https://github.com/trlinux/> gives some
basic instructions on compiling trlinux for any system.  I include the
commands I used to build on a Raspberry Pi Zero W starting just after
getting a command line prompt using Raspberry Pi OS loaded on a blank
SD card.

I have also built cross compilers for the Pi 4 (but not the Pi Zero W)
and successfully built code that ran on the PI 4 using my slackware
x86_64 shack computer.

I may be able to make automatic builds for both x86 and Arm architectures
on my x86 shack computer, but it would really be much much better if all
users either compiled from source or someone put together packages for
various distributions. The probability of using the same libraries that I
compiled against is tiny. This is especially true for Arm architectures
where there are also soft float and hard float versions as well as 32
and 64 bit. Using the tar ball binary releases increases the likelihood
of additional bugs.

73 Kevin w9cf

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 12:15:39PM -0500, George Fremin wrote:
> Carl,
> 
> You would need a version compiled for ARM.  I do not think that W9CF provides anything other than the x86 compiled versions. 
> 
> I have (and someone else did as well) compiled a version on a Raspberry Pi but it was years ago.  I do not have it around any longer. 
> It look a few tries but can be done.  
> 
> Perhaps someone else will chime in on what they have done in this respect. 
> 
> Perhaps it would be good to build an ARM version by default as well - I am not sure if there is an easy way to do this when doing the x86 build or not - and doing it on my old Raspi was slow.   Maybe it would be better on a version 4 or some other hardware - or maybe it can be done in a VM or using some other method. 
> 
> Of course you can grab the source and do this yourself. 
> 
> https://github.com/trlinux/ <https://github.com/trlinux/>
> 
> George
> K5TR
> 
> 
> 
> > On Jul 7, 2021, at 11:04 AM, Carl Herrera via Trlog <trlog at contesting.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Hello.
> > I installed the Linux version on my Odroid N2+ (ARM Processor).I am able to get the terminal up (Big and Small) but when I try to execute the trlog program I get this error:  "cannot execute the binary file: Exec format error"
> > Is there anyway to fix this?
> > Thanks.Carl - WC4H
> > 
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