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TMS320F28027: Uniflash binary for 32 bit linux systems

Gerald
Genius 9570 points

Part Number: TMS320F28027
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: UNIFLASH, SEGGER

Hi Experts,

May I ask for help? Our customer is just curious why we don't release uniflash binary for 32 bit linux systems?
He said: "Now in our automated test environemt it is uniflash the only tool that cannot run, even with some emulation, because there is no 32bit binaries...
Segger, nordic, stm all release their tools. You don't provide uniflash 7 for 32bit linux , and it also applies for version 6 and 5
so the question is: is there any way that I can make uniflash working on a 32bit system? I did not find any on the download page
FYI your tool is the only one that cannot work in our test environment"

I hope you can help us. Thank you.

Kind regards,
Gerald

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    TI__Guru* 87155 points

    Gerald,

    I assigned this to our UniFlash team.  Please expect a reply in a day or two.

    Thanks and regards,

    Vamsi

  • +1 in reply to Vamsi Gudivada
    TI__Guru**** 162975 points

    Gerald,

    It will have been almost 7 years since we have provided a 32bit version of UniFlash (or other tools) for Linux.  I believe the last version to run on 32bit linux was v3.4.1 which is available here: https://software-dl.ti.com/ccs/esd/uniflash/docs/release_archive.html

    The only way to run a newer UniFlash on a 32bit Linux OS would be to run it in a virtual machine.  That would require the host processor to be 64bit, but that is a safe assumption as they all have been 64bit for decades.

    We made this switch many years ago for a couple of reasons. 

    • Industry data showed that Linux installations had moved to be almost exclusively 64bit.  Note that the most popular Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, do not even provide 32bit versions anymore. 
    • Performance.  Less of an issue for UniFlash but the move to 64bit has significant performance advantages.

    We also made the move to 64bit only on Windows a couple years ago.  However that was done later as data showed that 32bit systems were in use longer.  

    Regards,

    John