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Converting x86 binaries to arm binaries in place (arxiv.org)
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I can't find the source code for this, I am posting here to save it to remind myself to search later.

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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Because you don't have the source or because you can't configure the cross-compiler

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (3 children)

    I guess I'm confused about the context you'd be in that situation.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    Most software most people run is closed source and doesn't have an arm version. Isn't this the usual situation? Aunt Flo isn't recompiling her tax filing software for arm. She just runs it, and it works because the arm laptop she has came with this built in.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I'm not talking about closed source software (heaven forfend!) but maybe you don't have network access, or you don't know what version you have or something. Sometimes even the best of us end up with binaries of unknown provenance that still must run.

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