Archive for February, 2014
Screencast: Using gdb to view asm code and CPU registers
by admin on Feb.23, 2014, under College Stuff, Linux
My first (kind of cheesy) screencast using asciinema to show how easy it is to use gdb to view the asm code for a trivial C program and view the status of CPU registers, etc. I think it helps to learn gdb earlier rather than later, and thought it might be fun to use it to show some of what we are now covering in the class lectures and book (data path, registers, memory fetch / store, basic asm commands, etc.)
The embedded player cuts off a bit as my terminal was extra huge, but you can use the above link if you want to see the comments in full.
It also shows a few basics of navigating and controlling gdb’s text user interface, which is a feature well worth knowing about.
Provided you compile C code with -g (gcc) or asm code with -gstabs (as) you can use gdb on the resulting binary.
plowshare – Command Line Downloader
by admin on Feb.23, 2014, under Linux
Don’t you find downloading files from rapidsare, mediafire, 2shared, ad nauseam etc. to be annoying?
Yes, I couldn’t be less interested in your Windows download manager and similar crapware.
Ploweshare is a collection of shell scripts that makes downloading from such site much easier – skip the nonsense.
Props to http://letconex.blogspot.com/2010/10/download-rapidshare-and-megaupload.html for the tip!
git clone https://code.google.com/p/plowshare/
cd plowshare
sudo make
cd
plowdown -v2 http://www.2shared.com/file/0UPKDPzx/accurate_rule.html
