after I make something work I like to close up the parts
   I made a patch to my flasher source, to add a command to the debugging
   console to test the pins
   it's not the be all and end all, but it helps so much when the
   programmer is miswired to probe all the pins, it makes sense to try to
   contribute it
   I also made a patch to serialice, to run on my board
   both of these were made on an olimex teres I have from which the wifi
   radio chip has been severed .
   right now this system is trying to install debian x86_64 in qemu (the
   machine is aarch64), but it keeps running into issues. it's very very
   slow, a small hobbyist sbc running this cross-architecture vm.
   I did something funny: I detached a cdrom drive from my raspberry pi
   and attached it to this system, to make it easy to install debian. I
   try not to move devices between networked and non-networked machines so
   as to relearn some facsimile of secure habits. when I do do this, I
   experience increased problems with the non-networked machines, although
   there is a big chance that I cause these myself.
   having done that is likely part of my confusion around moving the
   flasher patch off the system.
   so, I guess i'll go ahead and just move the drive over. without burning
   anything. it'll make the setup more familiar to me, and help me
   understand what i'm doing. alternatively I could bite the bullet and
   try to burn it right now ..... i'll do that!