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Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded
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Linux systems through cross-compilation.
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The documentation can be found in docs/manual. You can generate a text
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document with 'make manual-text' and read output/docs/manual/manual.text.
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Online documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html
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2001-12-22 01:56:11 +01:00
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To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following:
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1) run 'make menuconfig'
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2) select the target architecture and the packages you wish to compile
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3) run 'make'
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4) wait while it compiles
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5) find the kernel, bootloader, root filesystem, etc. in output/images
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You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot. Have fun!
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Buildroot comes with a basic configuration for a number of boards. Run
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'make list-defconfigs' to view the list of provided configurations.
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2009-01-15 15:50:07 +01:00
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Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the
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buildroot mailing list: buildroot@buildroot.org
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You can also find us on #buildroot on Freenode IRC.
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If you would like to contribute patches, please read
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https://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches
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