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2011-10-10 10:46:39 +02:00
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About Buildroot
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===============
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2012-11-11 04:14:43 +01:00
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Buildroot provides a full featured environment for cross-development.
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Buildroot is able to generate a cross-compilation toolchain, a root
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filesystem, a Linux kernel image and a bootloader for your target.
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Buildroot can be used for any combinaison of these options,
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independently.
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2011-10-10 10:46:39 +02:00
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Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with embedded systems.
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Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86
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processors everyone is used to having in his PC. They can be PowerPC
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processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc.
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2012-11-11 04:14:43 +01:00
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Buildroot supports numerous processors and their variants; it also
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comes with default configuration for several boards available
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off-the-shelf. Besides, a number of third-party projects are based on
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or develop their BSP footnote:[BSP: Board Software Package] or
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SDK footnote:[SDK: Standard Development Kit] on top of Buildroot.
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