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Peter Korsgaard 2b42aae784 Makefile: support gconfig (GTK-based configurator) similar to xconfig
Support the GTK variant of the graphical kconfig configurator as an
alternative to the Qt3-based one.

Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
2010-06-05 21:15:10 +02:00
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about.html Makefile: support gconfig (GTK-based configurator) similar to xconfig 2010-06-05 21:15:10 +02:00
buildroot.html Makefile: support gconfig (GTK-based configurator) similar to xconfig 2010-06-05 21:15:10 +02:00
copyright.txt buildroot: we're in 2010 now 2010-02-24 09:42:30 +01:00
developer.html
docs.html Rephrase and extend the documentation page 2010-05-21 15:25:25 +02:00
download.html update for 2010.05 2010-05-30 22:24:10 +02:00
footer.html buildroot: we're in 2010 now 2010-02-24 09:42:30 +01:00
git.html use https for the bugtracker URLs 2009-06-04 11:58:58 +02:00
Glibc_vs_uClibc.html
header.html use https for the bugtracker URLs 2009-06-04 11:58:58 +02:00
index.html
lists.html docs/lists.html: adapt google search for lists.busybox.net 2009-11-15 13:52:42 +01:00
news.html docs/news.html: add 2010.05 announcement 2010-05-30 22:51:11 +02:00
patches.html
README
README.diskimage
stylesheet.css documentation: slightly improve CSS 2009-12-15 19:57:41 +01:00
TESTING.html
U-boot.html docs: get rid of svn date keywords 2009-05-15 09:30:58 +02:00

To build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following:

1) run 'make menuconfig'
2) select the packages you wish to compile
3) run 'make'
4) wait while it compiles
5) Use your shiny new root filesystem.  Depending on which sortof
    root filesystem you selected, you may want to loop mount it,
    chroot into it, nfs mount it on your target device, burn it
    to flash, or whatever is appropriate for your target system.

You do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.  Have fun!

 -Erik

Offline build:
==============

In order to do an offline-build (not connected to the net), fetch all
selected source by issuing a
$ make source

before you disconnect.
If your build-host is never connected, then you have to copy buildroot
and your toplevel .config to a machine that has an internet-connection
and issue "make source" there, then copy the content of your dl/ dir to
the build-host.

Building out-of-tree:
=====================

Buildroot supports building out of tree with a syntax similar
to the Linux kernel. To use it, add O=<directory> to the
make command line, E.G.:

$ make O=/tmp/build

And all the output files will be located under /tmp/build.

More finegrained configuration:
===============================

You can specify a config-file for uClibc:
$ make UCLIBC_CONFIG_FILE=/my/uClibc.config

And you can specify a config-file for busybox:
$ make BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FILE=/my/busybox.config

To use a non-standard host-compiler (if you do not have 'gcc'),
make sure that the compiler is in your PATH and that the library paths are
setup properly, if your compiler is built dynamically:
$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3.orig HOSTCXX=gcc-4.3-mine

Depending on your configuration, there are some targets you can use to
use menuconfig of certain packages. This includes:
$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 linux26-menuconfig
$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 uclibc-menuconfig
$ make HOSTCC=gcc-4.3 busybox-menuconfig

Please feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the
buildroot mailing list: buildroot@uclibc.org