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<p>Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to
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generate a complete embedded Linux system. Buildroot can generate any
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or all of a cross-compilation toolchain, a root filesystem, a kernel
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image and a bootloader image. Buildroot is useful mainly for people
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working with small or embedded systems, using various CPU
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architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, etc.) : it automates the
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building process of your embedded system and eases the
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cross-compilation process.</p>
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<p>The major Buildroot features are:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Can <b>handle everything</b> in your embedded system development
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project: cross-compiling toolchain, root filesystem generation,
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kernel image compilation and bootloader compilation. Buildroot is
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also sufficiently flexible that it can also be used for only one or
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several of these steps.</li>
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<li>Is <b>very easy</b> to set up, thanks to its menuconfig, gconfig
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and xconfig configuration interfaces, familiar to all embedded Linux
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developers. Building a basic embedded Linux system with Buildroot
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typically takes 15-30 minutes.</li>
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<li>Supports <b>several hundreds of packages</b> for userspace
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applications and libraries: X.org stack, Gtk2, Qt, DirectFB, SDL,
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GStreamer and a large number of network-related and system-related
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utilities and libraries are supported.</li>
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<li>Supports <b>multiple filesystem types</b> for the root
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filesystem image: JFFS2, UBIFS, tarballs, romfs, cramfs, squashfs
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and more.</li>
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<li>Can generate an (e)glibc or uClibc cross-compilation toolchain,
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or re-use your existing glibc, eglibc or uClibc cross-compilation
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toolchain</li>
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<li>Has a <b>simple structure</b> that makes it easy to understand
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and extend. It relies only on the well-known Makefile language.</li>
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</ul>
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<p>Buildroot is maintained by <a href=
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"mailto:jacmet@uclibc.org">Peter Korsgaard</a>, and licensed under the
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<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU
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GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2 (Or later)</a>. Stable releases are
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delivered every three months.</p>
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