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- == About Buildroot
- Buildroot is a tool that simplifies and automates the process of
- building a complete Linux system for an embedded system, using
- cross-compilation.
- In order to achieve this, Buildroot is able to generate a
- cross-compilation toolchain, a root filesystem, a Linux kernel image
- and a bootloader for your target. Buildroot can be used for any
- combination of these options, independently (you can for example use
- an existing cross-compilation toolchain, and build only your root
- filesystem with Buildroot).
- Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with embedded systems.
- Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86
- processors everyone is used to having in his PC. They can be PowerPC
- processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc.
- Buildroot supports numerous processors and their variants; it also
- comes with default configurations for several boards available
- off-the-shelf. Besides this, a number of third-party projects are based on,
- or develop their BSP footnote:[BSP: Board Support Package] or
- SDK footnote:[SDK: Software Development Kit] on top of Buildroot.
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