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1*4882a593SmuzhiyunBuildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded
2*4882a593SmuzhiyunLinux systems through cross-compilation.
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4*4882a593SmuzhiyunThe documentation can be found in docs/manual. You can generate a text
5*4882a593Smuzhiyundocument with 'make manual-text' and read output/docs/manual/manual.text.
6*4882a593SmuzhiyunOnline documentation can be found at http://buildroot.org/docs.html
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8*4882a593SmuzhiyunTo build and use the buildroot stuff, do the following:
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10*4882a593Smuzhiyun1) run 'make menuconfig'
11*4882a593Smuzhiyun2) select the target architecture and the packages you wish to compile
12*4882a593Smuzhiyun3) run 'make'
13*4882a593Smuzhiyun4) wait while it compiles
14*4882a593Smuzhiyun5) find the kernel, bootloader, root filesystem, etc. in output/images
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16*4882a593SmuzhiyunYou do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.  Have fun!
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18*4882a593SmuzhiyunBuildroot comes with a basic configuration for a number of boards. Run
19*4882a593Smuzhiyun'make list-defconfigs' to view the list of provided configurations.
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21*4882a593SmuzhiyunPlease feed suggestions, bug reports, insults, and bribes back to the
22*4882a593Smuzhiyunbuildroot mailing list: buildroot@buildroot.org
23*4882a593SmuzhiyunYou can also find us on #buildroot on OFTC IRC.
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25*4882a593SmuzhiyunIf you would like to contribute patches, please read
26*4882a593Smuzhiyunhttps://buildroot.org/manual.html#submitting-patches
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