X-Git-Url: https://review.fuel-infra.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=cirros-testvm%2Fsrc-cirros%2Fbuildroot-2015.05%2Fbuild%2Fdocs%2Fmanual%2Fintroduction.txt;fp=cirros-testvm%2Fsrc-cirros%2Fbuildroot-2015.05%2Fbuild%2Fdocs%2Fmanual%2Fintroduction.txt;h=476aa81edc44c775ee03b4fa028c95576f7b54ce;hb=b0a0f15dfaa205161a7fcb20cf1b8cd4948c2ef3;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hpb=c6ac3cd55ee2da956195eee393b0882105dfad4e;p=packages%2Ftrusty%2Fcirros-testvm.git diff --git a/cirros-testvm/src-cirros/buildroot-2015.05/build/docs/manual/introduction.txt b/cirros-testvm/src-cirros/buildroot-2015.05/build/docs/manual/introduction.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..476aa81 --- /dev/null +++ b/cirros-testvm/src-cirros/buildroot-2015.05/build/docs/manual/introduction.txt @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- +// vim: set syntax=asciidoc: + +== 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.