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[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

LWN has published an article entitled ? Tools and distributions for
embedded Linux development ?, written by Tom Parkin, at
http://lwn.net/Articles/384713/ (only available to subscribers for the
moment, will be available freely next week).

Buildroot is cited amongst the different tools for building embedded
Linux systems :

?
Buildroot is perhaps the simplest of the build framework projects.
Buildroot provides a menu-driven configuration similar to that used by
the Linux kernel, and an automated build based around makefiles. It can
be used to build anything from a cross-compilation toolchain right up
to a complete root filesystem for the device. It also provides a simple
mechanism for developers to patch software packages as they are built.
Since its initial release in 2005, Buildroot has achieved considerable
popularity in a range of applications, which can include anything from
chip manufacturer board support packages to embedded firmware for
rugged displays.
?

Thomas
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni, Free Electrons
Kernel, drivers, real-time and embedded Linux
development, consulting, training and support.
http://free-electrons.com

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[Tom Parkin]

Hi Thomas,

On 29 April 2010 13:22, Thomas Petazzoni
<thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> wrote:
> LWN has published an article entitled ? Tools and distributions for
> embedded Linux development ?, written by Tom Parkin

Thanks for posting a link to my article -- I had meant to post it here
myself but I was torn between waiting until it is freely available and
getting something out quickly.  You probably made the best choice ;-)

Whilst we're on the subject, I just wanted to say thanks again to the
folks who chimed in on my earlier thread about Buildroot's use in
embedded projects.  Although I wasn't able to use all the examples, I
think it really helps to be able to point to some real-life usage
examples to help ground the discussion in something concrete.

Cheers,
Tom
-- 
Tom Parkin
www.thhp.org.uk
Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace /Wilde/

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[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Parkin <tom.parkin@gmail.com> writes:

Hi,

 Tom> Whilst we're on the subject, I just wanted to say thanks again to
 Tom> the folks who chimed in on my earlier thread about Buildroot's use
 Tom> in embedded projects.  Although I wasn't able to use all the
 Tom> examples, I think it really helps to be able to point to some
 Tom> real-life usage examples to help ground the discussion in
 Tom> something concrete.

You're welcome - Thanks for writing the article.


-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard