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Day" To: buildroot@buildroot.org Message-ID: <4c1871d0-8cf8-e749-7d65-232c16460a3d@crashcourse.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cpanel10.indieserve.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - buildroot.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crashcourse.ca X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: cpanel10.indieserve.net: authenticated_id: rpjday+crashcourse.ca/only user confirmed/virtual account not confirmed X-Authenticated-Sender: cpanel10.indieserve.net: rpjday@crashcourse.ca X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Mailman-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=crashcourse.ca; s=default; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:Subject: To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To:Cc:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID: Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc :Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=lmdA7XAZkv3xUXebwcKBXrNR84Zramkp6+903m6lHO8=; b=PJDFvOekvETmISG6s86UZVsnU2 xhEg8xFo0lWwT3pgplpMxNfS3okO6NrlBfQ11k3KV+0QyuZgTC9Y7u1c43Oh5wGF1X9Y6X5ww537x qOxZ8Wt+8mXXDV6uYL+bjF8UuM0jYPXtbEKn/lRwIhm+z19rTxw2nyUeUWk3kPy9gfdqei0AZRCac HE10magJVu+kp6y/sBSCgLHzNlMEr6Nf52EM+NtAw4JPMuAIFiDndlWd+Yk/neBgagWpBGa99uXwU TP2gDMelsr82nnb5ivIWBYcUde4XEnW0m3uSpu2/XpupUxWNOwfIJ7IUGNm+K31YSqsSJjqyJJQXV GEvQUmlA==; X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=crashcourse.ca X-Mailman-Original-Authentication-Results: smtp3.osuosl.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key, unprotected) header.d=crashcourse.ca header.i=@crashcourse.ca header.a=rsa-sha256 header.s=default header.b=PJDFvOek Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH] docs/manual: update intro, make gender-neutral X-BeenThere: buildroot@buildroot.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@buildroot.org Sender: "buildroot" Besides just updating a little terminology, remove the awkward reference to "his" when referring to developers. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day --- just testing if this first patch passes examination. diff --git a/docs/manual/introduction.adoc b/docs/manual/introduction.adoc index 476aa81edc..1a8cc6d13e 100644 --- a/docs/manual/introduction.adoc +++ b/docs/manual/introduction.adoc @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ 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. +processors developers are used to having in their PCs, including +ARM (both 32- and 64-bit), MIPS, PowerPC, RISC-V and more. Buildroot supports numerous processors and their variants; it also -comes with default configurations for several boards available +comes with default configurations for hundreds of 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. _______________________________________________ buildroot mailing list buildroot@buildroot.org https://lists.buildroot.org/mailman/listinfo/buildroot