[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch website

[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch website

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello,

Our website needs a lot more work, but here are two changes I have
sitting in my repository.

Thomas

The following changes since commit f3122259e2cbbc0be0fc02820a146b4e4f48bef6:
  Peter Korsgaard (1):
        mtd-utils: buildsystem is broken with parallel make (regarding libubi)

are available in the git repository at:

  git://git.busybox.net/~tpetazzoni/git/buildroot website

Thomas Petazzoni (2):
      Extend the introduction page
      Rephrase and extend the documentation page

 docs/about.html |   61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 docs/docs.html  |   49 ++++++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 2 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 41 deletions(-)

Thanks,
-- 
Thomas Petazzoni

[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] Extend the introduction page

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/about.html |   61 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/about.html b/docs/about.html
index 89ca62b..b985c4f 100644
--- a/docs/about.html
+++ b/docs/about.html
@@ -12,22 +12,53 @@
 </a>
 </div>
 
-Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to generate a
-cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux
-system using the <a href= "http://www.uclibc.org/">uClibc C library</a>.
-Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded
-systems.  Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular
-x86 processors everyone is used to using on their PC. It can be PowerPC
-processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc.  And to be extra safe,
-you do not need to be root to build or run Buildroot.
-
-<p>
-
-Buildroot is maintained by <a href=
-"mailto:jacmet@uclibc.org">Peter Korsgaard</a>, and
-licensed under the
+<p>Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to
+generate a complete embedded Linux system. Buildroot can generate any
+or all of a cross-compilation toolchain, a root filesystem, a kernel
+image and a bootloader image. Buildroot is useful mainly for people
+working with small or embedded systems, using various CPU
+architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, etc.) : it automates the
+building process of your embedded system and eases the
+cross-compilation process.</p>
+
+<p>The major Buildroot features are:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+  <li>Can <b>handle everything</b> in your embedded system development
+  project: cross-compiling toolchain, root filesystem generation,
+  kernel image compilation and bootloader compilation. Buildroot is
+  also sufficiently flexible that it can also be used for only one or
+  several of these steps.</li>
+
+  <li>Is <b>very easy</b> to set up, thanks to its menuconfig and
+  xconfig configuration interfaces, familiar to all embedded Linux
+  developers. Building a basic embedded Linux system with Buildroot
+  typically takes 15-30 minutes.</li>
+
+  <li>Supports <b>several hundreds of packages</b> for userspace
+  applications and libraries: X.org stack, Gtk2, Qt, DirectFB, SDL,
+  GStreamer and a large number of network-related and system-related
+  utilities and libraries are supported.</li>
+
+  <li>Supports <b>multiple filesystem types</b> for the root
+  filesystem image: JFFS2, UBIFS, tarballs, romfs, cramfs, squashfs
+  and more.</li>
+
+  <li>Can generate an uClibc cross-compilation toolchain, or re-use
+  your existing glibc, eglibc or uClibc cross-compilation
+  toolchain</li>
+
+  <li>Has a <b>simple structure</b> that makes it easy to understand
+  and extend. It relies only on the well-know Makefile language.</li>
+
+</ul>
+
+<p>Buildroot is maintained by <a href=
+"mailto:jacmet@uclibc.org">Peter Korsgaard</a>, and licensed under the
 <a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU
-GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2 (Or later)</a>.
+GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2 (Or later)</a>. Stable releases are
+delivered every three months.</p>
 
 
 <!--#include file="footer.html" -->
-- 
1.6.3.3

[Buildroot] [PATCH 2/2] Rephrase and extend the documentation page

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
---
 docs/docs.html |   49 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
 1 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/docs.html b/docs/docs.html
index 663135a..57f4bf6 100644
--- a/docs/docs.html
+++ b/docs/docs.html
@@ -1,35 +1,32 @@
 <!--#include file="header.html" -->
 
-
 <h3>Documentation</h3>
-Documentation for buildroot includes:
+
+<p>Our document "Buildroot usage and documentation" is where you want
+to start reading if you wish to understand how Buildroot work, or wish
+to change/extend/fix things. If you find any errors (factual,
+grammatical, whatever) please report them. Choose between:</p>
 
 <ul>
+  <li><a href="/downloads/buildroot.html">Latest stable release</a></li>
+  <li><a href="buildroot.html">GIT head revision</a></li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>If you find that you need help with Buildroot, you can ask for
+help:</p>
+
+<ul>
+
+  <li>On the <a href="lists.html">buildroot mailing list</a>
+  at <code>buildroot at uclibc.org</code></li>
+
+  <li>On the <a href="irc://freenode.net/#uclibc">Buildroot IRC
+  channel</a>, <code>#uclibc</code> on Freenode</li>
+
+  <li>On our <a href="https://bugs.uclibc.org">bugtracker</a>.</li>
 
-  <li>
-    Usage and documentation is where you want to start reading if you
-    wish to understand how buildroot work, or wish to
-    change/extend/fix things. If you find any errors (factual,
-    grammatical, whatever) please report them. Choose between:
-    <p>
-    <ul>
-      <li><a href="/downloads/buildroot.html">Latest stable release</a></li>
-      <li><a href="buildroot.html">GIT head revision</a></li>
-    </ul>
-    <p>
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    <a href="README">README</a>. This is the README file included in the
-    buildroot source release.
-  </li>
-
-  <li>
-    If you find that you need help with buildroot, you can ask for help on the
-    <a href= "lists.html">buildroot mailing list</a> at buildroot at uclibc.org.
-    In addition the BusyBox, uClibc, and buildroot developers are also known to
-    hang out on the uClibc IRC channel: #uclibc on irc.freenode.net.
-  </li>
+  <li>Through the various companies offering commercial Buildroot
+  support.</li>
 
 </ul>
 
-- 
1.6.3.3

[Buildroot] [pull request] Pull request for branch website

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Thomas" == Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> writes:

 Thomas> Hello,
 Thomas> Our website needs a lot more work, but here are two changes I have
 Thomas> sitting in my repository.

Pulled, thanks!

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard