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.
The major Buildroot features are:
- Can handle everything 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.
- Is very easy to set up, thanks to its menuconfig, gconfig and xconfig configuration interfaces, familiar to all embedded Linux developers. Building a basic embedded Linux system with Buildroot typically takes 15-30 minutes.
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