From patchwork Sat Dec 29 14:42:28 2012 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Thomas Petazzoni X-Patchwork-Id: 208661 Return-Path: X-Original-To: incoming@patchwork.ozlabs.org Delivered-To: patchwork-incoming@bilbo.ozlabs.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org (whitealder.osuosl.org [140.211.166.138]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1072C00A8 for ; Sun, 30 Dec 2012 01:43:14 +1100 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF76784E95; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:43:09 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from whitealder.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id jEQMNkx-cUpL; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:43:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ash.osuosl.org (ash.osuosl.org [140.211.166.34]) by whitealder.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4CFC8B35F; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:43:03 +0000 (UTC) X-Original-To: buildroot@lists.busybox.net Delivered-To: buildroot@osuosl.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org (hemlock.osuosl.org [140.211.166.133]) by ash.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 884AE8F753 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:42:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 33633A0072 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:42:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at osuosl.org Received: from hemlock.osuosl.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (.osuosl.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id peNEjMseqNrj for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:42:46 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.free-electrons.com (mail.free-electrons.com [94.23.32.191]) by hemlock.osuosl.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F70DA0040 for ; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 14:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail.free-electrons.com (Postfix, from userid 106) id DB7BB22F; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:42:44 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (37-8-188-99.coucou-networks.fr [37.8.188.99]) by mail.free-electrons.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0CCD5199; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:42:43 +0100 (CET) From: Thomas Petazzoni To: Samuel Martin , Buildroot List Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 15:42:28 +0100 Message-Id: <1356792153-24033-3-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.7.9.5 In-Reply-To: <1356792153-24033-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> References: <1356792153-24033-1-git-send-email-thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 2/7] docs/manual: Slightly improve the introduction X-BeenThere: buildroot@busybox.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion and development of buildroot List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , MIME-Version: 1.0 Errors-To: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Sender: buildroot-bounces@busybox.net Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni Acked-by: Samuel Martin --- docs/manual/introduction.txt | 15 ++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/manual/introduction.txt b/docs/manual/introduction.txt index 9353f8c..a567cec 100644 --- a/docs/manual/introduction.txt +++ b/docs/manual/introduction.txt @@ -3,11 +3,16 @@ About Buildroot =============== -Buildroot provides a full-featured environment for cross-development. -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. +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