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authorWaldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>2017-03-05 04:32:35 +0100
committerWaldemar Brodkorb <wbx@openadk.org>2017-03-05 04:32:35 +0100
commitc85df820a63d9d364003c7bbeb09489474305119 (patch)
tree2d9eed8750ce29405496338f34aea49b18b385ed /docs
parenta4cc8d64dc8dee8d826209fd742ac96e15dec072 (diff)
docs: some more updates
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-rw-r--r--docs/introduction.txt6
-rw-r--r--docs/prerequisite.txt12
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/docs/introduction.txt b/docs/introduction.txt
index 9ea3568d3..3c858e7b8 100644
--- a/docs/introduction.txt
+++ b/docs/introduction.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ needing a fast and small Linux system.
OpenADK can also be used to generate a cross-toolchain for any kind
of architecture and C library combination. It supports uClibc-ng, musl,
-GNU libc and newlib.
+GNU libc and newlib. With newlib support you can build bare-metal toolchains
+without need for Linux as operating system.
Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86
processors everyone is used to having in his PC.
@@ -30,8 +31,7 @@ Moxie, MSP430, NDS32, NIOS2, OR1K, PPC, PPC64, RiscV, RX, S/390, SH, SPARC, SPAR
V850, X86, X86_64 and Xtensa.
OpenADK supports numerous processors and their variants; it also comes
-with default configurations for many embedded systems, emulators and netbooks.
-(Raspberry PI, Cubox-i, Qemu, Aranym, PCEngines APU, Lemote Yeelong, IBM X40 and more)
+with sample configurations for many embedded systems, emulators and netbooks.
OpenADK is not a Linux distribution and there are no releases or binary
packages available. If you need something like that, better switch to
diff --git a/docs/prerequisite.txt b/docs/prerequisite.txt
index 2b03b1983..342592414 100644
--- a/docs/prerequisite.txt
+++ b/docs/prerequisite.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
System requirements
-------------------
-OpenADK is designed to run on Linux systems. But there is basic
-support to run on MacOS X, Windows with Cygwin, OpenBSD, MirBSD,
-NetBSD and FreeBSD. Main development happens on Debian/GNU Linux
-and MacOS X. The other host platforms are occasionally tested.
-
-OpenADK detects the host system and displays only the software
-packages, which are known to be cross-compilable on the used host.
+OpenADK is designed to run on Linux systems. But there is support to run on
+MacOS X, Windows with Cygwin, OpenBSD, MirBSD, NetBSD and FreeBSD. Main
+development happens on Debian/GNU Linux and MacOS X. The other host platforms
+are occasionally tested. OpenADK detects the host system and displays only the
+software packages, which are known to be cross-compilable on the used host.
For example OpenJDK7 is only cross-compilable on a Linux host.
OpenADK needs some software to be already installed on the host