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@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
- Compiling uClibc requires Linux kernel header files. uClibc will
+ Compiling uClibc-ng requires Linux kernel header files. uClibc-ng will
be compiled to match the interfaces available in the provided
- version of the Linux kernel headers. Linux kernel version 2.0,
- version 2.2, version 2.4 and version 2.6 are known to work. Other
- kernel versions may work but haven't been tested. Its also helpful
- to have a working version of GNU binutils, and GNU gcc -- using
- excessively old versions of these packages can cause very strange
- errors that are difficult to find and fix.
+ version of the Linux kernel headers. Linux kernel version 3.x is
+ supported.
+ Its also helpful to have a working version of GNU binutils, and
+ GNU gcc -- using excessively old versions of these packages can
+ cause very strange errors that are difficult to find and fix.
-CONFIGURING uClibc:
+CONFIGURING uClibc-ng:
- - Users must have a valid configuration file to compile uClibc. Do not
+ - Users must have a valid configuration file to compile uClibc-ng. Do not
skip this step. New configuration options are added in each
release, and odd configuration options are sometimes removed.
- To configure uClibc, you can run:
+ To configure uClibc-ng, you can run:
make menuconfig
or
@@ -39,10 +38,10 @@ CONFIGURING uClibc:
"make allnoconfig" Set all values to "no" for all options.
-COMPILING uClibc:
+COMPILING uClibc-ng:
- - uClibc does not have proper dependancy checking (yet) so if you
- change your uClibc configuration, you must current rebuild the
+ - uClibc-ng does not have proper dependancy checking so if you
+ change your uClibc-ng configuration, you must current rebuild the
entire library, by first running
make clean
@@ -51,30 +50,29 @@ COMPILING uClibc:
make
- to compile uClibc. or if you are cross compiling, you would
+ to compile uClibc-ng. or if you are cross compiling, you would
instead run something like:
make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-
-INSTALLING the uClibc development environment:
+INSTALLING the uClibc-ng development environment:
- As root, if necessary, run something like:
make PREFIX=<some path> install
- This will install the uClibc runtime and development system (i.e.
+ This will install the uClibc-ng runtime and development system (i.e.
all the header files, libraries, etc) into the directories defined
within your .config file.
-USING uClibc:
+USING uClibc-ng:
- - To compile programs with uClibc you will need a complete toolchain
- (i.e. binutils, gcc, and uClibc) that was built expressly for use
- with uClibc.
+ - To compile programs with uClibc-ng you will need a complete toolchain
+ (i.e. binutils, gcc and uClibc-ng) that was built expressly for use
+ with uClibc-ng.
- - Native and cross compiling toolchains, as well as makefiles for creating
- uClibc toolchains, are available from the uClibc website. You may want
- to check out "buildroot", which is available from the uClibc download area,
- which provides examples of how to build your own uClibc based system.
+ - You have two choices at the moment:
+ - Use OpenADK from http://www.openadk.org
+ - Use your own build scripts or environment