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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 |