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@@ -5,44 +5,41 @@ library for developing embedded Linux systems. It is much smaller than the GNU C Library, but nearly all applications supported by glibc also work perfectly with uClibc-ng. -uClibc-ng is a spin-off of uClibc from http://www.uclibc.org -from Erik Andersen and others. +uClibc-ng is a spin-off of uClibc from http://www.uclibc.org from Erik Andersen +and others. Porting applications from glibc to uClibc-ng typically involves just recompiling the source code. uClibc-ng even supports shared libraries and -threading. It currently runs on standard Linux and MMU-less (also -known as µClinux) systems with support for ARC, ARM, Blackfin, i386, M68K/Coldfire -MIPS, MIPS64, NDS32, PowerPC, SH, Sparc, X86_64 and XTENSA processors. - -If you are building an embedded Linux system and you find that -glibc is eating up too much space, you should consider using -uClibc-ng. If you are building a huge fileserver with 12 Terabytes -of storage, then using glibc may make more sense. Unless, for -example, that 12 Terabytes will be Network Attached Storage and -you plan to burn Linux into the system's firmware... - -uClibc-ng is maintained by Waldemar Brodkorb and is licensed under the -GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. This license allows you to -make closed source commercial applications using an unmodified -version of uClibc-ng. You do not need to give away all your source code just -because you use uClibc-ng and/or run on Linux. You should, however, -carefuly review the license and make certain you understand and -abide by it strictly. +threading. It currently runs on standard Linux and MMU-less (also known as +µClinux) systems with support for Alpha, ARC, ARM, Blackfin, CRIS, FR-V, HPPA, +IA64, LM32, M68K/Coldfire, Metag, Microblaze, MIPS, MIPS64, NDS32, NIOS2, +OpenRisc, PowerPC, SuperH, Sparc, x86, x86_64 and Xtensa processors. + +If you are building an embedded Linux system and you find that glibc is eating +up too much space, you should consider using uClibc-ng. If you are building a +huge fileserver with 12 Terabytes of storage, then using glibc may make more +sense. Unless, for example, that 12 Terabytes will be Network Attached Storage +and you plan to burn Linux into the system's firmware... + +uClibc-ng is maintained by Waldemar Brodkorb and is licensed under the GNU +LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. This license allows you to make closed source +commercial applications using an unmodified version of uClibc-ng. You do not +need to give away all your source code just because you use uClibc-ng and/or +run on Linux. You should, however, carefuly review the license and make certain +you understand and abide by it strictly. For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. uClibc-ng strives to be standards compliant, which means that most -documentation written for SuSv3, or for glibc also applies to -uClibc-ng functions. However, many GNU extensions are not supported -because they have not been ported, or more importantly, would -increase the size of uClibc-ng disproportional to the added -functionality. +documentation written for SuSv3, or for glibc also applies to uClibc-ng +functions. However, many GNU extensions are not supported because they have +not been ported, or more importantly, would increase the size of uClibc-ng +disproportional to the added functionality. Additional information can be found at http://www.uclibc-ng.org/. -uClibc-ng may be freely modified and distributed under the terms of -the GNU Lesser General Public License, which can be found in the -file COPYING.LIB. +uClibc-ng may be freely modified and distributed under the terms of the GNU +Lesser General Public License, which can be found in the file COPYING.LIB. And most of all, be sure to have some fun! :-) -Waldemar |