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Course Outline
- Getting started
- Obtaining Buildroot
- Build system requirements
- Cross-compiler terminology: build, host, target, sysroot
- Choosing the correct target
- Building a minimal embedded system and booting it
- Contents of the resulting filesystem image
- Parallel builds
- Full and partial rebuilds
- Design goals of Buildroot
- Choices to be made
- C library: glibc, uClibc, or musl?
- Init system: busybox vs sysVinit vs systemd
- Managing device nodes in /dev
- Selecting other packages
- Understanding the build instructions
- Syntax of Kconfig (Config.in) files
- Features of GNU Make used by Buildroot Makefiles
- Style guide for Config.in and *.mk files
- How to add a simple Autotools-based package
- The difference between staging and target directories
- The need for host packages
- How to express dependencies and optional features
- Support for languages other than C and build systems other than Autotools
- Debugging Makefiles
- Rebuilding a single package
- Analyzing the build results
- What took so much build time?
- What took so much disk space?
- Why has this package been built?
- Organizing external package trees
- Workflow for application developers
- How to use a local source directory
- Overriding build instructions
- Debugging your application
- Speeding up rebuilds
- Viewing build logs
- Dealing with common cross-compilation issues
- How to write your own software so that it is friendly to cross-compilers
- Workflow for kernel developers
- How the kernel boots on an embedded system
- Changing configuration options and adding patches
- Module loading mechanisms
- Making a finished product
- Running daemons at startup
- Providing custom configuration files
- Available firmware update mechanisms
- Upgrading to a new Buildroot version
- Complying with open-source licenses
Requirements
- Participants must have compiled a Linux kernel at least once for a conventional desktop (non-embedded) Linux system.
- A clear understanding of the components that constitute the Linux userspace on a desktop environment.
- Proficiency in generating and applying patches.
- Ability to explain the function of GNU Make and Autotools, as well as familiarity with other existing build systems.
- Preferred: Experience maintaining at least one Linux package, either as an upstream author or within a traditional Linux desktop distribution.
- Previous embedded development experience is not mandatory and does not substitute for the foundational knowledge of traditional Linux desktops outlined above.
7 Hours
