The Buildroot user manual
buildroot.org › downloads › manualSome examples: buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/path/to/foo menuconfig. From now on, definitions from the /path/to/foo br2-external tree will be used: buildroot/ $ make buildroot/ $ make legal-info. We can switch to another br2-external tree at any time: buildroot/ $ make BR2_EXTERNAL=/where/we/have/bar xconfig. We can also use multiple br2-external trees:
Using Buildroot for real projects - eLinux
elinux.org › images › 2I What is Buildroot ? I How does it work ? I Example systems generated by Buildroot I Recommendations for real projects I Toolchain recommendations I Project speci c con guration and les I Project speci c packages I Enabling application developers I Misc best practices I Features in 2011.11 making things better I Conclusion Free Electrons.
The Buildroot user manual
https://nightly.buildroot.org/manual.pdfBuildroot can be used for any combination of these options, independently (you can for example use an existing cross-compilation toolchain, and build only your root filesystem with Buildroot). Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with embedded systems.
The Buildroot user manual
https://buildroot.org/downloads/manual/manual.htmlBuildroot is not meant to be a distribution (or rather, a distribution generator.) It is the opinion of most Buildroot developers that this is not a goal we should pursue. We believe that there are other tools better suited to generate a distro than Buildroot is. For example, Open Embedded, or openWRT, are such tools.
Buildroot - Making Embedded Linux Easy
https://buildroot.orgMaking Embedded Linux Easy Buildroot is a simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation. Can handle everything Cross-compilation toolchain, root filesystem generation, kernel image compilation and …