Buildroot: making Embedded Linux easy

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Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to generate a complete embedded Linux system. Buildroot can generate any or all of a cross-compilation toolchain, a root filesystem, a kernel image and a bootloader image. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems, using various CPU architectures (x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, etc.) : it automates the building process of your embedded system and eases the cross-compilation process.

The major Buildroot features are:

Buildroot is maintained by Peter Korsgaard, and licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V2 (Or later). Stable releases are delivered every three months.