The stable 2009.02 release is out - Thanks to everyone contributing and testing the release candidates. See the announcement for more details, and go to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02 release.

We had more than 50 changes since RC3, several of them toolchain related, so decided to make a RC4 as well. This is very much expected to be the final release candidate, so give it a good test and expect a final 2009.02 release this week unless critical issues are found.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc4 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.

RC3 is out with more cleanups and bug fixes. Unless big issues are found, expect this to be the last release candidate before the release - So give it a good test.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc3 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.

Another week, another release candidate with a bunch of cleanups and build fixes.

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc2 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker.

It has been a long time coming, but we finally have a new release candidate! - And a new maintainer to match (Peter Korsgaard).

Head to the downloads page to pick up the 2009.02-rc1 release candidate, and report any problems found to the mailing list or bug tracker. The plan is to release 2009.02 in time for FOSDEM.

Buildroot now has its own mailing list.

Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems. Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86 processors everyone is used to using on their PC. It can be PowerPC processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc. And to be extra safe, you do not need to be root to build or run buildroot.

And as of today buildroot even has its own webpage, making it a first class citizen of uclibc.org and busybox.net, and more importantly, make it easy to find and point to buildroot.

If you find a bug in buildroot, or wish to submit a patch to fix a problem or add a shiny new feature, please use the Bug and Patch Tracking System to post the details, to make certain your work is not lost.