The tag has no wiki summary.

learn more… | top users | synonyms

1
vote
0answers
49 views

No make target “uImage” with Buildroot 2013.05

After enabling Linux Kernel option and setting the Kernel binary format to uImage, I always get the following error: make[1]: * No rule to make target `uImage'. Stop. My buildroot configuration is ...
2
votes
0answers
41 views

How to configure buildroot to add a sound device?

I've used a given board configuration to reconfigure it for my individual board. My board has a CS4270 sound device of Cirrus Logic. My uImage is booting successfully on my target hardware, but an ...
0
votes
1answer
23 views

Linux via Buildroot doesn't include alsa-utils

After following these instructions from here and from here, my booted Linux does not include ALSA-Utils like "aplay". But I have set all ALSA options. Any idea what's wrong? I also found this but I ...
0
votes
1answer
64 views

Unable to get embedded device to ping anything on the network

I have an embedded device, built using buildroot, kernel version 3.6.11 running busybox. The kernel is built with completely default options. I have configured the device according to what the network ...
2
votes
1answer
122 views

Adding Buildroot Package

I'm trying to add a package to buildroot, but I'm not having much success. The package I'm trying to add is an autotools package called scew. I've followed the buildroot guidelines about adding ...
0
votes
0answers
70 views

Buildroot: Unknown own user

I crated an image with buildroot. Everything went smooth. When I untarred the bz2 image in vmware and tried to boot into it then I observed an issue, in which, system is unable to recognize any user, ...
0
votes
1answer
120 views

What happens with /etc/fstab when using an initramfs?

I have a simple embedded setup as follows: x86 target, kernel and root file system built using buildroot. Syslinux is the bootloader configured to boot with an initramfs which points to a .cpio file ...
2
votes
1answer
101 views

Does uClibc support using pthreads?

I recently attended an embedded Linux course that stated that uClibc does not support the use of pthreads and that it only supports linuxthreads. Furthermore, the course instructor implied that ...
0
votes
0answers
54 views

Colour is not working with ncurses on target embedded system built with buildroot

I have built an embedded linux environment for AMD Geode target. The kernel, cross toolchain and root file system were built using buildroot and the root file system resides on my host machine and is ...
7
votes
1answer
383 views

Is using a read only root file system a good idea for embedded setup?

I have been tasked with running Linux as an operating system on an embedded device. The target has an x86 processor and has 8 GB CompactFlash device for storage. I have managed to use buildroot to ...
4
votes
1answer
119 views

Buildroot ignoring configuration files - building wrong kernel

I'm using Buildroot to create a Linux system for the NXP LPC3250 microcontroller. There are patches to the vanilla kernel to make it compatible with the LPC3250 controller: http://git.lpclinux.com/ ...
2
votes
0answers
228 views

Error cross compiling linux kernel using buildroot

I am trying to build a kernel bt in cross compiling the kernel when I ran following command make CROSS_COMPILE=i686-linux- ARCH=x86 I got the following error: UCLIB_EXTRA_CFLAGS="" \ ...