From 5e84b8b73cc32b307642917c70bc3186c1ffd69b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Samuel Martin Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 03:14:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] manual: rework the whole documentation stub The new skeleton of the manual as it has been thought: 1. About Buildroot: Presentation of Buildroot 2. Starting up: Everything to quickly and easily start working with Buildroot 3. Working with Buildroot Basics to make your work fitting your needs 4. Troubleshooting 5. Going further in Buildroot's innards Explaination of how buildroot is organised, how it works, etc 6. Developer Guidelines 7. Getting involved 8. Contibuting to Buildroot 9. Legal notice 10. Appendix It is easy to distinguish two parts in this plan: - Sections 1 to 4 mainly address people starting with Buildroot - Sections 5 to 10 are more focused on how to develop Buildroot itself Most of the existing sections have just been moved in the hierarchy, few were split and dispatch in, what i think was the relevant section, and numerous others have been created. Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard --- docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt | 8 +++++--- docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt | 8 +++++--- docs/manual/adding-packages-conclusion.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt | 8 +++++--- docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt | 8 +++++--- docs/manual/adding-packages-gettext.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/adding-packages.txt | 6 ++++-- docs/manual/advanced.txt | 12 ++++++++++++ docs/manual/appendix.txt | 2 ++ docs/manual/board-support.txt | 5 ++++- docs/manual/ccache-support.txt | 5 ++++- docs/manual/common-usage.txt | 6 ++++++ docs/manual/customize-busybox-config.txt | 8 +++++--- docs/manual/customize-kernel-config.txt | 5 ++++- docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt | 5 ++++- docs/manual/customize-toolchain.txt | 12 +++++++----- docs/manual/customize-uclibc-config.txt | 6 ++++-- docs/manual/customize.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/developer-guide.txt | 8 ++++++++ docs/manual/download-location.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/external-toolchain.txt | 6 ++++-- docs/manual/getting.txt | 5 ++++- docs/manual/going-further.txt | 6 ++++++ docs/manual/how-buildroot-works.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt | 2 ++ docs/manual/manual.txt | 22 ++++++---------------- docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/starting-up.txt | 9 +++++++++ docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt | 4 +++- docs/manual/using.txt | 7 +++---- docs/manual/working-with.txt | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 31 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 58 deletions(-) create mode 100644 docs/manual/advanced.txt create mode 100644 docs/manual/common-usage.txt create mode 100644 docs/manual/developer-guide.txt create mode 100644 docs/manual/going-further.txt create mode 100644 docs/manual/starting-up.txt create mode 100644 docs/manual/working-with.txt diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt index b85b7af9f1..1184b69966 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-autotools.txt @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Infrastructure for autotools-based packages -------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [[autotools-package-tutorial]] +autotools-package+ tutorial -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ First, let's see how to write a +.mk+ file for an autotools-based package, with an example : @@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ package to be built. [[autotools-package-reference]] +autotools-package+ reference -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The main macro of the autotools package infrastructure is +autotools-package+. It is similar to the +generic-package+ macro. The ability to diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt index da4984a525..81ac0a722d 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-cmake.txt @@ -1,10 +1,12 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Infrastructure for CMake-based packages ---------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [[cmake-package-tutorial]] +cmake-package+ tutorial -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ First, let's see how to write a +.mk+ file for a CMake-based package, with an example : @@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ package to be built. [[cmake-package-reference]] +cmake-package+ reference -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The main macro of the CMake package infrastructure is +cmake-package+. It is similar to the +generic-package+ macro. The ability to diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-conclusion.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-conclusion.txt index 3475827275..ac20875ad5 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-conclusion.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-conclusion.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Conclusion ----------- +~~~~~~~~~~ As you can see, adding a software package to Buildroot is simply a matter of writing a Makefile using an existing example and modifying it diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt index 4a96415adb..6030e0852c 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-directory.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Package directory ------------------ +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ First of all, create a directory under the +package+ directory for your software, for example +libfoo+. @@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ one of these categories, then create your package directory in these. +Config.in+ file -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Then, create a file named +Config.in+. This file will contain the option descriptions related to our +libfoo+ software that will be used @@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ so, the dependency also needs to be expressed in the +.mk+ file of the package. The +.mk+ file -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Finally, here's the hardest part. Create a file named +libfoo.mk+. It describes how the package should be downloaded, configured, built, diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt index 7ecdb91184..e3f16c25e1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-generic.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Infrastructure for packages with specific build systems -------------------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By 'packages with specific build systems' we mean all the packages whose build system is not one of the standard ones, such as @@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ system is based on hand-written Makefiles or shell scripts. [[generic-package-tutorial]] +generic-package+ Tutorial -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------ 01: ############################################################# @@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ Makefile code necessary to make your package working. [[generic-package-reference]] +generic-package+ Reference -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There are two variants of the generic target. The +generic-package+ macro is used for packages to be cross-compiled for the target. The diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gettext.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gettext.txt index e0df1a412e..89461a7cd1 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages-gettext.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages-gettext.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Gettext integration and interaction with packages -------------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Many packages that support internationalization use the gettext library. Dependencies for this library are fairly complicated and diff --git a/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt b/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt index f672ec625b..8221c855af 100644 --- a/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt +++ b/docs/manual/adding-packages.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -Adding new packages to Buildroot -================================ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[adding-packages]] +Adding new packages to Buildroot +-------------------------------- This section covers how new packages (userspace libraries or applications) can be integrated into Buildroot. It also shows how diff --git a/docs/manual/advanced.txt b/docs/manual/advanced.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..cd53182ba5 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/advanced.txt @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Advanced usage +-------------- + +include::using-buildroot-toolchain.txt[] + +include::external-toolchain.txt[] + +include::ccache-support.txt[] + +include::download-location.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/appendix.txt b/docs/manual/appendix.txt index f41c82cdbf..a6642b5cbb 100644 --- a/docs/manual/appendix.txt +++ b/docs/manual/appendix.txt @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Appendix ======== diff --git a/docs/manual/board-support.txt b/docs/manual/board-support.txt index d1d9d63801..e20e72186d 100644 --- a/docs/manual/board-support.txt +++ b/docs/manual/board-support.txt @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[board-support]] Creating your own board support -=============================== +------------------------------- Creating your own board support in Buildroot allows users of a particular hardware platform to easily build a system that is known to diff --git a/docs/manual/ccache-support.txt b/docs/manual/ccache-support.txt index ab8cbad1de..95cd662033 100644 --- a/docs/manual/ccache-support.txt +++ b/docs/manual/ccache-support.txt @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[ccache]] Using +ccache+ in Buildroot -=========================== +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://ccache.samba.org[ccache] is a compiler cache. It stores the object files resulting from each compilation process, and is able to diff --git a/docs/manual/common-usage.txt b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b3436063e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/common-usage.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Daily use +--------- + +include::rebuilding-packages.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-busybox-config.txt b/docs/manual/customize-busybox-config.txt index 60e6a55618..fe9cddaad5 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-busybox-config.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-busybox-config.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -Customizing the Busybox configuration -------------------------------------- +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[busybox-custom]] +Customizing the Busybox configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.busybox.net/[Busybox] is very configurable, and you may want to customize it. You can follow these simple steps to do so. This @@ -20,5 +22,5 @@ Otherwise, you can simply change the options you want to change, without using the configuration tool. If you want to use an existing config file for busybox, then see -section xref:env-vars[]. +xref:env-vars[]. diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-kernel-config.txt b/docs/manual/customize-kernel-config.txt index 6bafe46d71..107227040b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-kernel-config.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-kernel-config.txt @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[kernel-custom]] Customizing the Linux kernel configuration ------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Linux kernel configuration can be customized just like xref:busybox-custom[BusyBox] and xref:uclibc-custom[uClibc] using diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt index 44007c70ff..7ac5195541 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-rootfs.txt @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[rootfs-custom]] Customizing the generated target filesystem -------------------------------------------- +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are a few ways to customize the resulting target filesystem: diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-toolchain.txt b/docs/manual/customize-toolchain.txt index 08b60a264e..91657cf679 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-toolchain.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-toolchain.txt @@ -1,12 +1,14 @@ -Customizing the toolchain -------------------------- +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[toolchain-custom]] +Customizing the toolchain +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There are three distinct types of toolchain backend supported in Buildroot, available under the menu +Toolchain+, invoking +make menuconfig+. Using the external toolchain backend -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ There is no way of tuning an external toolchain since Buildroot does not generate it. @@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ It also requires to set the Buildroot settings according to the toolchain ones (see xref:external-toolchain[]). Using the internal Buildroot toolchain backend -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The internal Buildroot toolchain backend *only* allows to generate *http://www.uclibc.org/[uClibc]-based toolchains*. @@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ This is directly available after selecting the +Buildroot toolchain+ type in the menu +Toolchain+. Using the Crosstool-NG backend -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The http://crosstool-ng.org[crosstool-NG] toolchain backend enables a rather limited set of settings under the Buildroot +Toolchain+ menu (ie. when invoking diff --git a/docs/manual/customize-uclibc-config.txt b/docs/manual/customize-uclibc-config.txt index e2e6799200..88121ea8ad 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize-uclibc-config.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize-uclibc-config.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -Customizing the uClibc configuration ------------------------------------- +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[uclibc-custom]] +Customizing the uClibc configuration +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Just like xref:busybox-custom[BusyBox], http://www.uclibc.org/[uClibc] offers a lot of configuration options. They allow you to select diff --git a/docs/manual/customize.txt b/docs/manual/customize.txt index e8235dee86..1e6f4e85ac 100644 --- a/docs/manual/customize.txt +++ b/docs/manual/customize.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Customization -============= +------------- include::customize-rootfs.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/developer-guide.txt b/docs/manual/developer-guide.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..37f703d708 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/developer-guide.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Developer Guidelines +==================== + +include::adding-packages.txt[] + +include::board-support.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/download-location.txt b/docs/manual/download-location.txt index cb6147f2bb..8c66a76dd0 100644 --- a/docs/manual/download-location.txt +++ b/docs/manual/download-location.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Location of downloaded packages -=============================== +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It might be useful to know that the various tarballs that are downloaded by the Makefiles are all stored in the +DL_DIR+ which by diff --git a/docs/manual/external-toolchain.txt b/docs/manual/external-toolchain.txt index 62eb0a386f..b33737609f 100644 --- a/docs/manual/external-toolchain.txt +++ b/docs/manual/external-toolchain.txt @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -Using an external toolchain -=========================== +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[external-toolchain]] +Using an external toolchain +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Using an already existing toolchain is useful for different reasons: diff --git a/docs/manual/getting.txt b/docs/manual/getting.txt index 42ca0098d3..a51caa0e78 100644 --- a/docs/manual/getting.txt +++ b/docs/manual/getting.txt @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + +[[getting-buildroot]] Getting Buildroot -================= +----------------- Buildroot releases are made approximately every 3 months. Direct Git access and daily snapshots are also available, if you want more diff --git a/docs/manual/going-further.txt b/docs/manual/going-further.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6f3cd6ec70 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/going-further.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Going further in Buildroot's innards +==================================== + +include::how-buildroot-works.txt[] + +include::advanced.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/how-buildroot-works.txt b/docs/manual/how-buildroot-works.txt index 481e5a480d..879cff3991 100644 --- a/docs/manual/how-buildroot-works.txt +++ b/docs/manual/how-buildroot-works.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + How Buildroot works -=================== +------------------- As mentioned above, Buildroot is basically a set of Makefiles that download, configure, and compile software with the correct options. It diff --git a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt index 4728c4bebc..4703b2f0ee 100644 --- a/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt +++ b/docs/manual/makedev-syntax.txt @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + [[makedev-syntax]] Makedev syntax documentation ---------------------------- diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt index de4b5949bc..00bd0372e5 100644 --- a/docs/manual/manual.txt +++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + The Buildroot user manual ========================= :toc: @@ -11,25 +13,13 @@ image::logo.png[] include::introduction.txt[] -include::getting.txt[] - -include::using.txt[] - -include::customize.txt[] - -include::rebuilding-packages.txt[] - -include::how-buildroot-works.txt[] - -include::using-buildroot-toolchain.txt[] - -include::external-toolchain.txt[] +include::starting-up.txt[] -include::ccache-support.txt[] +include::working-with.txt[] -include::download-location.txt[] +include::going-further.txt[] -include::adding-packages.txt[] +include::developer-guide.txt[] include::faq.txt[] diff --git a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt index fb6d69646f..824b35c329 100644 --- a/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt +++ b/docs/manual/rebuilding-packages.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc -*- ; + Understanding how to rebuild packages -===================================== +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the most common questions asked by Buildroot users is how to rebuild a given package or how to remove a package without rebuilding diff --git a/docs/manual/starting-up.txt b/docs/manual/starting-up.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8ba16c92b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/starting-up.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Starting up +=========== + +include::getting.txt[] + +include::using.txt[] + diff --git a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt index 712e9a89ee..750fa99483 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using-buildroot-toolchain.txt @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + Using the generated toolchain outside Buildroot -=============================================== +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You may want to compile, for your target, your own programs or other software that are not packaged in Buildroot. In order to do this you diff --git a/docs/manual/using.txt b/docs/manual/using.txt index fcbd24b850..5741473c07 100644 --- a/docs/manual/using.txt +++ b/docs/manual/using.txt @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -Using Buildroot -=============== +// -*- mode:doc; -*- -Configuration and general usage -------------------------------- +Using Buildroot +--------------- Buildroot has a nice configuration tool similar to the one you can find in the http://www.kernel.org/[Linux kernel] or in diff --git a/docs/manual/working-with.txt b/docs/manual/working-with.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..3c57504bd0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/working-with.txt @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +// -*- mode:doc; -*- + +Working with Buildroot +====================== + +This section explains how you can customize Buildroot to fit your +needs. + +include::customize.txt[] + +include::common-usage.txt[] + +Hacking Buildroot +----------------- + +If Buildroot does not yet fit all your requirements, you may be +interested in hacking it to add: + +* new packages: refer to the xref:adding-packages[Developer guide] + +* new board support: refer to the xref:board-support[Developer guide] -- 2.30.2