Questions tagged [buildroot]

Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy to generate a complete embedded Linux system, from the cross-compilation toolchain to the complete image for flashing.

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.

Whenever you post a question about a Buildroot build failure, please always specify the Buildroot version you're using, and attach the complete Buildroot .config file. Without these details, there is absolutely nothing that the Buildroot developers can do to help you.

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HTTPS handshake failure on IoT device

I am running buildroot and iotjs on an iot device and I'm trying to make a post request to login and get an auth token. But I'm unable to call the API at all because I run into an error that says "API Failed, problem with request: handshake failed:…
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How to add wifi driver to buildroot

I'd like to add following wifi driver to Amlogic buildroot https://github.com/khadas/android_hardware_wifi_icomm_drivers_ssv6xxx/tree/khadas-vims-pie I've copied driver source code to hardware/aml-4.9/wifi/icomm/drivers then created folder…
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How to include htop in buildroot

I'am using buildroot but it looks like the depencies for the htop package are wrong. I've selected htop and host-python but when building buildroot will try to compile htop first and stops with the following error: >>> htop 2.2.0…
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Applying patch to a package outside of buildroot directory

I am trying to apply a patch to a package that is not located within buildroot/package but elsewhere. I have added to my buildroot .config the following BR2_GLOBAL_PATCH_DIR="absolute/path/to/folder" The folder is correct because if the path wasn't…
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missing header when building eudev 3.2.7

I am using buildroot to build code. When it come to eudev, it show some error ata_id.c:35:10: fatal error: scsi/scsi.h: No such file or director But I can find this header…
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Run Omake from an other directory

I'm trying to add a custom package from a git depository in my buildroot environment. The package is build with omake and has a OMakeroot file at its root directory. In buildroot environment, I can define a custom Makefile which is automatically…
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Buildroot cross-compile error when gdbserver included - conflicting declaration ‘typedef struct rpl_mbstate_t rpl_mbstate_t’

With buildroot-2020.05.1 I get errors as below when gdbserver is included In file included from build-gnulib-gdbserver/import/stdint.h:556, from ../common/common-defs.h:66, from ../common/common-debug.c:20: …
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How to update modules.conf for SELINUX in BUILDROOT?

looking to disable some SELinux modules (set to off) and create others in modules.conf. I don't see an obvious way of updating modules.conf as I tried adding my changes as a modules.conf patch but it failed given that the modules.conf file gets…
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How to specify buildroot build process variable to be called on make -dirclean

Is there anyway I can just call into a define such as LIBFOO_DIRCLEAN, and just do what was implemented in the define? Inside HOST_LIBFOO_INSTALL_CMDS, I copy files to the target directory, and would like the 'make package-dirclean' to delete what…
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Menu options doesn't display in xconfig

I'm using Buildroot 2020.02 to compile an embedded OS. When I try to change the toolchain configuration by make xconfig or make O=outputX xconfig, the xconfig window open but when I click on an option (for example Toolchain), nothing appear on the…
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Buildroot multiple output directories?

Is it possible to generate multiple cross compilers with Buildroot? Without needing to transfer generated files to elsewhere before creating new cross compilers for totally different architecture?
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Buildroot 2020.02 why can't I add resize2fs binaries?

I'm building a lightweight distribution for the Raspberry Pi (dedicated to mpd player). As I'd like to add an filesystem extender (like raspbian) I need resize2fs to be build. But even if in menuconfig I select target -> FS tools-> e2fsprogs ->…
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Raspberry PI and U-Boot

I wish you a good day I'm trying U-Boot on RPi and in short - I'm stuck that when I put any dtoverlay in config.txt, after turning on RPi it's just hangs on rainbow RPi splash screen I have created rootfs using buildroot 2020.02.1 and U-Boot…
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Why is my kernel resetting my machine immediately?

I am building a custom kernel using Buildroot 2020.02.1 for a PC mounting a AMD GX-222GC SOC. The default external toolchain is amd-2016.11-19 from CodeBench. Kernel built with that toolchain boots correctly. Instead, if I build the same kernel,…
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How to mount a rootfs using NFS to emulate ARM architecture on qemu?

I want to emulate ARM architecture on qemu. I followed instructions in this tutorial. First I compiled linux-5.5.17 kernel. The only difference between me and this tutorial was the CROSS_COMPILE variable. Mine was arm-linux-gnueabi-. Everything went…
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