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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vagrant ssh get error: ssh_exchange_identification: read: Connection reset by peer

I'm installing buildroot. But when I fllow the manual from buildroot doc, the error occurred. This is my process. curl -O https://buildroot.org/downloads/Vagrantfile; vagrant up And the results are as fllows. ==> default: Attempting graceful…
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Kernel source place in Buildroot

I am new in Buildroot. I have linux kernel sources for P2041RDB NXP board, so where I should to place it and how to set this location in configuration?
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Kernel Configuration Fragment not applying

I am attempting to add a linux kernel configuration fragment file (linux-1024MB-frags.config) into my build. Inside the fragment file I have set, CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y. In my buildroot .config I have…
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Where are buildroot BR2 options documented?

Is there a central place where all BR2 options used in config and defconfig files for buildroot are documented? At the moment, I'm looking for ways to customize the buildroot target devicetree. I've stumbled across options…
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Buildroot: change default root shell

We've added bash to our buildroot configuration and would now like to make it the default shell for the root user. I'd prefer not to add a passwd file to our overlay so is there some way through buildroot's config to make the root shell default to…
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What is the minimal nesesary file subset, required to AMD OpenCL work on Linux?

I've built Linux Kernel, with means of the buildroot. I've incorporated opensource amdgpu driver and required firmwares into it. Driver is fine, detecting GPUs, mode setting acts good, adjusting resolution for "small text", and command line shows up…
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Python in Buildroot - PyDrive errors

I am attempting to use an application in my buildroot target which uses PyDrive. I am receiving the following errors: # python driveapp.py ERROR:root:code for hash md5 was not found. Traceback (most recent call last): File…
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Adding Python package to Buildroot

I am running an embedded system on Buildroot. I want to run a Python application on it which requires the PyDrive module. I am getting a PYTHONPATH error which looks like: TEST FAILED:…
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ubuntu14.04 buildroot No hash found for gcc

When I want to build a crosscompiler for mips on ubuntu14, after build downloading the gcc, an error occurred: ERROR: No hash found for gcc-4.9.3.tar.bz2 ubuntu14.04 gcc version 4.9.4 Could anybody help me?
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Buildroot - RPI3 - Find the BCM43438 firmware to enable wireless

i'm a beginner. i use a RPI3 and a buildroot build system and try to enable wireless. I followed several links without success. In particulary, i followed this link :…
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buildroot does not regard config changes

Im playing around with buildroot together with linaro 2016.11 for arm. Im actually building the latest Linux Kernel for the i.MX6 Processors. So far so good. I have setup the buildroot config with $ make makeconfig I have configured an external…
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Buildroot - Enabling Qt5 WebKit

I am trying to build a RFS for imx6 based system using buildroot and I want to add qt webkit to my system so that my software which has written on Qt5 and used webenginewidgets will run. However, when I enable qt5webkit under qt5 in buildroot,…
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Using a buildroot distro as a docker *host*

I have an ARM based board that can only run a specific buildroot based distro provided by the manufacturer. I would like to try to run Docker on this board. Any time I combine buildroot and docker in a Google search, I wind up getting pages that…
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How to change tty group on Linux (build with buildroot)

I'm working on Linux Kernel 3.14.28 build with Buildroot for an embedded device. In /dev/, all ttys are root:root and not root:dialout like a standard Linux. So it is not possible to access any ttyX without being logged as root. How can I change the…
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Failed to execute /init

I am trying to build a basic root filesystem using Buildroot, for an embedded system (the Banana PI D1). I am using a kernel from an SDK supplied by the SoC vendor. From this repo I am using only the kernel, found in src/kernel. There's nothing…
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