[FE training-materials-updates] slides/buildroot-introduction: misc updates for 2017.08
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Fri Oct 13 10:36:46 CEST 2017
Repository : git://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials.git
On branch : master
Link : http://git.free-electrons.com/training-materials/commit/?id=1802841d1a474708c83b1bf86172e0840a46f7fe
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commit 1802841d1a474708c83b1bf86172e0840a46f7fe
Author: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
Date: Fri Oct 13 10:36:46 2017 +0200
slides/buildroot-introduction: misc updates for 2017.08
Main update is the mention of the LTS releases.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>
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1802841d1a474708c83b1bf86172e0840a46f7fe
.../buildroot-introduction.tex | 18 +++++++++++++++---
slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png | Bin 89950 -> 87458 bytes
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex b/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
index 3758a0b..e1a440b 100644
--- a/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
+++ b/slides/buildroot-introduction/buildroot-introduction.tex
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
\item {\bf Fast}: builds a simple root filesystem in a few minutes
\item Easy to understand: written in make, extensive documentation
\item {\bf Small} root filesystem, starting at 2 MB
- \item {\bf 1800+ packages} for user space libraries/apps available
+ \item {\bf 2200+ packages} for user space libraries/apps available
\item {\bf Many architectures} supported
\item {\bf Well-known technologies}: {\em make} and {\em kconfig}
\item Vendor neutral
\item Active community, regular releases
\begin{itemize}
- \item The present slides cover {\em Buildroot 2016.05}. There may
+ \item The present slides cover {\em Buildroot 2017.08}. There may
be some differences if you use older or newer Buildroot versions.
\end{itemize}
\item \url{http://buildroot.org}
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
\item Atmel
\item Analog Devices
\end{itemize}
+ \item {\bf SoM and board vendors}
\item Many companies when doing {\em R\&D} on products
\item Many, many {\bf hobbyists} on development boards:
Raspberry Pi, BeagleBone Black, etc.
@@ -68,7 +69,11 @@
\begin{frame}{Getting Buildroot}
\begin{itemize}
- \item Stable Buildroot releases are published every three months.
+ \item Stable Buildroot releases are published every three months
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item \code{YYYY.02}, \code{YYYY.05}, \code{YYYY.08},
+ \code{YYYY.11}
+ \end{itemize}
\item Tarballs are available for each stable release
\begin{itemize}
\item \url{http://buildroot.org/downloads/}
@@ -82,6 +87,13 @@
\item \code{git clone git://git.busybox.net/buildroot}
\item Git tags available for every stable release.
\end{itemize}
+ \item One {\bf long term support} release published every year
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Maintained during one year
+ \item Security fixes, bug fixes, build fixes
+ \item Current LTS is release is \code{2017.02}, next one will be
+ \code{2018.02}.
+ \end{itemize}
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
diff --git a/slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png b/slides/buildroot-introduction/menuconfig.png
index 5ea265b..189f37b 100644
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