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Questions about Buildroot: simple, efficient and easy-to-use tool to generate embedded Linux systems through cross-compilation.

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How to boot raspberry pi very quickly into Linux?

I would like my pi zero to boot quickly (under 1 second) using Linux. In that case we can pretend it is embedded controller and not standard full blown (but slow) computer. Do you have any (additional) tips how to achieve this goal? What I have…
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How to connect and use ssh without a screen using BUILDROOT

I want to build a minimal system for raspberry pi (B+) to improve the performance of my face detection algorithm ... I have found BuildRoot : for the configuration i found that it's not necessary to do the configuration myself and instead i have…
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Using Raspberry Pi to flash its own SD card

I'm developing a Buildroot OS for the Raspberry Pi, and my workflow requires very frequent re-flashing of the SD card to test new iterations. The process of removing the SD card from the Pi, flashing it on a Windows PC and then re-inserting it takes…
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Running U-boot on a Pi Zero W

I'm trying to run u-boot on a Pi Zero W, but after powering up, the Pi shows only the rainbow screen. I used these instruction, but with a different config file, configs/rpi_defconfig. I also tried the different methods, but had the same result, the…
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RPi3 + buildroot + U-boot

What I want to do: I am working on a project where we want to update our RPi on boot. We are working with buildroot successfully for almost one year. Now I am trying to get it work with U-boot. What versions I am working with: RPi 3 buildroot…
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How to build My own OS for the raspberry or configure an existing one

I'm using Raspbian with raspberry pi 2 ... But i want to customize it and remove some features that i don't really need , to take advantages on the performance and also to understand the procedure of OS installation , so how can i do that: I found…
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Pi3 built-in WiFi and buildroot

I'm trying to port a buildroot build for Pi2 to Pi3. I got the build to boot cleanly by adding the 2710 DTB, but I cannot seem to get the built-in wifi going. I'm attempting to build with the kernel from github.com/raspberrypi (@b698f50 / 4.1.y…
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Container on CM4 with Buildroot: fails with: "ctr: failed to mount /tmp/containerd-mount: no such device"

I'm using Buildroot on a CM4. My intentions are to run Docker/OCI containers on that RPi CM4 board. I've enabled containerd as well as docker-engine/devicemapper filesystem driver and docker-engine/vfs filesystem driver, as well as docker-cli. Which…
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“apt-get: command not found” issue on raspberry pi os built using Buildroot

I have built a sdcard.img for raspberry pi using Buildroot. When I run apt-get command it throws error "apt-get: command not found". I did not find apt-get/dpkg package to enable in 'make menuconfig' options. Now I'm trying to run cross-compiled…
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Buildroot on Raspberry Pi With Lightning Bolt on Boot

I'm attempting to get a minimal buildroot system up and running on my Raspberry Pi 3 B+ but after I've flashed the SD card, installed the card, powered up the pi, and connect an HDMI cable, I only ever get the multicolor screen with the lightning…
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vcgencmd in buildroot

I am using buildroot to create a custom os for my raspberry pi. I would like to use the vcgencmd command, but I am unable to find the package that includes these tools. I have tried searching the internet and found that it could be part of VideoCore…
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Building image on virtual raspberry

I need to reinstall my raspberry; I have a problem with bind missing libraries, and I have failed to solve the issue. But the raspberry is in use, tallying power and water usage, so I would hate the downtime; it takes ages to reinstall. Is it…
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Problems making a distribution for the raspberry using buildroot

I'm trying to use buildroot to build a minimalist distribution targeted to the raspberry pi. I'm following a guide that was provided to me in a class, in my university. During that class I followed the guide and I managed to build the system and run…
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Populate /dev in Buildroot

I would like the /dev/i2c* devices to be populated in Buildroot for Pi zero after the i2c_dev module is inserted. Currently just modprobing the module does nothing. According the Buildroot doc I guess I should try to go the devtmpfs + mdev way, is…
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Raspberry pi2 can't boot from sdcard

I have a Raspberry Pi 2 and I created a Linux distribution using buildroot. It generated an sdcard.img file. I tried to format my 8 GB SD card and flashing the sdcard.img on it using: sudo dd if=~/buildroot/output/images/sdcard.img of=/dev/sdb When…
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