Merge branch 'for-2010.11/faq' of git://git.busybox.net/~tpetazzoni/git/buildroot

      <li><a href="#downloaded_packages">Location of downloaded packages</a></li>

      <li><a href="#add_packages">Adding new packages to Buildroot</a></li>

      <li><a href="#board_support">Creating your own board support</a></li>

      <li><a href="#faq">Frequently asked questions</a></li>

      <li><a href="#links">Resources</a></li>

    </ul>

    <p>If you package software that might be useful for other people, don't

    forget to send a patch to Buildroot developers!</p>

    <h2 id="faq">Frequently asked questions</h2>

    <ul>

      <li><a href="#faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs

      after <code>Starting network...</code></a></li>

      <li><a href="#module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools

      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></a></li>

    </ul>

    <h3 id="faq-boot-hangs">The boot hangs after <code>Starting

    network...</code></h3>

    <p>If the boot process seems to hang after the following messages

    (messages not necessarly exactly similar, depending on the list of

    packages selected):</p>

    <pre>Freeing init memory: 3972K

Initializing random number generator... done.

Starting network...

Starting dropbear sshd: generating rsa key... generating dsa key... OK</pre>

    <p>then it means that your system is running, but didn't start a

    shell on the serial console. In order to have the system start a

    shell on your serial console, you have to go in the Buildroot

    configuration, <code>Target options</code>, enable <code>Generic

    serial port config</code>, and select the serial port and speed

    you would like to use for the shell. This will automatically tune

    the <code>/etc/inittab</code> file of the generated system so that

    a shell starts on the correct serial port.</p>

    <h3 id="module-init-tools-doesnt-build">module-init-tools

      fails to build with <code>cannot find -lc</code></h3>

    <p>If the build of <i>module-init-tools</i> for the host fails

    with:</p>

    <pre>/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc </pre>

    <p>then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar)

    distribution, and you should install the <code>glibc-static</code>

    package. This is because the <i>module-init-tools</i> build

    process wants to link statically against the C library.</p>

    <h2 id="links">Resources</h2>

    <p>To learn more about Buildroot you can visit these websites:</p>