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@@ -2,16 +2,28 @@ uClibc - a Small C Library for Linux Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org> -uClibc (aka µClibc/pronounced yew-see-lib-see) is a size-optimized -implementation of the standard C library. It is primarily designed -for developing embedded Linux systems. It is much smaller then the -GNU C Library, but nearly all applications supported by glibc also -work perfectly with uClibc. Porting applications from glibc to -uClibc typically involves just recompiling the source code. uClibc -even supports shared libraries and threading. It currently runs on -standard Linux and MMU-less (also known as µClinuxClinux) systems -with support for ARM, i386, h8300, m68k, mips, mipsel, PowerPC, SH, -SPARC, and v850 processors. +uClibc (aka µClibc/pronounced yew-see-lib-see) is a C library for +developing embedded Linux systems. It is much smaller then the +GNU C Library, but nearly all applications supported by glibc +also work perfectly with uClibc. Porting applications from glibc +to uClibc typically involves just recompiling the source code. +uClibc even supports shared libraries and threading. It currently +runs on standard Linux and MMU-less (also known as µClinux) +systems with support for alpha, ARM, i386, i960, h8300, m68k, +mips/mipsel, PowerPC, SH, SPARC, and v850 processors. + +If you are building an embedded Linux system and you find that +glibc is eating up too much space, you should consider using +uClibc. If you are building a huge fileserver with 12 Terabytes +of storage, then using glibc may be a better choice... + +uClibc is maintained by Erik Andersen and is licensed under the +GNU LIBRARY GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE . This license allows you to +make closed source commercial applications using uClibc (Please +consider sharing some of the money you make ;-). You do not need +to give away all your source code just because you use uClibc +and/or run on Linux. + For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL. |