From 27a8dc04a55d28f95bee708079de5a6b009e4149 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Andersen Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:22:35 +0000 Subject: Update the README a bit -Erik --- README | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README index 6511c9f12..369fe0b9b 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,16 +2,28 @@ uClibc - a Small C Library for Linux Erik Andersen -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. -- cgit v1.2.3