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diff --git a/docs/buildroot.html b/docs/buildroot.html index 0b2e1b47d..d56b66303 100644 --- a/docs/buildroot.html +++ b/docs/buildroot.html @@ -207,13 +207,19 @@ binaries and libraries, that make it far too big for an embedded system.</li> - <li><code>target/<code> which contains the root filesystem for - the target. Only the necessary files to run the libraries and - applications are installed in this directory. However, - <code>target/dev/</code> doesn't contain the device files, as - creating device files requires the root access. The device files - only exist in the root filesystem image produced by - Buildroot.</li> + <li><code>target/</code> which contains <i>almost</i> the root + filesystem for the target: everything needed is present except + the device files in <code>/dev/</code> (Buildroot can't create + them because Buildroot doesn't run as root and does not want to + run as root). Therefore, this directory <b>should not be used on + your target</b> but instead you should use one of the images + built in the <code>images/</code> directory. If you need an + extracted image of the root filesystem, for booting over NFS, + then use the tarball image generated in <code>images/</code> and + extract it as root.<br/>Compared to <code>staging/</code>, + <code>target/</code> contains only the necessary files to run + the libraries and applications: all the development files + (headers, etc.) are not present.</li> <li><code>host/</code> contains the installation of tools compiled for the host that are needed for the proper execution |