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+<TITLE>uClibc -- a C library for embedded systems</TITLE>
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+<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=2>
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+ <td bgcolor="#000000">
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+ <FONT FACE="lucida, helvetica" COLOR="#ccccc0">
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+ <B>µ C l i b c</B>
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+ </FONT>
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+ </TD>
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+ </TR>
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+</TABLE>
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+<p>
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+<!-- Begin Introduction section -->
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+<TABLE WIDTH=95% CELLSPACING=1 CELLPADDING=4 BORDER=1>
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+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center>
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+ <A NAME="intro"> <BIG><B>
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+ uClibc -- a C library for embedded systems
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+ </A></B></BIG>
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+ </TD></TR>
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+ <TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
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+ <a href="http://uclibc.org">Click Here to Return to the main uClibc webpage</a>.
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+ <p>
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+<!-- Begin Older News section -->
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+<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#ccccc0" ALIGN=center>
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+ <A NAME="news">
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+ <BIG><B>
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+ Older News</A>
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+ </B></BIG>
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+ </A>
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+</TD></TR>
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+<TR><TD BGCOLOR="#eeeee0">
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+ <ul>
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+ <li> <b>26 November 2001, powerpc shared libraries fully working</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Dave Schleef finished off the the work needed for shared library support on
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+ powerpc. There had been a few problems remaining, and those are now squashed.
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+ So shared libs on powerpc should be working fully now.
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>14 November 2001, m68 compiles again, Large file support working</b>
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+ <br>
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+ About a month ago I synced the header files with glibc 2.2.4 for better
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+ C++ support and better standards compliance. I forgot to sync up m68k,
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+ sparc, powerpc, and mipsel. Dave Schleef fixed powerpc while he was fixing
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+ up the shared lib loader. I just fixed up m68k, sparc, and mipsel so they
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+ should all compile again.
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+ <p>
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+ I also finished up fixing large file support (just enable DOLFS in your
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+ Config file to enable it) and it is working just great, and greatly increases
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+ the number of glibc applications that will work "out-of-the-tarball" without
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+ needing any changes.
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+
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+ <li> <b>12 November 2001, powerpc shared lib support</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Thanks to David Schleef, uClibc now has full shared library support
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+ on powerpc. This brings full shared library support to x86, ARM, and
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+ now powerpc. Thanks Dave!
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>7 November 2001, uClibc application list</b>
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+ <br>
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+ uClibc now has a <a href="http://uclibc.org/uClibc-apps.html">list of applications</a>
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+ that are known to work. If you have any applications to add to the
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+ list, submissions are welcome!
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>18 October 2001, buildroot uClibc example system</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Those wanting an easy way to test out uClibc and give it
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+ a test drive can download and compile
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+ <a href="ftp://uclibc.org/buildroot.tar.gz">buildroot.tar.gz</a>. This
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+ is a nifty buildsystem that will automagically download and build
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+ a <a href="http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/">User-Mode Linux</a>
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+ kernel, and will then download source for and compile up a fully
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+ working uClibc based root filesystem. This should make it easy for
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+ people to create their own projects. I hope that this build system
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+ will allow people to more easily use and build uClibc based systems.
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+ As an example of how nicely this works, the
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+ <a href="http://tuxscreen.net/">Tuxscreen Project</a> is using a
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+ <a href="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/tuxscreen/buildroot-tux/">slightly adjusted variant of the buildroot system</a> to cross
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+ compile the blob bootloader, linux kernel, and a uClibc based jffs2
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+ root filesystem (busybox, tinylogin, udhcp, lrzsz, pcmcia-cs and
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+ microwindows) for ARM. Pretty cool.
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>11 October 2001, v850 architecture support</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Miles Bader has contributed support for the v850 architecture.
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>25 Spetember 2001, header files updated</b>
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+ <br>
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+ uClibc's header files are now in sync with glibc 2.2.4,
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+ allowing better standards compliance, better portibility, and
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+ better C++ support.
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+
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>4 July 2001, ARM shared library support</b>
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+ <br>
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+ uClibc now has full shared library support on ARM.
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+
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+
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+ <p>
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+ <li> <b>9 May 2001, libm added</b>
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+ <br>
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+
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+ uClibc now has a very complete math library.
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+
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+ <p>
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+ <p> <li> <b>9 May 2001, ld.so added</b>
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+ <br>
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+
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+ uClibc now has a native ld.so. It currently is only ported to work on x86,
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+ but porting to other architectures should not be too difficult.
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+
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+ <p> <li> <b>15 March 2001, powerpc port added</b>
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+ <br>
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+ David Schleef contributed a powerpc port, which is now in CVS.
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+
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+ <p> <li> <b>19 February 2001, SH port added</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Jean-Yves Avenard contributed an SH port. See his email
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+ with the initial patch <a href="http://uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2001-February/000409.html">here</a>.
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+
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+ <p> <li> <b>16 January 2001, uClibc as a shared library</b>
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+ <br>
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+ As if January 16, uClibc can now be used (at least on x86) as a shared
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+ library. See the <a href="http://uclibc.org/lists/uclibc/2001-January/000126.html">email</a>
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+ announcing this achievement.
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+
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+ <p> <li> <b>11 January 2001, gcc wrapper added</b>
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+ <br>
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+ Manuel Novoa III has created a wrapper for gcc that makes compiling apps vs uClibc
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+ as simple as just setting "CC" to gcc-uClibc-< arch>. This even works when cross
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+ compiling! Very cool.
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+
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+ <p> <li> <b>3 January 2001, uClibc now has a web page</b>
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+ <br>
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+ A lot of work has been going on under the hood with uClibc,
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+ so I decided to put together this webpage to let the world know
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+ that it exists and is getting to be very usable.
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+
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+</ul>
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