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System Name: ltib
Name: LTIB (Linux Target Image Builder)
Group Type: non-GNU software and documentation

This group is not part of the GNU Project.

The LTIB (Linux Target Image Builder) project is a simple tool that can be used to develop and deploy BSPs (Board Support Packages) for various target platforms. Using this tool a user will be able to develop a GNU/Linux image for their target platform.  The following features are supported:

Main features

  • Open source (GPL)
  • Runs on most popular Linux host distributions (x86 and some PPC)
  • Command line interface, with curses configuration screens  (using LKC)
  • Support for multiple target architectures (PPC, ARM, Coldfire)
  • Target platforms selectable from a menu (CVS version)
  • More than 200 userspace packages selectable
  • Common root filesystem package set across architectures
  • Supports building of bootloaders and kernel images
  • All package building is done as non-root user
  • Configuration/selection of individual packages from a menu
  • Auto package dependency resolution
  • Auto file conflict resolution by package order build scaling
  • Auto re-install/de-install of packages by changes in dependency tree
  • Toolchain selectable at configuration time
  • Configuration of the Linux kernel using it's native config language
  • Kernel selection can easilty be changed from choicelist during configuration
  • Configuration of target system from host (IP address, services etc)
  • Supports preconfigs which allow developers to store different system configurations (e.g. toolchain selection, kernel selection, package selection etc).
  • Supports profiles this allows just the userspace package set to be re-configured.  This is excellent for autobuilding or exchanging the non platform specific configuration between targets.
  • All packages are built as rpms and managed using rpm
  • Target image files managed using a private rpm database per LTIB instance on the host
  • Supports single package developer mode using prep/scbuild/scdeploy analogs
  • Provides a means of source capture (patches) and auto update of spec files
  • Shell mode available to run all commands in ltib's spec environment
  • Incremental deployment (over NFS) supported
  • RAMDISK and JFFS2 Flash image creation supported
  • Read-only root filesystem supported.
  • LTIB is meta-data only, all sources are pulled using http  and locally cached in a common area per-host.
  • Remote source pulls support proxys
  • Support for glibc and uclibc
  • All meta-data formats are open source (rpm, Linux Kernel Config)
  • Modular BSP architecture (easy to add new BSPs)
  • Support batch mode and --continue for auto-builders
  • Support --dry to preview ltib's actions
  • Provides --dltest to check for availability of sources/patches
  • Provides listpkgs mode to show all available packages,  whether selected and their individual licenses.
  • Provides a release mode, this encapsulates an LTIB project into an iso images that will not require network access.


Registration Date: Fri 12 Aug 2005 11:21:10 AM UTC
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
Development Status: 4 - Beta

 

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