[Buildroot] buildroot 2012.11 large file support

[Willy Lambert]

2012/12/11 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>:
> Dear Willy Lambert,
>
> On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 09:43:48 +0100, Willy Lambert wrote:
>
>> But for time being I'm just trying to compile a "default" buildroot
>> and run in into qemu.
>> (btw I have difficulties to put my RFS, in tgz format (cause it's the
>> default) into a .img file, is there any Buildroot hints for this, or
>> should I switch to other "RFS  image output format")
>
> Please read board/qemu/x86_64/readme.txt or board/qemu/x86/readme.txt
> and use the corresponding qemu_x86_64_defconfig and qemu_x86_defconfig
> default configuration as starting points.
>
> Those configuration are known working for Qemu, and the readme.txt file
> explain how to start them in Qemu.
>

Thanks a lot ! The buildroot doc is in general quite good, but after
you have created your images you are alone in the dark :D. This kind
of information about running a default config in qemu or hints on how
to install your rootfs on your target would be welcome.

> Best regards,
>
> Thomas
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