Buildroot: What's New - Recent Improvements and Future Developments

Discover the latest advancements in Buildroot, a popular tool for building customized and lightweight embedded Linux systems, in this informative talk by Thomas Petazzoni from Bootlin. Learn how Buildroot automates the cross-compilation process, providing an efficient way to build toolchains, Linux kernels, bootloaders, and root filesystem images from source code using over 2,500 existing packages. Explore the tool's simplicity and power, based on make and kconfig tools, and understand why companies like Tesla and GoPro utilize it for their products. Gain insights into the most significant improvements, additions, and changes implemented over the past two years by the active community of 100+ contributors. Discover current topics and features on the horizon for this constantly evolving tool that delivers releases every three months.