-To build uClibc,
+ uClibc-ng - a small C Library for Linux
-1) cp ./extra/Configs/Config.<your arch> ./Config
-2) Edit ./Config for your setup.
-3) make
-4) As root, make install
+uClibc-ng (aka µClibc-ng/pronounced yew-see-lib-see-next-generation) is a C
+library for developing embedded Linux systems. It is much smaller than the GNU
+C Library, but nearly all applications supported by glibc also work perfectly
+with uClibc-ng.
-To compile programs with uClibc,
+uClibc-ng is a spin-off of uClibc from http://www.uclibc.org
+from Erik Andersen and others.
-export PATH={uClibc INSTALL_DIR}/bin:$PATH
+Porting applications from glibc to uClibc-ng typically involves just
+recompiling the source code. uClibc-ng even supports shared libraries and
+threading. It currently runs on standard Linux and MMU-less (also
+known as µClinux) systems with support for ARC, ARM, Blackfin, i386, M68K/Coldfire
+MIPS, MIPS64, PowerPC, SH, Sparc, X86_64 and XTENSA processors.
-and then just ./configure and make as usual.
+If you are building an embedded Linux system and you find that
+glibc is eating up too much space, you should consider using
+uClibc-ng. If you are building a huge fileserver with 12 Terabytes
+of storage, then using glibc may make more sense. Unless, for
+example, that 12 Terabytes will be Network Attached Storage and
+you plan to burn Linux into the system's firmware...
+
+uClibc-ng is maintained by Waldemar Brodkorb and is licensed under the
+GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE. This license allows you to
+make closed source commercial applications using an unmodified
+version of uClibc-ng. You do not need to give away all your source code just
+because you use uClibc-ng and/or run on Linux. You should, however,
+carefuly review the license and make certain you understand and
+abide by it strictly.
+
+For installation instructions, see the file INSTALL.
+
+uClibc-ng strives to be standards compliant, which means that most
+documentation written for SuSv3, or for glibc also applies to
+uClibc-ng functions. However, many GNU extensions are not supported
+because they have not been ported, or more importantly, would
+increase the size of uClibc-ng disproportional to the added
+functionality.
+
+Additional information can be found at http://www.uclibc-ng.org/.
+
+uClibc-ng may be freely modified and distributed under the terms of
+the GNU Lesser General Public License, which can be found in the
+file COPYING.
+
+And most of all, be sure to have some fun! :-)
+ -Waldemar
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