Some trivial grammar/spelling fixes for main README file.
A number of minor fixes related to spelling, grammar and capitalization in the top-level README file. Signed-off-by: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
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Barebox is a bootloader that follows the tradition of Das U-Boot, while
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Barebox is a bootloader that follows the tradition of Das U-Boot, while
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adapting modern design ideas from the Linux kernel.
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adopting modern design ideas from the Linux kernel.
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Features
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Features
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- A POSIX based file API
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- A POSIX-based file API
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Inside barebox the usual open/close/read/write/lseek functions are used.
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Inside barebox the usual open/close/read/write/lseek functions are used.
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This makes it familiar to everyone who has programmed under unix systems.
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This makes it familiar to everyone who has programmed under UNIX systems.
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- Usual shell commands like ls/cd/mkdir/echo/cat,...
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- Usual shell commands like ls/cd/mkdir/echo/cat,...
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- simulation target
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- simulation target
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barebox can be compiled to run under Linux. While this is rather useless
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barebox can be compiled to run under Linux. While this is rather useless
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in real world this is a great debugging and development aid. New features
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in real world this is a great debugging and development aid. New features
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can be easily developped and tested on long train journeys and started
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can be easily developed and tested on long train journeys and started
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under gdb. There is a console driver for linux which emulates a serial
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under gdb. There is a console driver for Linux which emulates a serial
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device and a tap based ethernet driver. Linux files can be mapped to
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device and a TAP-based Ethernet driver. Linux files can be mapped to
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devices under barebox to emulate storage devices.
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devices under barebox to emulate storage devices.
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- device parameter support
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- device parameter support
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- getopt
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- getopt
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There is a small getopt implementation. Some commands got really
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There is a small getopt implementation. Some commands got really
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complicated (both in code and in usage) due to the fact that U-Boot only
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complicated (both in code and in usage) due to the fact that U-Boot
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allowed positional parameters.
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allowed only positional parameters.
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- editor
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- editor
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Scripts can be edited with a small editor. This editor has no features
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Scripts can be edited with a small editor. This editor has no features
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Barebox uses the Linux kernel's build system. It consists of two parts:
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Barebox uses the Linux kernel's build system. It consists of two parts:
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the makefile infrastructure (kbuild), plus a configuration system
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the Makefile infrastructure (kbuild), plus a configuration system
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(kconfig). So building barebox is very similar to building the Linux
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(kconfig). So building barebox is very similar to building the Linux
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kernel.
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kernel.
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